Seven districts achieve 100% coverage of first dose Covid vaccine
JK reports 53 new positive cases, 325111 recovered so far SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 11: The Government Bulletin on Covid today said that seven districts; Anantnag, Budgam, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Samba and Shopian have achieved 100% coverage of first dose Covid vaccine for the age group of above 18 years old. The Bulletin also informs that 1,38,779 doses of […]
Chief Secretary reviews the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of H&UD department
Directs completion of the projects under AMRUT by March 2022; Directs commencement of door to door refuse collection from 18.10.2021 SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 11: The Chief Secretary today reviewed the centrally sponsored schemes of Housing &Urban Development namely, AMRUT, Swacch Bharat Mission and PM Svanidhi, which are nearing saturation. This follows an advisory from the Central […]
DC Ganderbal reviews progress of RDD under District Capex
GANDERBAL, OCTOBER 11: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Krittika Jyotsna today held a meeting with the officers/officials of Rural Development Department (RDD) to review the progress achieved in District Capex and other schemes in the district. At the outset, The DC took a comprehensive block wise review of tendering and allotment of works under District […]
Congress protest, demands dismissal of Union MoS Home
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Monday held protest against murder of farmers in Lekhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, demanding dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs from the Council of Ministers. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the party also demanded exemplary punishment […]
4th encounter in less than 24 hours in J&K
Shopian, Oct 11 : An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Tulran area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Monday. An official told that a joint of team of police, Army’s 34 RR and CRPF’s 178 batallion after receiving information about the presence of militants launched search operation in the […]
Heavy rains in plains bring first encounter with winter chill
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar As the temperatures dipped on Monday with heavy rains lashing the plains in Kashmir valley, people started looking for woolens and also started looking for the arrangements to welcome winter as the chill has been the first encounter of common people with the coming cold months. Tourists who are present […]
Kashmir University yet to declare MD, MS final exam result
The students who have appeared in final exam of MD and MS Monday appealed Kashmir University to declare the results without any further delay. They said they fail to understand why results are not being declared when Jammu University has already made it public. MD, MS students from GMC Srinagar had appeared in final exam […]
More Than 96.75 Crore Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Provided To States And UTs So Far: Centre
More than 96.75 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Over 8.43 crore balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, it said. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility […]
Dananjaya among four changes in Sri Lanka World T20 squad
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have added spinner Akila Dananjaya, batter Pathum Nissanka, and seamers Lahiru Kumara and Binura Fernando to their revised 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, the country’s cricket board said on Sunday. The quartet replaced all-rounders Lahiru Madushanka and Kamindu Mendis, spinner Praveen Jayawickrama and veteran fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep. Madushanka missed […]
Taliban say US has agreed to provide humanitarian aid
ISLAMABAD: The United States has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the Taliban rulers, according to a statement released on Sunday. The statement came at the end of the first direct talks between the former foes since […]
