No need to panic as most Kashmiris have hybrid immunity against Covid-19: DAK

Srinagar: With surge in Covid-19 cases in various countries, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday said there is no need to panic as most people in Kashmir have hybrid immunity because of a combination of widespread natural infection and vaccination. “Hybrid immunity offers robust and long lasting protection against Covid-19,” said DAK President and Influenza […]

CBK Kashmir Produces Challan Against 7 Accused On Pretext of Providing Government Jobs in J&K Police to Complainants

Srinagar: Crime Branch Kashmir on thrusday said that its Economic Offence Wing produced challan Against seven Accused on pretext of Providing jobs to the victims. In a handout , the CBK said that its Economic Offence Wing Produced Challan in Case FIR No.19/2015 U/S 419, 420, 120-B RPC of Police Station Economic Offence Wing of […]

Amid forecast for snow, mercury rises in Kashmir but hovers below sub-zero level

Srinagar: Amid forecast for intermittent light to moderate snow at scattered places during next 24 hours, minimum temperatures recorded a rise but continued to hover below sub-zero level in Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday. A meterological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.2°C against last night’s temperature of minus 5.6°C. […]

Man dies as vehicle skids off road in Ramban

Ramban: A man died after his vehicle skidded off the road in Ramban district on Thursday morning, officials said here. An official said that an the vehicle rolled down on National Highway 44 near Kelamorh in Ramban. He said the driver of the vehicle died on the spot and his body was later recovered following […]

3 shops gutted, firefighter injured in Tangmarg blaze

Baramulla: At least three shops and a computer institute were gutted and a fire fighter was injured in a blaze in Kunzer area of Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning. An official said that fire broke out in one of the shops today morning. He said in the incident three shops and […]

Downtown Heroes FC management meets AIFF top brass

Downtown Heroes FC management meets AIFF top brass

Srinagar: The management of Srinagar-based football club, Downtown Heroes FC today met the All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey and General Secretary Shaji Prabhakaran at Football House, New Delhi to discuss various issues pertaining to development of Football in Jammu & Kashmir. The Downtown Heroes FC delegation comprised Mushtaq Bashir, Kaiser Bhat and […]

Home Minister Amit Shah reviews security situation, development programmes in J&K

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed the security situation and development issues in Jammu and Kashmir, where four heavily-armed militants who had come from Pakistan were killed early this morning, officials said. In the pre-scheduled meeting, the home minister reviewed the prevailing security situation in the Union Territory and steps taken […]

Spread of militancy to Jammu region govt’s biggest failure: Mehbooba

Srinagar: The government has totally failed to control militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and the terrorism now spreading to the Jammu region is its “biggest failure”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday. She said the encounter in Jammu’s Sidhra area in the morning, where four terrorists were killed, belied the government claims of uprooting […]

Fourth Covid vaccine dose unwarranted right now but increased surveillance needed: experts

New Delhi: Several countries are administering a third and even fourth Covid booster shot but India, where many fully vaccinated individuals have not taken even one, is not there yet, say experts while stressing on the need for a structured and systematic response. As Covid gets back on the radar with a surge in China […]

2022 was a crucial year for India in combating climate change, reverse nature loss

New Delhi:India set ambitious climate goals in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promises made in Glasgow and took crucial steps for environment protection and wildlife conservation in 2022, including the launch of Mission LiFE and the reintroduction of Cheetah 70 years after the species became extinct in the country. The country established Asia’s largest […]