Day 45: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 22 domestic flights with 2,501 passengers
JAMMU, JULY 08: On Day 45 of resumption of operation of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 22 domestic flights with 2,501 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. Besides, an International evacuation flight with 168 passengers has arrived at Srinagar under Vande Matram Mission. A total of 553 passengers aboard […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,98,777 stranded JK residents; 1,35,276 via Lakhanpur, 63,501 through special trains
JAMMU, JULY 08: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,98,777 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Govt. agrees to JKAP demand on G&M activities in J&K
The Chief Secretary, B.V.R Subrahmanyam on Wednesday chaired a meeting to take stock of issues being faced in mining of construction material. Sources said that the chief secretary called for synergy and coordination between various stakeholders including Geology and Mining Department, State Environment Authority, Pollution Control Board, Public Sector Undertakings and lease holders of mining […]
Basant Rath suspended for ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’
Jammu and Kashmir IPS officer Basant Rath has been suspended for alleged instances of ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’ a Home Ministry order said on Wednesday. Mr. Rath had recently written a letter in which he expressed apprehension about his safety due to “certain activities” of the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief. The letter had gone viral […]
SMC Issues Election Notification For Post Of Mayor, Says Poll Will Take Place On July 14
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday issued an election notification for the post of Mayor and said the poll will take place on July 14, 2020 from 11:00 hours onwards. In this regard a notification issued by Secretary SMC reads, “In terms of Section 36 of the J&K Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 read with Rule […]
COVID-19: 65-year-old Baramulla man dies, J-K toll 146
Srinagar: Hours after a 65-year-old man from Baramulla district died at a hospital here, his sample for covid-19 returned positive on Wednesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 146 in Jammu and Kashmir A resident of Nadihal area of the north Kashmir district, the sexagenarian was admitted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh […]
LADAKH IN GRIP OF CORONA
Ladakh region has a strange history of coronavirus. At the initial stage many people in Leh and Kargil were infected with coronavirus but the prompt action taken by health authorities not only flatten the curve but also reversed the trend. After a few months of struggle, along with people of Ladakh health authorities declared the […]
Elderly Shopian woman dies of COVID-19, J&K toll 145
A 70-year-old woman from Shopian died at a hospital in Srinagar two days after she was admitted here, officials said on Wednesday. Her death has taken the fatality count due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 145. The septuagenarian with Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) died last evening at SMHS hospital, Medical Superintendent Dr […]
Power shutdown
According to the Superintending Engineer, O&M, Circle-II, KPDCL Srinagar, the 11kv feeder 3 of Chanapora Receiving Station shall observe shut down on July 08 from 01:30 pm to 5:30 pm for execution of project works at various locations. Similarly, 11kv, 4 and 5 feeders of Chanapora Receiving Station shall also observe shutdown on July 09 […]
Pulwama attack: Seventh accused arrested held: NIA
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said that it had arrested seventh accused person in Pulwama attack, earlier six persons were arrested in this regard. A statement issued to KNS reads, In the continuing investigation of the Pulwama attack case in which 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in an IED blast on 14.2.2019, NIA arrested […]
