J&K Govt Amends Rules, BDC Chairpersons’ Status Now Equivalent to Army Brigadier
In a major boost to the Panchayati Raj Institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration amended rules to give Block Development Council chairpersons a status equivalent to that of an Army brigadier. According to the warrant of precedence issued by the Hospitality and Protocol Department of Jammu and Kashmir, BDC chairpersons have been placed at […]
‘Green J&K Drive- 2020’ for increasing forest cover
To promote and increase the forest cover in J&K through people’s participation, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded approval to the Forest Department’s proposal of organizing an integrated ‘Green J&K Drive- 2020’ to double the plantation target achieved during previous year. With an aim […]
Teenager found ‘murdered’ under mysterious circumstances in Qaziabad
A 16-year old teenager was found ‘murdered’ under mysterious circumstances from a pool in Doribal Qaziabad wooden area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday morning. The family, however, demanded swift probe and identification of killers. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a pall of gloom descended on Hajibal village after body of a teenager […]
J&K COVID-19 toll rises to 279 as 53-year-old Srinagar man dies at SKIMS
Srinagar: A 53-year-old an employee of Jal Shakti Department, died at SKIMS Soura after testing positive for COVID-19 taking the disease toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 279. The deceased was a resident of Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar as per officials. With these deaths, 259 people in Kashmir and 20 in Jammu have died […]
COVID-19: J-K Govt sanctions Rs 15 crore under SDRF for SKIMS
Srinagar: Amid spike in COVID cases, the government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 15 Crore under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Government Medical Colleges (GMC) Srinagar and Jammu. The decision to sanction Rs five Crore each to the three health institutions was taken in a State Executive […]
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 […]
Kashmiri students of Aryans shine in MRS-PTU, Punjab results
Students of Aryans College of Engineering, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh brought laurels to the college by giving excellent results in the final examinations conducted by MRS-PTU, Bathinda. In B.Tech Civil 4th year – 1st position was bagged by Sonika Rajwal and Tenzin Gaydun with 9.20 SGPA, 2nd position by Ajay Kumar and Binit Kumar with 9.10 […]
COVID19: DM orders closure of Markets in Bandipora District for 72-hours
District Magistrate Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmed has ordered closure of all markets in Bandipora district for 72 hours with effect from Thursday morning. The order has been issued as a precautionary measure to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. According to the order issued on Wednesday evening, all shops/ service providers except Chemists and essential […]
Minor girl drowns to death in Shopian
A 13 -year-old girl was drowned to death on Wednesday in Nallah Adijan in shopian area of south Kashmir, her body was later recovered at Nalla gramtoo at Mandujan. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that that a minor girl drowned in Nallah while washing utensils, stating that she got slipped in the Nallah “After […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 453 new positive cases, 8607 recovered so far JAMMU, JULY 22: The Government on Wednesday informed that 453 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 101 from Jammu division and 352 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 15711. […]
