Newspaper editors’ fraternity calls on Advisor Khan, project demands
SRINAGAR, JULY 04: A deputation of editors of Kashmir based newspapers today called on the Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan here and projected several demands before the Advisor. The five-member deputation led by Editor-in-Chief of Kashmir News Service, Mohammad Aslam including, Manzoor Anjum, Tahir Mohudin, Rashid Rahil and Farzana Mumtaz apprised the Advisor of […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,86,379 stranded JK residents; 1,26,718 via Lakhanpur, 59,661 through special trains
JAMMU, JULY 04: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,86,379 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, […]
Hakeem Yaseen calls for stern action against profiteers of essential commodities
Chairman Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) Hakeem Yaseen has urged the authorities at the helm of affairs to conduct intensified market checking on daily basis to control skyrocketting prices of essential commodities in the market He said taking undue advantage of situation emerging out of Coronavirus pandemic, vegetable sellers, vendors and butchers have resorted a […]
JCO among three army soldiers injured in Kulgam gunfight
A Junior Commissioned officer (JCO) was among three soldiers injured in an ongoing encounter in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that in an ongoing firefight three soldiers including a JCO recieved minor injuries in the firefight. The injured have been evacuated to 92 Base […]
IGP visits family of civilian killed in Sopore, assures ‘impartial investigation’
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar along with other senior police officers on Saturday visited the family of a civilian who was killed at Sopore earlier this week. “I heard their grievances and I cleared all aspects. I also assured them an impartial investigation (into the incident,” IGP told local news gathering agency […]
Unidentified militant killed in ongoing Kulgam gunfight
Srinagar: An unidentified militant has been killed in the ongoing gunfight with government forces in Arreh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The gunfight started this afternoon shortly after forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area following inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Pertinently, 120 militants have been killed […]
COVID-19: Four more patients die in Kashmir, toll 125
The death toll due to the Novel Coronavirus has mounted to 125 in Jammu and Kashmir as four more patients died on Saturday due to the virus in the Union Territory, officials said. The four deceased patients include 65-year-old man from Handwara, 75-year-old man from Dailgam and 55-year-old man from Tangmarg Baramulla and 65-year-old man […]
Div Com holds interaction with stakeholders on Dal conservation
The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Friday held an interactive meeting with different stakeholders with regard to preservation and conservation of world famous Dal Lake. Addressing the meeting, the Divisional Commissioner said that the world famous Dal Lake is called jewel in the crown of Kashmir and it is the responsibility of one and […]
Dr Samoon distributes prizes among winners of Yoga ASANAS competition
SRINAGAR, JULY 03: Principal Secretary, School Education Department and Skill Development, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today distributed mobile tablets among meritorious students who took part in Yoga ASANAS competition, 2020 at Civil Secretariat here. Director School Education Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik was also present on the occasion while as DSEJ, Anuradha Gupta and Mission Director, […]
COVID-19: Kashmir reports one more death, J-K toll mounts to 118
Srinagar: A 70-year-old man from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died on Friday afternoon at CD hospital, thus taking the overall toll of deaths due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 118. Dr Saleem Tak, Medical Superintendent at Chest Disease (CD) hospital told a news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a 70-year-old man from […]
