Srinagar: J&K Peoples Movement has welcomed the release of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. In a joint statement JKPM President Feroze Peerzada and Senior Vice President Advocate Syed Iqbal Tahir demanded the immediate release of all other political detainees who are lodged in and outside J&K jails. “In the aftermath of August 2019 clampdown, various […]
Srinagar: With widespread use of rapid antigen tests in Kashmir for the detection of Covid-19 cases, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said these diagnostic tests miss a large number of positive cases obscuring the true picture of the outbreak in the valley. “One in two persons infected with the novel coronavirus receive false negative […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the core features of the JK Health Insurance scheme and the process of approvals of Golden Cards. Stressing on extending the benefits of the JK Health Insurance scheme to all the citizens of J&K, the Lt Governor directed the concerned officers to take […]
SRINAGAR: In order to provide assistance to business entities, the LG administration had recently announced a number of measures to provide growth momentum in various sectors of the economy. A comprehensive package of Rs 1350 crore was announced by the J&K LG, Manoj Sinha in the previous month responding to the demands put forth by […]
700-800 public toilets to come up in 3 months SRINAGAR; Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Monday called for developing Self Sustaining Public Conveniences across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He was chairing a meeting at the Civil Secretariat to discuss the modalities for improving the public convenience services in J&K. He laid special emphasis […]
Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement has expressed their anguish over the imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it an unbearable overburden to the people of J&K amid the on-going financial crunch. In a statement, JKPM President Feroze Peerzada has said that after the clampdown of August 2019 and then the Covid-19 […]
SRINAGAR: Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey was on Monday nominated as the Executive Chairman of the Union Territory of Ladakh Legal Services Authority (LLSA). Justice Magrey was nominated following consultation between Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, with the Chief Justice of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of J&K and Union Territory […]
SRINAGAR: Rouf Ahmad Bhat, President Non-Gazetted Employees Union (Chairman Coordination Committee) alongwith Maqbool Hussain, President Lower Grade & Hilal Ahmad Bhat, General Secretary, Civil Secretariat Non-Gazetted Employees Union today met B.V.R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, J&K and briefed him about the concerns of the section of the employees with regard to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Coordination […]
SRINAGAR: The All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Sunday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding the central government also include Sikh minority Community living here for the benefits announced in the recently announced package by the GoI for the non Migrant Kashmiri pandits and Hindu families living in Jammu and Kashmir. Sikh […]
Srinagar: AMIE Summer, 2020 examinations commenced from today at The Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Church Lane, Sonwarbagh, Srinagar. Earlier, the summer session would be conducted in the month of June, but due to COVID-19, it could not be held on its scheduled date. Hundreds of beneficiaries from J&K and outside have already […]