Big economic packages matter only when common man receives succour: Muzafar Shah
Srinagar, May 16 (KNS): Taking a dig at the centre, Awami National Conference Senior Vice President Muzafar Shah today said implementing ‘much-hyped packages” should provide relief to a common man. “Otherwise big packages are no use to the common man. The benefits of packages Govt talks about mean nothing to a common man unless he […]
JKAP demands release of political prisoners ahead of Eid
Srinagar, May 16 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Saturday demanded release of political activists, lawyers and tradesmen who have been kept under preventive detention on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir appealed the Lieutenant Governor G.C Murmu to release […]
COVID-19: First Lady Smita Murmu visits Quarantine Facility in Samba
Distributes kits of essential items, toiletries among inmates SAMBA, MAY 16: Dr. Smita Murmu, First Lady of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, visited a quarantine facility in Samba today and took first hand information of the preparedness of the administration to house the inmates and the various facilities being provided to them. She […]
JNV Hatbara designated as 400 bedded COVID Care Center
DC inspects availability of logistics & allied facilities GANDERBAL, MAY 16: District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today visited JNV Hatbara, designated COVID Care center and took stock of the availability of logistics and other allied facilities being put in place for inmates. On the occasion, the DC visited 400 bedded COVID care Centre and […]
DSEJ in collaboration with Bharti foundation organized online training programme on study skills for teacher counsellors
JAMMU, MAY 16: On the directions of Director School Education Jammu, Anuradha Gupta, Bharti foundation in collaboration with Counselling cell DSEJ organised series of webinars for resource persons working in the Counselling cells constituted at high and higher secondary schools of district Jammu. The training focused on four study skill modules (Goal Setting, Time Management, […]
Militant attack leaves policeman dead in Kulgam
Srinagar, May 15, KNT: A policeman was killed after militants fired upon a joint police and CRPF party in Frisal area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Police sources told KNT that militants resorted to indiscriminate firing on a joint party in which a head constable sustained serious injuries. He was shifted to hospital where he […]
Covid-19 71 year old elderly person after death tested positive
Srinagar, May 16, KNT: An elderly patient was tested positive after his death at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Srinagar today. “The man died in the hospital at around 8 in the morning. He was feeling uneasiness and breathlessness. After his death, we collected his samples, and he was tested positive. The patient […]
Shahid Afridi raises Kashmir again, values sacrifices of people
Former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has once again raised his voice for the people of Kashmir. The maverick all-rounder who enjoys huge following in Kashmir said, “It does not take a religious belief to feel the agony of Kashmiris..just a right heart at the right place. #SaveKashmir,” he tweeted. Afridi who has been at […]
Another COVID death
With the tragic death of 75-year-old man from Jammu on Wednesday, it became the 11th death due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir. Although the government has taken all the precautionary measures in Jammu region to combat coronavirus, but the infection is far from over. Medical Superintendent GMC Jammu told media that the man […]
Drive against cannabis poppy growers continues in Shopian
Shopian, May 15 (KNS): On the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Shopian Chaudhry Mohammad Yasin and under the supervision of SDM Zainapora and Tehsildar Zainapora along with a team of Officers including enforcement wing of excise and commercial tax department destroyed illicit cannabis poppy crops spread over 14 kanals of land in Wachi & Melhoora, here […]
