Srinagar: The government on Monday sealed the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the oldest newspapers published from Jammu and Kashmir. Its executive editor Anuradha Bhasin told Kashmir Reader that the office was locked from the outside by the Estates Department on Monday evening without any eviction or cancellation notice. “There was no technical […]
Most hospital beds for Covid patients lie vacant, recoveries at 90%, new cases declining every day Srinagar: After seven months of Covid-19 fight, the recovery rate of patients in J&K has gone up to nearly 90 percent, so much so that hospitals now have plenty of vacant beds for Covid-19 patients. Only 8,677 active cases […]
Govt forms committee to identify reasons why so many cases are rejected Srinagar: If you are an entrepreneur banking on the government for funding, your expectations are badly misplaced irrespective of how good your idea is. This is because various institutions, from banks to government departments, block funding to businesses for unknown reasons. Ahmad Muhammad, […]
Srinagar: Six years after massive floods ravaged Kashmir, the government has woken up to take action against the “illegal constructions” which were one of the reasons for the occurrence of the devastating 2014 floods. According to a document, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Kondbarao Pole has directed revenue, irrigation and floods control departments as well as […]
Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Toiba commander was killed alongside his aide in a gunfight that broke out early morning on Monday in Srinagar. The firefight began after government forces comprising Police and CRPF laid a cordon and search operation in Srinagar’s Barzulla area on a specific input about presence of militants. All the entry and exit points […]
SRINAGAR: For the government forces, their efforts against militancy this year have been more successful than they were last year, according to Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh. Singh stated this during his interaction with reporters on Monday post the Barzulla encounter in which a most-wanted Pakistani militant and his associate were killed. “The […]
Acclaimed banker who quit as HDFC’s VP six months ago sits idle while JK Bank sinks under RK Chibber Srinagar: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has once again deferred approval for the appointment of JK Bank’s Managing Director, though five months have passed since the candidate for it was selected. The RBI is strangely […]
Srinagar: While online sales of many businesses picked up during the coronavirus lockdown, traditional Kashmiri artisans found no customers on the web portal the government had set up for them in the form of a “virtual fair”. Artisans who would sell their goods through the government’s handicrafts department were told to put up their artefacts […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said that the use of virtual phone numbers by militants is a cause of concern but they would find a solution to it. Speaking to reporters at a wreath laying ceremony of two slain CRPF soldiers killed on Srinagar outskirts a day ago, he […]
Srinagar: Despite a shut down economy for most of the past year, Jammu and Kashmir has surprisingly been able to rack up the second-highest amount collected in Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country during the month of September this year. It means that there was considerable trade activity in JK, as well as […]