TeH chairman Ashraf Sehrai admitted to GMC Jammu

Srinagar: Chairman of Tehreek-e- Hurriyat Muhammed Ashraf Sehrai was Tuesday shifted to Government Medical College Jammu from Kot Bhalwal Jail after his health started deteriorating. His son said that Sehrai has been shifted from Kot Bhalwal Jail to GMC Jammu. “He was already suffering from many ailments. His health has worsened after his arrest,” he […]

Rainy weather expected till Sunday: MeT

Rainy weather expected till Sunday: MeT

Reader Correspondent Srinagar: Light rains were received in parts of the Valley on Tuesday with weatherman predicting rainy weather in Jammu and Kashmir this week. The weatherman said that “erratic weather” conditions were expected to remain prevalent till Sunday. Rains and winds which lasted for a brief time lashed Srinagar and other parts of the […]

Div Com visits DRDO 500-bedded Covid hospital site at Budgam

Div Com visits DRDO 500-bedded Covid hospital site at Budgam

Says it can be turned into a full-fledged hospital once Covid is over BUDGAM: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today visited Reshipora village in Budgam district to take stock of ongoing construction work of DRDO 500- bedded Covid hospital. The Div Com was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Shahbaz Mirza, CE […]

DC Srinagar visits JLNM Hospital

DC Srinagar visits JLNM Hospital

Directs to make new oxygen plant functional within 5 days SRINAGAR: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad today visited JLNM hospital Rainawari to oversee the functioning of Oxygen Generation Plants and other facilities made for Covid positive patients. Director Health Services Kashmir, Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, CMO Srinagar and other officers accompanied the […]

Advisor Baseer Khan reviews Covid control measures in Pulwama, Shopian districts

Advisor Baseer Khan reviews Covid control measures in Pulwama, Shopian districts

Pulwama: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today chaired a series of meetings with officers, Panchayat Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies members, traders and transporter associations, religious leaders of Pulwama and Shopian districts here to take stock of Covid control measures being implemented in the districts to tackle the pandemic towards its end. […]

2 more areas declared micro containment zone in Lethpora Pampore

2 more areas declared micro containment zone in Lethpora Pampore

Pampore: Administration on Tuesday declared two more micro containment zones at Lethpora village in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A team of officials from revenue department and health department led by Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din visited Lethpora village and declared two more area of Pampore Tehsil as micro containment zones in view of […]

16 dry fruit shops sealed for violating COVID-19 norms in Pampore village

Pampore: Tehsil administration Pampore on Tuesday sealed 16 shops on the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lethpora area of Pampore Tehsil in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district for violation of lockdown orders. Officials told Kashmir Reader that they were receiving information from people that some dry fruit shops were violating lockdown orders by keeping their shops open in […]

Former JK governor Jagmohan dies after brief illness at New Delhi

New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan passed away after a brief spell of illness. He was 93. Jagmohan, who died on Monday, had started his career as a bureaucrat and was seen by many as a tough and efficient administrator. He had also served as the lieutenant governor of Delhi and Union minister. […]

JK announces three-days mourning

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced three days of state mourning on the demise of former governor Jagmohan who breathed his last after a brief illness. In a notification issued by the General Administration Department, Commissioner Secretary Manoj Kumar Dwivedi said the administration has decided to observe three days of state mourning […]

9 persons booked for illegal soil excavation in B’la, machinery seized

Baramulla: Nine people were booked, three tippers, three tractor vehicles and a JCB machine were sealed by the authorities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Police said that after tips of information teams of police from Pattan, Tangmarg and in other areas, Singpora, Chandosa raided on the above locations and found a large number […]