Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 718 new positive cases, 8709 recovered so far JAMMU, JULY 23: The Government on Thursday informed that 718 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 117 from Jammu division and 601 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 16429. […]
CRC Bemina: No online classes for Physio students, parents threaten admission withdrawal
At a time when the Government is claiming that online-classes are properly being organized for the students during the Covid19 situation, the 2nd year students of the Bachelors in Physiotherapy (BPT) course at the Composite Regional Centre (CRC), Bemina Srinagar have complained of non-conduct of classes for most of the subjects since March. A delegation […]
Director Horticulture conducts extensive tour of Shopian
Director, Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, conducted an extensive tour of Shopian district, on Thursday and said irrigation Channels Must be Restored and Advised field Staff of Horticulture to go For urea spray According to rapports Director inspected various developmental works and departmental nursery furit plant Zainapora and others at shopian. He asked the concerned […]
Arms, ammunition recovered on LoC in Uri
The army has recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation near Line of Control in Hathlanga, Rampur Sector of Baramulla district, officials said on Thursday. According to reports AK-47 with magazines, five pistols with magazines and 24 grenades were recovered during the Cardon and Search operation in the area which was […]
SMC intensified desalting of drains across Srinagar city
The move has come in wake of directions passed by Chief Secretary J&k Srinagar, recently in a VC held on 20.7.2020 that aimed at reviewing the situation of flood preparedness… Commissioner SMC Gazanfar Ali stated that in compliance to the directions passed by Chief Secretary, SMC has intensified the desalting of drains in various parts […]
J&K Govt Amends Rules, BDC Chairpersons’ Status Now Equivalent to Army Brigadier
In a major boost to the Panchayati Raj Institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration amended rules to give Block Development Council chairpersons a status equivalent to that of an Army brigadier. According to the warrant of precedence issued by the Hospitality and Protocol Department of Jammu and Kashmir, BDC chairpersons have been placed at […]
‘Green J&K Drive- 2020’ for increasing forest cover
To promote and increase the forest cover in J&K through people’s participation, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded approval to the Forest Department’s proposal of organizing an integrated ‘Green J&K Drive- 2020’ to double the plantation target achieved during previous year. With an aim […]
Teenager found ‘murdered’ under mysterious circumstances in Qaziabad
A 16-year old teenager was found ‘murdered’ under mysterious circumstances from a pool in Doribal Qaziabad wooden area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday morning. The family, however, demanded swift probe and identification of killers. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a pall of gloom descended on Hajibal village after body of a teenager […]
J&K COVID-19 toll rises to 279 as 53-year-old Srinagar man dies at SKIMS
Srinagar: A 53-year-old an employee of Jal Shakti Department, died at SKIMS Soura after testing positive for COVID-19 taking the disease toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 279. The deceased was a resident of Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar as per officials. With these deaths, 259 people in Kashmir and 20 in Jammu have died […]
COVID-19: J-K Govt sanctions Rs 15 crore under SDRF for SKIMS
Srinagar: Amid spike in COVID cases, the government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 15 Crore under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Government Medical Colleges (GMC) Srinagar and Jammu. The decision to sanction Rs five Crore each to the three health institutions was taken in a State Executive […]
