China rails at Biden move to probe virus origins
BEIJING: China hit out at the “dark history” of the US intelligence community on Thursday, after President Joe Biden ordered a probe into the Covid-19 origins which threatens to set the course for relations between world’s top economies. Washington is reviewing its diplomatic position with China on issues spanning trade, technological supremacy and rights, while […]
Second Wave On ‘Downswing’ Says Centre As 24 States Report Dip In New Covid Cases
The second Covid-19 wave in India is on the “downswing”, the centre said on Thursday. The centre said it hopes this trend will be sustained even when restrictions are systematically relaxed, but at the same time highlighted that the current number of active cases is “still very high”. The Centre also stressed that any relaxation […]
Gunfight breaks out in Southern district of Shopian
A fierce gunfight is underway between militants and government forces in Ganowpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Ganowpora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon […]
Strict curfew being enforced by police in Srinagar on Friday
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Right from the morning of today, police vans were seen chasing hawkers and asking the shopkeepers not to open their establishments even in the by lanes of Srinagar city. Police and security forces have erected barricades and have closed many roads by barbed wire at many places to block any […]
Ahsaan Fazli bereaved
Senior journalist and former bureau chief of Tribune was bereaved as his father in law died because of covid-19 infection. His father was recently infected with covid-19 and died because of the post covid complications at his home in Anantnag town. Voice of Valley has expressed their sympathies with the bereaved family and has expressed […]
Five injured in Doda road accident
At least five persons including two minors were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Marmat area of Doda district. Officials said that a Santro vehicle bearing registration number JK04C-1442 while on its way from Udhampur to Goha Marmat skidded off the road near Zero Point Rekabanj in Marmat […]
Encouraging signals
There is no doubt that fatalities have increased in entire Jammu and Kashmir during the current second wave of covid-19, leaving hundreds of families without any earning hands to survive. Taking note of such tragedies in the social life of Jammu and Kashmir, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha recently announced a special financial assistance scheme in […]
Handicraft sector left to starve, appeal Manoj Sinha to intervene
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Boulevard business association which largely comprises shopkeepers dealing with handicraft, along with other handicraft associations of Kashmir have said that they are being left out from all the financial packages announced by the government, and have claimed that they are at the verge of starvation along with their families. Most […]
Care for the patients
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha in the recent past held series of meetings with his bureaucrats in order to set in motion massive testing and vaccination process so that human lives are saved in Jammu and Kashmir from covid-19 virus. In this connection in order to have an on spot appraisal of the situation he visited […]
Lt Governor reviews extension of benefits under various Social welfare schemes
Calls for 100% saturation of social security & beneficiary-oriented schemes SAUBHAGYA, Ujjwala, UJALA, Mission Indradhanush, Pension, PM Matru Vandana Yojana, KCC, Mudra among those achieved 100% coverage Minority Pre-Matric Scholarship gone up by 391% with 4,49,424 beneficiaries covered; Minority Post-Matric registers 287% saturation Ensure functioning of One Stop Centre for Women in distress; Observation centres, […]
