Govt orders reshuffle in administration; PK Pole is new Div Com Kashmir
Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfers and postings in the administration. According to Government Order No.385 JK(GAD) of 2020, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, IAS(JK:1993), Principal Secretary to the Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department, is transferred […]
Coronavirus vaccine test opens with first doses in the US
US researchers gave the first shots in a first test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine on Monday, leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With careful jabs in the arms of four healthy volunteers, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle began an anxiously awaited first-stage study […]
Entire PSL a big hit despite corona disruption, says Waqar
KARACHI: Current national team’s bowling coach Waqar Younis has described the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 as a resounding success despite the pandemic outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which forced rescheduling of the event and holding back-end matches behind closed doors. Waqar, who is part of the commentary panel for PSL V, formed a deadly […]
Those refusing to follow coronavirus prevention, treatment orders will be penalised: JK admin
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has declared the coronavirus infection an epidemic and said any person who refuses to follow orders on prevention or treatment of the disease would be dealt under the law. This was declared in a four-page notification issued by the Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo, following an […]
Three more test positive for Coronavirus in Ladakh
Three more persons have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Union Territory of Ladakh, taking the total number of infected persons to six, officials said on Tuesday. Quoting the spokesperson of Union Territory of Ladakh, Rigzin Sampheal, newsgathering agency KNO reported that three more cases from Ladakh Union Territory have been tested positive. Among […]
Watch TV to make up for missing classes in Kashmir
Srinagar, Mar 17: District Development Commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdary on Tuesday directed heads of Departments and Institutions to devise and submit proposal for televised coaching classes by March 20 this month which shall be supported and financed by District Administration Srinagar. At a time when Coronavirus is creating ripples and panic among people, authorities […]
Mass contact programme
In the past several weeks on the instructions of LG Murmu, administration has been trying to do outreach to the common people by conducting public grievance programme both in summer and winter capitals in Jammu and Kashmir. In this connection, lot of programmes have been conducted by senior officers and have tried to meet delegations […]
Mumbai man dies of COVID-19, third fatality in India
India on Tuesday reported its third coronavirus fatality with a 64-year-old man dying in Mumbai, Health Ministry officials said as the number of positive cases rose to 125. The patient, whose wife is stable, is the first COVID-19 death in Maharashtra, the official said. Earlier, a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka with a travel […]
DDC Kulgam reviews arrangements
KULGAM, MARCH 16: The Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat convened a meeting of officers to review the arrangements put in place for Meraj-ul-Aalam (SAW), here today. Arrangements including uninterrupted water and power supply, cleanliness in and around mosque and shrine premises and other arrangements were discussed with the concerned officials. The Legal Meteorology authorities […]
Divisional Commissioner launches plantation drive in Srinagar
Massive plantation across Srinagar planned as part of two week drive: DC Srinagar SRINAGAR, MARCH 16: The Green Srinagar Initiative under Smart City mission under which purposeful plantation is undertaken annually in Srinagar district was launched Monday. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan launched the drive by planting saplings in the peripheries of Tulip garden […]
