Thousands, Many Maskless, Gather For Kumbh Mela Amid India Covid Battle
India on Monday reported a record daily tally of 168,912 Covid-19 cases, the world’s highest, while worries grew over a further spike, as hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered for a ritual bath in the Ganges river. Marching barefoot to their destination with many of them not wearing masks or observing social distancing, the seers […]
Div Com directs to develop Manda walking track under Smart City Project
Directs concerned to formulate comprehensive project report JAMMU, APRIL 11: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer today directed the concerned officers to prepare a comprehensive project Report for overall development of Manda morning walkers track (alongside Manda Zoo Jammu). He issued the directions during his visit to the track for assessing the development requirements there. […]
35-year old man Shot dead by unknown gunmen in Budgam
A 35-year old man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mazahama area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district here on Sunday. SSP Budgam, Tahir Saleem told GNS that suspected militants fired upon a civilian identified as Nasir Ahmad khan son of Ghulam Mohd khan resident of Buchipora Magam. He was shifted to nearby hospital for […]
Union Secretary Tourism calls on Lt Governor
SRINAGAR, APRIL 10: Secretary, Union Ministry of Tourism, Sh. Arvind Singh today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhawan. Union Secretary and the Lt Governor discussed about various initiatives being taken by the Tourism Department for development and enhancing tourism prospects in Jammu and Kashmir. The Lt Governor observed that the UT […]
Lt Governor addresses “Education to Entrepreneurship” conference at SKICC
J&K Government working on robust, efficient digital network infra in hinterland to provide transparent financial services to people: LG Our aim is to bridge Rural-Urban gap; make credit accessible to those interested in starting their own business ventures, says the LG Government to train 5000 young professionals in financial services sector this year SRINAGAR, APRIL […]
Gunfight rages in Semthan Bijbehara
An encounter broke out between militants and government forces in orchards of Semthan village of Bijbehara area in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of Police, Army’s 3 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the […]
Heavy rush without adhering to norms at private coaching institutes, instills fear among parents
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar While the government has closed down the schools in Kashmir valley in view of the second wave of covid-19, private coaching institutes are going on and hundreds of boys and girls come out on the roads and most of them are not wearing masks. The recent reports that in […]
WHO slams vaccine imbalance between rich, poor nations
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Friday condemned the chasm between rich and poor nations in accessing coronavirus vaccines, saying more than a dozen countries were still completely unprotected. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — a fierce critic of wealthy countries buying up vaccine supply for themselves — blasted the scarcity of doses available for […]
Bengal Poll Violence: Unable to Accept Defeat, BJP Is Conspiring To Kill People, Says Mamata Banerjee
After violence broke out in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Saturday, during the fourth phase of polling for Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to everyone to stay calm. In two separate incidents of violence, five people were shot dead in the district. A scuffle between locals and CISF personnel in Sitalkuchi resulted […]
Night curfew
Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha in a tweet informed the people of Jammu and Kashmir about the imposition of night curfew as such curfew has been imposed in Mumbai. There is no night life in Kashmir valley and the streets are always deserted after the evening hours. Night curfew is virtually meaningless in Kashmir especially […]
