CPI(M) supports daily-wagers strike call
Srinagar, June 24 (KNS): While expressing serious concern over the government’s failure to fulfill its promise of regularizing daily wagers/casual labourers, scheme workers, contractual and others, working in various departments, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Wednesday said these poor people are already suffering due to the non-payment of wages for months together. In 2017 […]
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Kashmir valley in general and Srinagar city in particular has suffered on developmental front in the past one year. Since August 5, last year, all the developmental projects received a setback as the government gave only 24 hours to all yatries, tourists and outside laborers to leave Kashmir valley. It was followed by massive security […]
COVID-19: 48 -year-old lady from Srinagar dies at SKIMS; Death toll reaches to 88 in J&K
Srinagar , June 24 (KNO): A 48- year- old lady infected with COVID- 19 from Baghat Barzulla area of Srinagar passed away at SKIMS Soura on Wednesday, taking overall death toll due to pandemic to 88 in Jammu & Kashmir . Medical Superintendent SKIMS , Dr Farooq Jan told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that […]
23- year- old boy dies under mysterious circumstances in Tangmerg village
Baramulla , June 24 (KNO): A 23 -year- old boy namely Sarfraz Ahmad Ganje Son of Bashir Ahmad Ganie resident of Kralpora Village of Tangmarg was found dead in mysterious condition at his residence in Tangmarg area of North Kashmir . SDPO Tangmarg Hilal Ahmad told KNO that the cause of death is being ascertained. […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 148 new positive cases, 3642 recovered so far JAMMU, JUNE 23: The Government on Tuesday informed that 148 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 20 from Jammu division and 128 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 6236. […]
Is unfurling JK flag now a crime: PDP asks Govt
Srinagar, June 23 (KNS): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday has condemned arrest of its leader Er Nazir Yatoo, questioning the government that since when has unfurling the flag of Jammu and Kashmir been declared culpable? In a statement issued to KNS, PDP spokesman and media advisor to party President Mehbooba Mufti Syed Suhail Bukhari […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,58,871 stranded JK residents; 1,08,800 via Lakhanpur, 50,071 through special trains
Jammu, June 23 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,58,871 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 […]
OIC contact group holds virtual meeting on Kashmir
Srinagar, June 22 (KNS): The Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir held a virtual meeting today against the backdrop of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a statement said. The Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey attended the meeting, OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef […]
The decision to station Move offices in Jammu is divisive: CPI (M)
Srinagar, June 23: Stating that J&K administration’s decision to allow key Durbar Move departments to function from Jammu may further deepen the misunderstandings between Kashmir and Jammu regions, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Tuesday said the traditional bi-annual exercise was symbol of unity and amity between different ethnic groups living across the region. In […]
DOES IT MATTER?
Financial situation is so bad in Jammu and Kashmir especially in Kashmir valley that it is very difficult to see whether it matters or not that life is normal or under lockdown. It was recently summed up by a Kashmiri trader when he was asked about the prospectus of business picking up after the district […]
