SRINAGAR: The Covid-19 Vaccination dry run was today carried out in Budgam, Ganderbal, Pulwama, Baramulla, Kupwara and Kulgam districts of Kashmir division under the supervision of the respective district heads. During the dry run doctors and paramedics were sensitized beforehand and were directed to plug all loopholes, if any found in the present exercise and […]
SHOPIAN: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin today along with Chief Engineer Mechanical Engineering Division (MED) visited various Snow affected far-flung and remote areas to oversee snow clearance operations in the district. During the visit it was observed that owing to heavy snow accumulation, extra heavy machinery including Snow Rolbas were pressed into […]
Kupwara: A porter working with the army in frontier district Kupwara was seriously injured in a landmine blast in Karnah sector on Friday. Official sources said that Showqat Ahmad Chack, 35 son of Ghulam Rasool Chack of Nard Karnah received serious foot injuries when he struck with a landmine near Sid-post along the LOC in […]
Awantipora: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested two drug peddlers and recovered cannabis in Awantipora area of south Kashmir district of Pulwama, a police officer said. Continuing its drive against the Drug peddlers and its propagators, Awantipora Police arrested two drug peddlers from Reshipora area. Acting on information, Reshipora Police Post placed a special […]
JAMMU: In its 12th High Powered Committee (HPC) meeting chaired today by Financial Commissioner, Finance, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, the J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC), consented to fund 83 road projects requiring some Rs 1010.55 crore for completion. The meeting was also attended by Principal Secretary, PWD, Shailendra Kumar; Secretary, Youth Services & Sports, […]
KULGAM: The District Collector Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review progress and status of land acquisition for NH-444 here. The District Collector on the occasion enjoined upon the teams, that the re-measurement of the NH-444 project be prepared within days. The meeting among others was attended by Collector […]
Srinagar: In order to ensure transparent, accountable and speedy redressal of grievances of general public of the district Kupwara, Police has installed a mobile SMS based grievance tracking system at DPO Kupwara. SSP Kupwara Shriram Ambarkar-IPS while launching the SMS based Grievance Monitoring System said that it is a significant landmark in making police more […]
NEW DELHI: India’s daily new Covid-19 cases fell below 19,000 for the fifth time this month, taking the country’s caseload to 1,04,13,417, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,37,398, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday. A total of 18,139 new infections were reported in a day, while the death toll […]
TEHRAN: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of mistrust toward the West. In a televised speech, he said the import of American and British vaccines were “forbidden,” referring to the surging death tolls from the virus in both countries. ”I really […]
Tomar says keep national interest in mind NEW DELHI: Sticking to their key demand of the repeal of three farm laws to end their protest, farmer leaders on Friday told the government their “ghar wapsi” can happen only after “law wapsi” but the Centre insisted talks must be limited to contentious clauses and ruled out […]