Prompt grievances redress mechanism in place to ensure speedy disposal of public issues: Advisor Khan
80 deputations, individuals meet Advisor during weekly public outreach camp SRINAGAR, AUGUST 25: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today maintained that the present dispensation has put in place a prompt public grievances redressal mechanism to facilitate the people in distress with speedy disposal of their issues and concerns. Advisor stated this while interacting with […]
JK reports 701 new positive cases, 25594 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 25: The Government on Tuesday informed that 701 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 139 from Jammu division and 562 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 33776. Also 14 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 03 from Jammu […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 6,58,100 registrations; 3,60,100 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 25: Till today morning 6,58,100 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 3,60,100 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 1,29,100 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
Over a dozen hurt as bus turns turtle in Handwara outskirts
More than a dozen persons, including women and children were injured – some seriously – when a minibus they were travelling in, turned turtle in the Batpora Magam area of Handwara on Tuesday afternoon. According to information, the ill-fated bus (JK09 0557) was coming to Magam from Handwara. There were nearly 30 passengers on the […]
CUK students express surprise over decision of conducting exam amid pandemic, appeals LG to favor the community
Students of Central University of Kashmir on Tuesday expressed surprise over the decision taken by University authorities regarding conduct of offline exams in coming days. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), students said that the decision of CUK authorities seems taken in haste amid absence of high speed internet services and Covid-19 pandemic. They said […]
DYING DAL
Still waters of Dal Lake are witnessed to its slow death as in this month of August 2020, there is no tourism or activity within the Lake. Like rest of Srinagar city, Dal Lake along its houseboats have yet to see any visitor or tourist in the past 13 months. With no economic activities people […]
COVID-19: 90-yr-old man, CRPF trooper, 5 others die in J-K; toll 640
A 95-year-old man from Srinagar and a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force trooper were among seven persons who died due to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since overnight, taking the fatality count to 640 in J-K. Among the casualties, six were from Kashmir Valley while one, a 53-year-old from Bakshi Nagar Jammu who was admitted […]
Div Com asks DCs to expedite issuance of Domicile Certificates, clear pending applications
Emphasizes on linkage of Adhar with PMKSN, stresses on 100% enrollment JAMMU, AUGUST 24: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, today asked the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to expedite the process of issuance of domicile certificates in their respective districts. The Div Com issued the directions while chairing a meeting convened to review the progress […]
JK reports 428 new positive cases, 25205 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 24: The Government on Monday informed that 428 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 154 from Jammu division and 274 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 33075. Also 07 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. […]
Rs 35000 fine recovered from food business operators in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 24: The Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Monday imposed a fine of Rs 35000 on nine Food Business Operators for violating different provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act. Those fined include bakers, milk vendors and restaurant owners. The complaints against them were filed by Food Safety Officers from different zones of District Srinagar. […]





