Final decision postponed to Tuesday SRINAGAR: Mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have decided to take a decision on Tuesday on attending the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 24. This was decided on Sunday after the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held internal party meetings […]
SRINAGAR: At a dispensary in Miyashah Sahab area of Rainawari, Mumtaza and her husband, Ashiq Hussain, received the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine two weeks ago. The duo, one 70-year-old and the other 65, were asked to leave home after the shot, without waiting the mandatory 30 minutes after the inoculation. They reached home, took […]
SRINAGAR: Every now and then, the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), the civic bodies mandated to regulate building permissions in Kashmir, blame people for illegal and unauthorised constructions. Teams of these two civic bodies are often seen demolishing structures, or sealing them, because these have been constructed in violation […]
SRINAGAR: The much-hyped metro project in the twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar is still awaiting approval for funds from the Government of India, which is funding the project. “Approval/appraisal of the DPR along with funding for these projects is awaited from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India,” reads the document […]
SRINAGAR: After a long battle with Covid-19, there is some relief in Jammu and Kashmir as life is getting back to normal, gradually, due to the lowering number of fresh cases. However, the virus is still out there and there is every possibility that it can spread and mutate again. Non-adherence to Covid SOPs, especially […]
Meeting held at Mehbooba’s residence; Tarigami is new spokesperson SRINAGAR: Formed with the resolve of restoring J&K’s pre-August 5 ‘special status’, the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Wednesday met again to reiterate its already stated position on Articles 370 and 35A and on the delimitation exercise underway in the region. […]
SRINAGAR: More alarming evidence has come to fore that Jammu and Kashmir is sitting on an imminent climatic disaster. The bad news has come both from a central government report as well as from the well-known Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSW). According to the CSE report, all the 10 glaciers in Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR: The presence of omnivorous wild boars, a species not native to Kashmir but introduced in the 19th century as game, has been seen to be increasing in many areas of the valley, causing apprehensions about the safety of people. The concern has grown after a four-year-old girl was recently attacked and later killed by […]
Dr Irfan Iqbal is the only person in J&K to have suffered post-Covid complication of acute transverse myeletis SRINAGAR: Dr Irfan Iqbal has been confined to a wheelchair for nearly 10 months since an infection in his spinal cord disabled movement in his lower part of the body. Dr Iqbal, however, still goes to hospital […]
SRINAGAR: No doctor in Kashmir died of Covid-19 during the deadly second wave of the viral pandemic, even at Covid hospitals overwhelmed with patients, while in Jammu, where there were less cases comparatively, three doctors lost their lives to the disease. According to data compiled by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), three doctors lost their […]