LADAKH ASPIRATIONS
There was a lot of joy and jubilation in Leh on August 5, last year when they were declared as a separate UT without legislature bringing curtains down on what they used to call as dominance of Kashmiris. Now a year has passed there is gloom and uncertainty, with no tourism and Indo-China standoff at […]
ALARMING SITUATION
Opening markets and or closing them down is not a medicine for a viral disease like coronavirus. Authorities in the past six months in Jammu and Kashmir have been claiming that they have sufficient number of beds, medicines, PPE’s for doctors and ventilators to combat Covid-19 cases here. With a huge number of cases being […]
OMAR ABDULLAH SPEAKS
Vice President and former chief minister of the National Conference Omar Abdullah is currently under fire from different quarters for different reasons. His party came out with a statement recently when chief minister of Chhattisgarh alleged that Omar Abdullah bought his freedom from the jail through his brother in law Sachin Pilot and the current […]
NO LIFTING OF CURBS
The government has informed the top court that the committee set up by them on the directions of the court has decided to keep a ban on the high speed internet for another two months. This development has come amid the growing demands of doctors and students here for the restoration of 4G internet services […]
HUGE PRESSURE
Covid-19 positive cases are showing an upward trend in Jammu and Kashmir especially in the valley. As the number of patients have increased, it has brought huge pressure on the covid designated hospitals in Kashmir. In such a scenario, the authorities have decided to change the Sop’s in order to minimize takeoff covid suspected patients. […]
Violation and penalty
Lt. Governor GC Murmu presided over the meeting authorizing all Deputy Commissioners of UT of Jammu and Kashmir to act against the violators of covid-19 Sop’s set by the government. All the violators like those not wearing masks would be panelized and will have to pay a penalty. The government has also decided to penalize […]
LOCKDOWN GUIDELINES
After the easing of restrictions due to Covid-19 lockdown, UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir along with health officials issued a number of guidelines for common people to save themselves in this pandemic. In this direction recently Lt-Governor Girish Chandra Murmu made a fervent appeal to the people of the Union Territory to follow Covid-19 […]
LIFE COVER
Recently UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to give an insurance cover of Rs 25 lakh to all the panchayat members in Jammu and Kashmir in wake of recent killings. Earlier in 2018, when the regional parties like National Conference and PDP decided to boycott local panchayat elections, the central government decided to […]
YATRA CANCELLED
After lot of consultations and high level meetings finally good sense has prevailed on the decision makers as they cancelled the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir. In this direction even the scheduled yatra of two weeks was cancelled as Kashmir valley witnessed a worst period of pandemic. An official announcement was made recently evening after […]
ON WAR PATH
There is no synergy and cohesion among different wings of the UT administration even for the preservation of the environment in Kashmir. Such a path of confrontation is spoiling the environment and also endangering water bodies like Wular Lake. Recently media reported that officials of Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) alleged they were assaulted […]
