SHOPIAN: The inhabitants of Dunado, a far off village in Keller belt of south Kashmir’s Shopian district recently staged a protest against callous attitude of authorities for not plugging the supply of foodgrains meat for the poor, that according to them is benefitting rich families in the area. Locals said that many people in the […]
BUDGAM: Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza Monday chaired a meeting of officers to discuss the directions received from National Green Tribunal (NGT) pertaining to impending issues of wetlands and water bodies of district Budgam. The meeting also deliberated on the point’s agenda wise already discussed in the meeting under the chairmanship of Divisional Commissioner […]
PAMPORE: Additional Deputy Commissioner Awantipora, S.A Raina on Monday visited different areas of Pampore Tehsil to take stock of land conversion and extraction of minerals. The ADC visited Yeshnabal locality in Pampore town to take stock of land conversion in the area. “One person was found filling soil in a marsh,” Raina said, adding he […]
Srinagar: An international webinar lecture series initiated by the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences started at University of Kashmir. The first lecture of this series was organized online on the Google Meet platform by the department in collaboration with the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre of the University of Kashmir and was delivered by Prof. Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, […]
JAMMU: Stepping up COVID-19 testing, the Microbiology Department of Government Medical College, Jammu achieved yet another milestone by carrying out more than 2143 tests in a day, through introduction of partial automation yesterday, 843 samples more than the daily average of 1300 samples per day during the past two months, thus accounting for an increase […]
SRINAGAR: 10 COVID-19 patients were today discharged from SKIMS (JVC) Bemina, after successful completion of treatment and testing negative prior to discharge. With this the number of COVID-19 recovered patient’s moves to 479 out of total COVID positive admitted patients numbering 610 till date. The recovery rate at present is more than 78.5 percent and […]
Srinagar: Chairman, J&K Public Service Commission, B.R. Sharma, Monday administered oath of office to the four newly appointed Members. Two members, Subash Gupta and Sameer Bharti were administered oath at Jammu office, while Syed Iqbal Aga and Showkat Ahmad Zargar were administered oath of office at Srinagar through video conferencing mode. KR Desk
JAMMU: Acting tough against the erring employees of JKRTC for gross negligence of legitimate duties and ticket less travelling, Managing Director, Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (MD JKRTC), Angrez Singh Rana, imposed penalty on two erring Conductors recoverable from their salary besides disengaging consolidated service of Ghulam Mohi ud Din (CB Driver) with immediate […]
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement Wing of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority today carried out a demolition drive in Nigeen, Rainawari and Green Belt of Lashkari Mohalla. During the demolition drive two second storeys and one single storey house was demolished on the spot, furthermore, anti-encroachment drive was launched against the encroachers, who have encroached green area […]
The painful truth is that the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas has already ceased to exist as a political body that holds much sway or relevance, either to the Palestinian people or to Abbas’ former benefactors, namely the Israeli and the American governments. So, when the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Mohammed Shtayyeh, announced on […]