Srinagar: Peoples Conference Chief Sajad Ahmad Lone has been released from home detention of almost a year on Friday afternoon. Taking on to the twitter Lone wrote, “Finally 5 days short of a year I have been officially informed that I am a free man. So much has changed. So have I. Jail was not […]
Srinagar: Seven more COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning taking the toll to 373, officials said. Four of the fresh victims are from Srinagar, two from Pulwama while one, a 56-year-old, is from Jammu’s Shakti Shakti Nagar area. Regarding two casualties in Pulwama, officials identified one of them as a […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Thursday directed forces to remain “very alert for the ensuing fortnight” ahead of Eid-ul-Adha and August 15. Chairing a high-level security meeting here, he said that there will be “provocations by the “anti-national and anti-social elements during this period and as such all the nafri deployed on […]
For major minerals, existing clearance to be valid for two more years
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered fast-tracking of the Environment Clearance Process in minor minerals mining operations across J&K. The order, issued jointly by Forest, Ecology and Environment Department and Industries and Commerce Department, said that in view of the acute and unprecedented shortage of key material for development works, “it is […]
Srinagar: A civil society group On Thursday claimed to have distributed 70,000 surgical masks among people in Srinagar in the past two days as part of its awareness campaign aimed to keep COVID-19 at bay. The group ‘Care Kashmir International’ (CKI) said in a statement that on July 28 and 30, it had distributed approximately […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 450 new cases of COVID-19 even as the infection tally rose to 19869. While 383 cases were detected within J&K, the remaining 67 cases were detected from amongst the travelers into the region, the government’s COVID-19 bulletin for the day read. As many as 183 of the reported […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Thursday directed forces to remain “very alert for ensuing fortnight” ahead of Eid-ul-Adha and the Indian Independence Day. Chairing a high-level security meeting here, the DGP said that there will be “provocations by the “anti national and anti social elements during this period and as such all […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants fired upon army Casper in Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. The militants fired upon the Army vehicle from an orchard in the village, however in this incident no loss of life or injury was reported. The forces cordoned off the whole area to nab the attackers. (GNS) Reader […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried raids at Awantipora residence of a man arrested in April this year in a narco-militancy case. Official sourves said that a team of NIA carried the raids in Khandaypora area Awantipora in Pulwama district and searched the house of the man, Hilal Ahmad Wagay, a truck […]
Srinagar: Seven more persons including a CRPF man have died after contracting COVID-19 in Kashmir division, thus taking the disease toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 359. The fresh victims comprise a 75-year-old woman from Shivpora Srinagar, a 72-year-old man from Batamallo Srinagar, a 55-year-old CRPF man of 198 battalion, a 66-year-old woman from […]