COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,88,699 stranded JK residents; 2,00,129 via Lakhanpur, 88,570 through special trains
JAMMU, AUGUST 06: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,88,699 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, […]
JK reports 499 new positive cases, 15708 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 06: The Government on Thursday informed that 499 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 73 from Jammu division and 426 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 23454. Also 10 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 03 from Jammu […]
CRPF man among three more patients die of COVID in J&K, toll 437
Three more patients, including a CRPF man who were tested positive for COVID-19, died on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of deaths due to the virus to 437 in the Union Territory. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that three patients who died include a 50-year-old CRPF man of 43 […]
Pampore mishap: Accused arrested, police asks ‘general people’ to record statements
Pampore: Police in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has urged “eyewitnesses” to record their statements regarding a road mishap in which two teenage girls were killed and another injured even as the accused has already been arrested. The incident took on Tuesday near Tulbagh area of Pampore in which two teenage girls Nazila Jan, daughter of […]
Manoj Sinha appointed as new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed former Union minister Manoj Sinha as the next Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He will replace Girish Chandra Murmu who resigned on Wednesday. In a release confirming the same, the President house said, “The President has been pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Sinha, to be the Lieutenant […]
Militants shot dead BJP Sarpanch in Qazigund
Suspected militants on Thursday shot dead a BJP Sarpanch at Vessu village in Qazigund block of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told GNS the militants fired upon the Sarpanch identified as Sajad Ahmad Khanday near his residence at Vessu, leaving him critically injured before fleeing. He was shifted to GMC Anantnag, they said. Medical […]
GC Murmu Submits Resignation as J&K Lieutenant Governor, Set to Be New CAG: Sources
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind, said sources. The sources added that Murmu is set to be the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) taking over from Rajiv Mehrishi, who will retire this week. While reports said Murmu has sent his […]
Engineering Wings of Departments reorganized to bring speed, quality and cost control in projects
In a decision with significant structural change in Engineering Wings of various departments and their working, the Administrative Council which met here today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, sanctioned the merger/subsuming of in-house engineering wings in various departments/organizations like Tourism, School, Higher and Technical Education, Agriculture Production, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry & […]
COVID-19: 1800 recovered patients discharged from Covid care centres in Srinagar
Nearly 1800 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from Covid Care Centres in Srinagar with nearly 1000 of them discharged during the last 10 days. This was informed in a meeting convened here to review the COVID-19 containment measures and patient-care in care centres for COVID-19 patients in Srinagar. The meeting held under the chairmanship of […]
Day 73: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 23 domestic flights with 2,582 passengers
JAMMU, AUGUST 05: On day 73 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 23 domestic flights with 2,582 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 681 passengers aboard 9 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 14 domestic flights with about 1901 passengers on […]
