Will evacuate Kashmiri students from coronavirus-hit Iran, Jaishankar tells Lok Sabha
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that during his latest visit to Jammu and Kashmir, he held talks with the families of Indian students still in Iran, one of the worst affected countries by coronavirus outbreak, and assured that the government will facilitate their evacuation at the earliest possible. “I visited Srinagar recently […]
‘Abrogating Article 370 will need 1000 people killed’: Ex-Guv J-K quotes Chief Secy
Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has revealed that the then state chief secretary B. V. R. Subrahmanyam told him on 4 August 2019 that over 1000 people will be killed to abrogate the Article 370. Malik, who is now governor of Goa, was speaking International Jat Parliament, Vigyan Bhavan on 1 March, […]
Covid-19: No Public Meetings, Darbars In JK Till March 31
JAMMU – In the view of coronavirus scare, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has put all darbars and public meetings in abeyance till 31 March 2020. “All darbars and public meetings to be put in abeyance till 31 March,” said the government spokesperson, Rohit Kansal. Earlier on Wednesday the Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered closure of […]
KU suspends classwork till March 31
Srinagar, March 12: Deputy Registrar Academic Affairs KU on Thursday said that classwork at the University of Kashmir including its main campus and all other satellite campuses shall remain suspended till March 31. “It is notified for the information of all concerned that the classwork at the University of Kashmir including its main campus and […]
PDP leader Qayoom Wani quits politics
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Qayoom Wani on Thursday announced that he has retired from politics to protest the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories. “Not only PDP, I will not be part of any political party in the future,” said Wani in a statement issued today. […]
Jammu-Srinagar NH closed due to snowfall, landslides
BANIHAL/JAMMU: The arterial 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed on Thursday amid fresh snowfall and landslides at several places in Ramban and Udhampur districts, officials said. There was overnight snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel, which serves as a gateway to Kashmir valley, while rains triggered […]
WHO declares COVID-19 disease to be a pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak was Wednesday declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), whose chief expressed his “deep concern” over “alarming levels of inaction” in combating the virus spread. WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks However, he clarified that […]
7357 arrested after August 5 move in Kashmir, 396 detained under PSA: MHA
The Centre on Wednesday said that 396 persons have been detained in Kashmir under the Public Safety Act (PSA) out of the total 451 detained in Jammu and Kashmir, adding 7,357 persons, were taken into preventive custody since August, 2019. Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy stated in the Rajya Sabha in […]
Power Shutdown
SRINAGAR, MARCH 11: According to power controller, Kashmir province, to carry out replacement of ACSR 0.05 damaged conductors by ACSR 0.1, power will remain off in the areas fed from Shadimarg, Mitrigam and Keegam receiving stations on March 15 from 10 AM to 4 PM Similarly, to carry out shifting of part of 33 KV […]
Dr Samoon reviews Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
JAMMU, MARCH 11: Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, chaired a meeting of senior functionaries of Animal Husbandry and allied departments to review implementation of Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) at Civil Secretariat, here today. Threadbare discussion was held on district wise DEDS cases sponsored, sanctioned and distributed and […]
