Pulwama: A case has been registered against forest smugglers for causing injury to an employee of Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sheikh Ayoub, DFO, Shopian Forest Division told Kashmir Reader that FIR has been registered against the timber smugglers for attacking and injuring a forest employee in Romeshi Forest Range. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched various online services of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board to provide a personal experience to the devotees. “For millions of devotees who are unable to visit the holy cave of Shri Amarnath Ji this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shrine Board has brought […]
ANANTNAG: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan accompanied by DDC Chairman Mohammad Yousuf Gorsi, District Development Commissioner Dr. Piyush Singla, DDC members, ULB Chairpersons, Director Rural Development, ADDC, Joint Director Tourism and other government functionaries today made an extensive tour of Anantnag district. The Advisor reviewed vaccination drive and development scenario, enforcement of Covid […]
SRINAGAR: SMC Commissioner suspends two ward officers for negligence and dereliction of duties.. The corporation conducted an extensive demolition drive against illegal and unauthorised construction in Lawaypora, Mujgund area. Illegally constructed shops and other structures were immediately demolished. Commissioner SMC Athar Amir Khan suspended the ward officer of Lawaypora for dereliction of duty. The ward […]
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 34,703 coronavirus infections, the lowest in 111 days, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,06,19,932, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,03,281 with 553 more fatalities, the lowest in 91 days. The active cases have declined […]
New Delhi: There is no scientifically validated evidence to support the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a laboratory in China, and more recent, peer-reviewed studies strongly suggest that the virus evolved in nature, a group of scientists wrote in The Lancet journal. The report published on Monday was compiled by two dozen biologists, ecologists, […]
GENEVA: The United Nations said Tuesday it was deeply disturbed by the death in pre-trial detention of Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest. Swamy, who was detained for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terror laws, died on Monday ahead of a bail hearing. The priest, who campaigned for marginalised […]
LONDON: Britain’s government says it is scrapping rules for self-isolation for those who are fully vaccinated starting mid-August, as the country prepares to lift most remaining coronavirus restrictions. Currently, people who are notified they’ve come into close contact with someone who tested positive must enter self-isolation for 10 days. Health Secretary Sajid Javid says this […]
‘Siege’, ‘suppression’ continue in J&K, ‘statehood before elections’ SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Monday expressed displeasure over no confidence-building measures (CBMs) taken by New Delhi, a step that could have set the beginning for meaningful dialogue, after their meeting with PM Narendra Modi last month. “The CBMs would have initiated the […]
SRINAGAR: J&K political parties outside the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) have expressed mixed response to the alliance’s offer of reaching out to them for consensus on demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir before assembly elections are held. Kashmir Reader contacted leaders of the Congress, Altaf Bukhari’s JK Apni Party, and Sajad Lone’s Peoples […]