Power shutdown
JAMMU MARCH 18: Superintending Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle, Kathua has informed that to carry out work of replacement of steel Tubular poles by way of erection/insertion of new poles and to increase the ground clearance of 66 KV Palli-Nagri Tap Line, the power supply to Nagri, Saidpur, Khokyal, Airwan, Nagri Industry, Jakhbar, and adjoining […]
J&K enrolls 60% of eligible families under Ayushman Bharat- Sehat and 70% of families under Ayushman Bharat-PM JAY
JAMMU, MARCH 18: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam, today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and Sehat schemes under Ayushman Bharat. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Health & Medical Education, Home, Housing & Urban Development, Information, Youth Services & Sports, School Education, Tribal Affairs, […]
M Raju inspects ongoing desilting works of Tawi Canal, adjoining areas
Directs for early completion of desilting works of canal, its distributaries JAMMU, MARCH 18: Commissioner Secretary Jal Shakti Department, M Raju today visited Main Tawi Canal at Railway Station, Trikuta Nagar and Bahu areas here to assess the ground situation of the desilting process of the canal. The Commissioner Secretary was accompanied by Chief […]
COVID-19: Kashmir reports over 100 cases for second day
Jammu and Kashmir reported a surge in the cases of novel coronavirus with 140 of them reported in the last 24 hours while one person died during the time, officials said on Thursday. Of the fresh cases including 36 travelers and a minor, 25 were from Jammu Division and 115 from Kashmir Division, taking the […]
Omar says no election in sight and he is not hungry for power
By: Shayib Bhat VOV Srinagar Omar Abdullah while speaking in Kulgam on Thursday said that he has no hunger for power and wants to make the party strong at the grass root level. He said that election was no priority for him as the central government has already given one year extension to the delimitation […]
Assistant Sub Inspector of traffic police crushed to death on Kashmir highway
An Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of traffic police was killed after he was hit by a speedy truck on Srinagar-Jammu national highway at Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a speedy truck bearing registration number (JK22B-4365) vehicle crushed a traffic cop to death when he […]
Central government says no outsider has purchased land in J&K
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Union Government has said that they have no data to confirm that any outsider has purchased land post abrogation of article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. New Delhi based newspaper The Hindu has quoted the Ministry of Home Affairs giving this information to the parliamentary panel of the Home Ministry. […]
Why to create a Sadqa bank
Sheikh Irfan Ahmed General Secretary Zu-Al-Noorain trust (NGO) When we discourse for human development on surviving grounds, poverty remains at paramount position that integrally needs to be addressed in uplifting the poor. As such, economic welfare stimulation is of supreme importance. Reasonably, among various ways to support/help the poor, the conventional institutions particularly […]
One member of Africa-bound squad tests positive for Covid
LAHORE: Only one, out of a total of 35 members of Pakistan’s Africa-bound squad tested positive for Covid-19, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday. Pakistan are scheduled to tour South Africa and Zimbabwe from March 26. On their tour to South Africa, Pakistan will play three ODIs and four Twenty20 Internationals. This will […]
‘Tough’ to meet May 1 deadline for troop pullout from Afghanistan: Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that it would be “tough” to withdraw the remaining US troops in Afghanistan by May 1, as was agreed to by the Trump administration. In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Mr Biden said he was still “in the process” of determining when the forces should […]
