Junaid Mattu Loses No-Confidence Motion, Removed As Srinagar Mayor
Srinagar: Junaid Azim Mattu was Tuesday ousted as Srinagar Mayor after 42 of 70 corporators passed a no confidence motion against him. The rest 28 abstained from voting. The micro-political hullaballoo happened in Srinagar Municipal Corporation at a time when Kashmir is in the middle of a raging COVID-19 pandemic, changing political contours, and a […]
Centre wants states to focus on keeping Covid-19 fatality rates low
The Narendra Modi government wants states that are seeing a large number of Covid-19 cases not to lose sight of the main objective in the rush of numbers — keeping the death rate, or the case fatality rate low. Top government officials familiar with the thinking said that while aggressive testing, door-to-door surveys to track […]
Trump says US to pull some troops from Germany over NATO spending feud
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany to 25,000, faulting the close U.S. ally for failing to meet NATO’s defense spending target and accusing it of taking advantage of America on trade. The reduction of about 9,500 troops would be a remarkable rebuke to one of […]
Six new corona cases in Ladakh
Ladakh on Monday recorded six coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infected people in the UT to 472. According to the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh, 393 sample reports were received from the National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi. “Of the total sample reports, three positive reports and […]
Shopian Encounter: Three militants killed, operation on
Srinagar, June 16:(GNS) Three militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with government forces in Turkwangam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that three militants were killed in the operation. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was yet to be ascertained. A senior Police officer told […]
Chennai To Be Under Lockdown From June 19-30 As Coronavirus Cases Mount
Chennai and adjoining areas will be under lockdown from June 19 to 30 sans present relaxations and a full scale shutdown on two Sundays, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said here on Monday. After a meeting with an expert panel and amid rising coronavirus cases here, Palaniswami said the lockdown will be applicable in Chennai and […]
India, China delegations meet at 2 places along LAC to resolve border row
Army delegations from India and China on Monday held discussions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh to break the stalemate that began with a confrontation between rival patrols near Pangong Tso lake on the night of May 5-6, two senior officers said on the condition of anonymity. The talks took place at […]
Advisor Sharma e-launches National Generic Document Registration System in J&K
Says system will facilitate public with transparent, hassle free registration process JAMMU, JUNE 15: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K K Sharma, today e-launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Financial Commissioner, Revenue Department, Dr Pawan Kotwal, was also present on the occasion Pertinently, the department of […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,40,198 stranded JK residents; 97,271 via Lakhanpur, 42,927 through special trains
JAMMU, JUNE 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,40,198 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
JK media association,editors federation pays tribute to Shujaat Bukhari
Srinagar, June 15 (KNS): J&K Media Association & Editors Federation pay tributes to Renowned and Famous journalist Dr. Sayed Shujaat Bukhari on his second anniversary Hold a peaceful protest today on Monday at press colony srinagar Headed By General secretary Arshid Mir & Chairman Muzafar Khan on his second death anniversary of shujaat Bukhari who […]
