New Delhi: The Indian Army on Monday handed back to China a soldier of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), three days after apprehending him at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. The soldier was returned to China at the Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh at 10.10 am, […]
SRINAGAR: A squad of experts from the Institute of Animal Health and Biological Products (IAH&BP), Zakura of Animal Husbandry Department, Kashmir in coordination with the Wildlife Protection Department, Kashmir on Monday visited Hokersar wetland to set in motion a sustained surveillance and monitoring for Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) here. The team from IAH&BP, Zakura headed […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday said bird flu has been confirmed in 10 states so far and stressed on increased surveillance around water bodies, live bird markets, zoos and poultry farms. “Till January 11, 2021, Avian Influenza has been confirmed in 10 states of the country,” the department of animal husbandry and dairying said […]
SRINAGAR: There is new drama at Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) just one-and-a-half month after Mayor Junaid Mattu was elected. Now the Congress party has filed a defection petition against its 10 councillors for voting in favour of Mattu despite the party whip, which was issued in favour of Sheikh Imran, former Deputy Mayor. The petition […]
Srinagar: PDP youth wing president Waheed Para, who was granted bail by an NIA court Saturday, was arrested again on Monday by the police over a case related to an alleged nexus involving politicians, militants and secessionist forces, officials said. The case was registered by the Criminal Investigation (Kashmir) range which has been probing militancy […]
ANANTNAG: Doctors at the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital and the Maternity and Child Care Hospital (MCCH), which is also associated with the GMC, on Monday held a token strike against what they termed as undue interference of revenue officials in the working of these hospitals. The strike was held a day after Deputy Commissioner […]
Srinagar: Security agencies have raised an alarm over the recovery of three Point Detonating (PD) fuzes, used by the Pakistani army in their 82 mm mortar shells, from a militant in north Kashmir two weeks back, officials said on Monday. The three PDs were recovered by the Baramulla Police on the eve of New Year […]
SRINAGAR: One Covid-19 related death was reported in J&K on Monday, the deceased a resident of Jammu district. The number of fresh cases reported in the Union Territory was 113. Among these new cases, 67 were reported from Kashmir division and 47 from Jammu division. Srinagar reported 42 new cases while Jammu district reported 67 […]
Shopian: The health department in Shopian has found itself in an embarrassing situation after misspelling simple words on banners related to a dry run for Covid-19 vaccination. The flex banners put up by the staff announcing the event misspelt “vaccination” as “vacinaion” and “district” as “dictrict”. After the mistake was brought to the notice of […]
srinagar: The J&K High Court has granted bail to a Pakistani woman who was convicted of an offence under Section 14-A of Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004, by the trial court in 2019. The High Court recorded that the applicant, Faiza Begum, had been sentenced to imprisonment of three years and a fine of Rs 10,000. […]