DDC Polls: 11% polling registered in Pampore block

Pampore: The District Development Council (DDC) constituency of Pampore block in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district registered 11.31 percent polling on Saturday for the eight and last phase of polling. The voting in the area remained peaceful as no untoward incident was recorded. Officials revealed that for Pampore block 2619 votes were polled out of total […]

Mayor SMC tours city, takes stock of developmental works

SRINAGAR: Mayor Srinagar Junaid Azim Mattu on Saturday conducted a city tour to take stock of various ongoing SMC works … He was accompanied by Commissioner SMC Gazanfar Ali , Joint Commissioner Works Ishtiyaq Ahmed Shah, SE Drainage Ahsaan Ul Haq, Executives Engineers of both Right and Left division and other officers of the Corporation […]

SSCL in collaboration with DLSA Srinagar hold programme on ‘Empowering Children in Need of Care & Protection’

Srinagar: A powerful one day orientation programme was organised by Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) in collaboration with ‘District Legal Services Authority, Srinagar’ on “Empowering Children in Need of Care & Protection” at SKICC today. Justice Ali Mohammed Magray, Chairman Juvenile Justice Committee High Court of Jammu & Kashmir, was the Chief Guest on the […]

SMC carries demolition drive in Lalbazar, Anchar areas

SRINAGAR: Srinagar Municipal Corporation conducted demolition at various areas falling within Lalbazaar and Anchaar wards The Enforcement wing stopped work of all those structures at a very initial stage which had deviations in sanctioned building plans and also demolished the illegal structures at plinth level in Lalbazar and Anchar areas. The Enforcement wing is continuing […]

Seven deaths, 388 fresh cases in J&K

Seven deaths, 388 fresh cases in J&K

Srinagar: Seven more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Friday, three in Kashmir and four in Jammu division. According to officials, two deceased persons were from Srinagar, one from Budgam and three from Jammu and one from Udhampur districts. A total of 1,833 Covid-19 patients have died in Jammu and Kashmir so far. Of these […]

Covid spread like wildfire due to lack of implementation of guidelines: SC

Covid spread like wildfire due to lack of implementation of guidelines: SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday said that COVID-19 pandemic has spread like a “wildfire” in the country due to lack of implementation of guidelines and standard operating procedure (SoPs) issued to contain it. Terming it as a “world war” against COVID-19, the apex court said that due to the “unprecedented pandemic” everybody in the […]

28 lakh high-risk people will be vaccinated in first three phases

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has drawn an elaborate plan for COVID-19 vaccination programme and 28 lakh high-risk people will be inoculated in the first three phases across the union territory, officials said on Friday. “Approximately 1 lakh healthcare workers shall be covered in the first phase of COVID vaccination programme. In the second […]

LG launches Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network

LG launches Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network

JAMMU: In order to rationalize vaccine flow and distribution across J&K, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday launched Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) here at Raj Bhavan. Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo gave a comprehensive presentation on the progress of eVIN in Jammu and Kashmir. He informed the Lieutenant Governor that the […]

Final phase of DDC polls in 28 constituencies today

Final phase of DDC polls in 28 constituencies today

JAMMU: Twenty-eight constituencies will witness polling in the eighth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) polls and 285 Panch and 84 Sarpanch seats will also witness voting on Saturday across Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference here, State Election Commissioner (SEC), KK Sharma said that a total of 28 DDC constituencies will go […]

HC quashes PSA detention of 5 Kashmiri men

HC quashes PSA detention of 5 Kashmiri men

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Friday quashed Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders against five Kashmiri men. The detention order under PSA against Khalid Hussain Malik was quashed by the High Court after the government admitted that the detention order was passed on 18 March, 2018, but was executed on 4 August, 2019, while […]