12 injured in road accident in central Kashmir
At least twelve persons were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and met an accident in Baderkund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). An unnamed official told the agency that a mini-bus carrying passengers en route Ganderbal skidded […]
BJP worker injured in Budgam attack succumbs in Srinagar
A day after militants shot at and critically injured a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in Ompora Budgam in central Kashmir, the 38-year-old succumbed to his wounds at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar on Monday. The party worker, Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Ompora, was critically injured when militants fired upon him […]
Audio clip claims soldier killed, buried
Mystery shrouds the disappearance of the Army soldier, Shakir Manzoor, even as an undated unverified audio surfaced on social media in which a person, suspected to be a militant, claimed to have killed the abducted soldier and not returned the body. The authenticity of the purported audio message could not be ascertained. The speaker in […]
4 BJP leaders in J&K’s Budgam resign hours after militants attack party worker
Four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam resigned from the party on Sunday, hours after BJP worker Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora village, was shot at and critically injured by militants in the district. Among those who resigned are the party general-secretary Budgam and the general-secretary MM Morcha Budgam. […]
Day 77: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 23 domestic flights with 2,886 passengers
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: On day 77 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 23 domestic flights with 2,886 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1042 passengers aboard 10 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 13 domestic flights with about 1844 passengers on […]
Director Agriculture Kashmir reviews ongoing developmental programs in Bandipora
BANDIPORA, AUGUST 09: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today visited Bandipora to take review of various ongoing developmental programs taken up by the department in the district. During the review, the Director took a detailed feedback regarding progress of centrally sponsored schemes, Capex (Physical and Financial), Status of physical achievements made under different schemes, […]
JK reports 507 new positive cases, 17003 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: The Government on Sunday informed that 507 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 129 from Jammu division and 378 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 24897. Also 13 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu […]
AOES, CESCRA organizes Intl Web-Conference on “Sustainable Environment & Agriculture: Technological Progressions & Transitions”
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 09: The Academy of Eco Science (AOES) in collaboration with Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CESCRA), IARI New Delhi organized an International Web-Conference on “Sustainable Environment and Agriculture: Technological Progressions and Transitions” here today. The conference was an initiative to draw on synergies and strengths in order to make […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,97,206 stranded JK residents; 2,05,786 via Lakhanpur, 91,420 through special trains
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,97,206 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, […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 4,66,760 registrations; 2,43,160 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 9: Till today morning 4,66,760 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,43,160 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 67,730 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
