Protective gear, earth conductors: Power dept finally gets serious about safety of field staff

Protective gear, earth conductors: Power dept finally gets serious about safety of field staff

Srinagar: The Power Development Department of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday took some long-awaited and much-welcome steps to protect the lives of its employees, many of whom die or are grievously injured in the line of duty. The accidents occur mostly when the line staff are fixing transmission lines on poles, especially during the winter. […]

J&K Bank overseas shareholder shoots letter, raises questions over ‘lack of integrity’, leadership

J&K Bank overseas shareholder shoots letter, raises questions over ‘lack of integrity’, leadership

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s overseas shareholder Sanjeev Arora has raised serious questions over the integrity and leadership for its wide ranging issues. This has come after the bank has been non-performing over the last many quarters and sitting over the appointment of a new Managing Director. In a letter shot to the Bank’s board […]

3 newly recruited militants arrested for attack on Akash Mehra

3 newly recruited militants arrested for attack on Akash Mehra

TRF’s Ghazi lured them, aim was to instil fear among tourists: IGP Srinagar: Police have arrested three militants responsible for the deadly attack on Akash Mehra, the son of the owner of the Krishna Dhaba at Dalgate, just two days after the incident happened on Wednesday evening. In a press conference held on Friday, Inspector-General […]

Who met the envoys, and who didn’t

Who met the envoys, and who didn’t

Srinagar: Not even a single prominent political, trade or civil society group was invited by the administration to meet the 24-member European-African delegation during its two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Neither the National Conference (NC) nor the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was invited. NC Spokesperson Imran Dar told Kashmir Reader that no one from […]

40 percent health care workers yet to be vaccinated: Official

Srinagar: Nearly one-and-a-half month after the vaccination drive started, authorities have decided to conclude the Covid-19 vaccination for health care workers on February 25 while the facility for the front line workers will remain on for more time. State Immunisation Officer Dr Qazi Haroon told Kashmir Reader that about 60 percent of healthcare workers have […]

Two persons from J&K missing in Uttarakhand: official

Two persons from J&K missing in Uttarakhand: official

Srinagar: In the aftermath of Uttarakhand floods, two persons from Jammu and Kashmir are among the total 250 missing, Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority Director Aamir Ali told Kashmir Reader. He said one of them has been identified as Basharat Zargar, a resident of Illahi Bagh, who was working as a manager in the […]

Nobel laureate Prof Mohd Yunus coming to Kashmir to set up ‘Yunus Centres’

Nobel laureate Prof Mohd Yunus coming to Kashmir to set up ‘Yunus Centres’

Srinagar: Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh is likely to visit Kashmir later this year to set up “Yunus Centres” in regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. But before that he will be conversing online in a webinar with students, entrepreneurs and academicians of Kashmir on ‘Rethinking Innovation and Growth Models in Post-Covid World’ […]

Second phase of Covid vaccination receives a boost with many more turning up

Srinagar: The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive which began on Thursday started with an overwhelming response, as nearly 8,000 recipients received the shots, the highest number in a day since the process began. State Immunisation Officer Dr Qazi Haroon told Kashmir Reader that 7,900 recipients were given the shots in total across Jammu and […]

Police, revenue officials to get Covid vaccine shots from today

No adverse reactions so far: Dr Qazi Srinagar: After two weeks of successful Covid vaccination drive in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration would start the second phase of vaccination from Thursday in the region. State Immunisation Officer Dr Qazi Haroon told Kashmir Reader that frontline workers in the second phase comprise policemen and revenue officials. […]

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