No Martyrs’ Day In J&K This Year, 72-Year-Old Tradition Abandoned
Srinagar: There was no wreath-laying ceremony. No gun salutes. No flag-raising. The Martyrs’ Day commemoration was officially abandoned in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. It was the first time since Independence and Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to Union of India, that the July 13 ceremony did not take place in Srinagar. After the scrapping of […]
Fire engulfs tourist reception centre in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
Srinagar: A Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) at Chiniwoder village of Srigufwara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district went up in flames mysteriously on Tuesday after police registered a case and started investigations. A local news gathering news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting an unnamed official reported that a TRC at village Chiniwoder in Srigufwara went […]
LIMITED YATRA
In the wake of growing LoC firing incidents, the central government has decided to deploy additional troops not only due to the escalation in situation but also for holding limited Amarnath yatra this season. Recently after the UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir submitted a comprehensive proposal for the deployment of troops for the security […]
Covid-19 claims another life, J&K toll mounts to 191
A 65-year-old covid-19 patient from Shopian district died at a hospital here on Tuesday, taking the fatality count due to the pathogen to 191 in Jammu and Kashmir. Confirming the death, Dr Shifa Deva, Medical Superintendent SKIMS Bemina, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 patients, told GNS that the sexagenarian […]
ICDS supervisors without salary for Five months
Supervisors working under social welfare department’s integrated child development scheme (ICDS) Monday complained that they were without salaries for the last five months and the authorities were unmoved. President ICDS supervisors, Aabida War told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that their salary has been withheld from last five months. “We are made to suffer on daily […]
Div Com tours Jammu city, assesses development requirements at busy chowks
Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today conducted a tour of Jammu City and took stock of up gradation, development works required for development of the ever-busy Jammu Airport to Bikram Chowk road. He was accompanied by District Development Commissioner Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, Commissioner JMC, Avny Lawasa, Engineers of PWD, PDD and other concerned officers. During the […]
Power shutdown
JAMMU, JULY 13: Chief Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL, Jammu has informed that to carry out work for pole erection for tapping of new 33KV line from existing PC-3 line, the shutdown of 33KV PC-3 Line is being observed. During the shutdown, the power supply to areas fed from Receiving Station Gho Manhasa, Marh and Gajansoo will […]
J&K will never forget valor, determination and sacrifice of 13 July Martyrs: NC
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday asserted people in J&K can never forget the valor, determination and sacrifice of July 13 martyrs. Addressing a meet here at party headquarters to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of the martyrs of 13th July 1931, Party’s Additional General Secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, who also presided over the […]
Face mask, physical distancing, hand-washing is a temporary vaccine to fight COVID -19: DAK
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Monday said that society need to be proactive while dealing with Covid-19 pandemic and said face mask, physical distancing and handwashing is a temporary vaccine to fight the pandemic. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said the pandemic has ravaged many developed countries and it is high time that we follow protocols […]
Lt Governor e-inaugurates 15 infrastructural projects of School Education Department
Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today e-inaugurated 15 important infrastructural projects of School Education Department. Kewal Kumar Sharma, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, Directors School Education – Anuradha Gupta and Mohammad Younis Malik, Dr. Arun Kumar Manhas, Project […]
