Navin Choudhary reviews functioning of various departments
Calls for coordination among depts to double income of farmers JAMMU, APRIL 07: Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting of senior officers of various departments to review their functioning. Director Agriculture Jammu and Kashmir, Inderjeet and Altaf Andrabi; Directors Command Jammu and Kashmir, Smita Sethi […]
Militants shot dead trooper in South Kashmir
Bijbehara, April 7, KNT: Militants shot dead a trooper in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday evening. A police official told KNT that unknown gunmen fired up G-Company 116 Battalion CRPF and then hurled a grenade which did not explode at Goriwan area of Bijbehara. The official said that the trooper received bullet injuries and […]
Third death reported from ‘Covid-19’ in Kashmir
Kashmir has witnessed 3rd death from Covid-19 infection. A Covid-19 infected man from Gund Jahangir area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district died at SMHS Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Though, Medical Superintendent SMHS, Dr Nazir Chowdary told KNT that the man was suffering from Pneumonia and he has been waiting for the report to ascertain […]
5 more persons test positive in Kashmir, Coronavirus tally rises to 114 in J&K
Srinagar, April 06: The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 114 in Jammu and Kashmir as five more persons under quarantine tested positive for the dreaded diseases on Tuesday. Among them, sources said three are from Lalbazar locality and include two sisters aged 20 and 23 years-old and their 19-year-old cousin brother. The trio was […]
No large gatherings to be held on Shab-e-Baraat eve in Kashmir: DC Sgr
The Srinagar administration on Tuesday imposed ban on holding any religious congregation in the district on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat (night of blessings) in the wake of pandemic outbreak-Covid-19. Shab-e-Baraat is observed across the sub-continent with religious fervor on the night of 14th of Islamic Calendar month, Shabaan. The district magistrate Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary […]
Omar demands Mehbooba Mufti be set free
National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday demanded that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti be set free, saying merely shifting her home while keeping her under detention was a cop out. Mehbooba, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), was shifted from a make-shift […]
Lockdown effect: Machil resident walk 40 KM to buy medicine
Srinagar, April 07 (KNS):The countrywide 21-days lockdown in wake of Covid-19 forced residents of Machil tehsil of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district to walk 40 kilometers to get life saving drugs. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Machil some 60 km away from district headquarter is lacking stock of eatables and medicines from couple of weeks […]
COVID-19: Srinagar’s Eidgah area declared red zone, seized by police
Srinagar: Amid growing number of postive cases for coronavirus , police on Tuesday sealed Eidgah area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district to prevent the disease from spreading. Reports reaching here said that after the authorities declared Eidgah area as Red zone, the police immediately sealed the area to avoid any further spread of the pathogen. Its […]
‘Kashmiris illegally detained since August 5 deserve freedom’: Iltija Mufti
Srinagar, April 07 (KNS):PDP cheif Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday urged authorities to release all prisoners detained since August last year and said the continuous incarceration undermines our democratic credentials. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Iltija who runs her mother’s twitter handler tweeted, “All Kashmiris illegally detained since 5th August deserve freedom.Their […]
Omar terms Mehbooba’s continous detention ‘cop out’
Srinagar,April 07 (KNS): Former cheif minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed the continous detention of PDP cheif Mehbooba Mufti as “cop out”. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), former CM tweeted, “@MehboobaMufti must be set free. Shifting her home while continuing to keep her detained is a cop out”. Earlier an order issued by Home […]
