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People associated with tourism, travel to get vaccine jab

SRINAGAR: Amid the surge in Covid cases, the government has included people associated with travel and tourism in the priority group for getting Covid...

Not overload but Power dept officials responsible for outages in Srinagar areas

Govt acts against 2 engineers SRINAGAR: Power department has confirmed that power cuts during Sehri and Iftar times were not merely due to the overload...

Covid spread frightening, but situation in hospitals not so much in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: While Kashmir seems to be fast sinking into the abyss of the Covid-19 pandemic, months after it seemed that all had been brought...

Less than half the revenue target achieved by Power dept last year

Powerful defaulters such as CRPF, govt depts still refuse to clear dues SRINAGAR: The conversion of the Power Development Department to a corporation has had...

Even in Ramadan, even in April, Kashmir suffering from winter-like power outages

SRINAGAR: Just a week after the power department announced that it will bring outages down in Kashmir, winter season-like power cuts continue to disturb...

Fear of vaccine still widespread in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Nearly two months after the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine was given in Kashmir Valley, apprehensions about getting vaccinated are still widespread among...

Paradise on earth, as well as below

Least arsenic in J&K’s groundwater in all India: IIT study SRINAGAR: The groundwater in Jammu and Kashmir contains the least percentage of arsenic among all...

Mutton still selling at Rs 600 in Kashmir

Butchers Association shifts blame on government for allowing rates to go back SRINAGAR: Even after a month since the four-month hiatus over mutton rates has...

Stop grants to several autonomous departments in J&K: CAG

Utilisation certificates, audit accounts not submitted SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has been asked to discontinue grants to autonomous departments which have been lax...

Fine those who violate Covid SOPs at mosques: Div Com to Waqf Board

Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir PK Pole has asked the Wakf Board to fine violators of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPS) during prayers in mosques...

Now it’s easier, and quicker, to register with PM-JAY insurance

SRINAGAR: The government has eased the process for registration in GoI’s flagship health insurance scheme that offers up to Rs 5 lakh cover to...

CAG paints a picture of incompetence of Legal Metrology department

SRINAGAR: The Legal Metrology Department which ensures uniform standards for weighing and measurement has been found to be sitting over reforms that could have...

Relief money to 2014 flood-affected not paid yet: CAG

SRINAGAR: Six years have passed since the 2014 floods ravaged Kashmir Valley, but scores of affected are yet to get the relief money the...

JKSRTC running in ‘reverse’ gear despite capital infusion: CAG

Negative financial growth in last 5 years, no target achieved, no customer survey done SRINAGAR: The infusion of capital into the J&K Government-run State Road...

Projects delayed, crores of rupees lost: CAG on J&K power corp

Srinagar: The J&K Government-owned Power Development Corporation has been found to be bleeding losses as a result of failure of completion of several projects...

To restore 370, we mustn’t irritate people of India: Sajad Lone

PDP’s Khursheed Alam, Peerzada Mansoor, NC’s Basharat Bukhari join PC Srinagar: Only the Parliament of India or the Supreme Court can restore the abrogated article...

Fall in exports, rise in unemployment: GoI figures reveal dismal picture of J&K economy

Srinagar: The Government of India (GoI) has released figures that show how much the Kashmir economy suffered in the past three years, two of...

Illegal constructions not being reported by field staff: Govt circular

Srinagar: The government of J&K has admitted that illegal constructions in Kashmir Valley have come up due to carelessness and negligence of the field...

Mehbooba appears at ED’s Srinagar office to answer questions

Srinagar: Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday appeared at the Enforcement Directorate’s Srinagar office to answer questions related to a money-laundering case. The...

No arrests yet in case of murderous attack on Bakerwal family in Samba

Srinagar: Two days after the head of a Bakerwal family was beaten and grievously wounded by goons in Samba, no one has been arrested...

Power infrastructure in Kashmir gets big boost of 480 MW

Srinagar: Better late than never, perhaps, that at the end of one of the harshest winters in recent years in Kashmir, the Power Development...

Two journalists assaulted by police

Srinagar: Once again the Jammu and Kashmir Police beat up journalists while they were doing their professional duty, this time while they were covering...

DPS staffer tests positive for Covid

Srinagar: Now a staffer at Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar has tested Covid-19 positive. At least seven staffers at the GD Goenka school have...

More Covid cases found at Goenka school

Srinagar: Is GD Goenka School actually ready to start reopening for students? On Wednesday, another person at the school tested positive, taking the overall...

7 staff members of Goenka school test positive for Covid

Srinagar: At least seven staff members of GD Goenka School in Srinagar have tested positive just days before the school is scheduled to re-open...

Ration Card coming in way of availing PM’s Ayushman insurance

Srinagar: A hurdle has come in the way of smooth disposal of GoI’s flagship health scheme that offers up to Rs 5 lakh insurance...

Schools fob off all responsibility on parents if child catches Covid

Srinagar: Ahead of opening of schools in Kashmir Valley for the first time since last year’s Covid-19 lockdown, parents are still afraid of sending...

No license for stone crushers is welcome, but where is raw material?

Srinagar: For the first time, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has done away with the requirement of a license for setting up stone crushers...

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,...

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...

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