Anantnag: Even though it is still higher than the national average, the mortality rate due to Covid-19 in Kashmir division has been declining steadily over the past few months – ever so slightly. The ten districts of Kashmir have so far recorded a total of 64,161 cases of Covid-19 infection out of which 1.074 people […]
Leh: The COVID-19 death toll in Ladakh reached 100 as two more people died due to the infection in Leh district, thereby prompting the civil society to call for a self-imposed week-long shutdown here from Monday to contain the spread of the virus. A total of 73 people tested positive for coronavirus during the past […]
Srinagar: Twelve more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to 1,641 in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, five deaths were reported in Kashmir and seven in Jammu division. The deceased persons include two from Srinagar district, one each from Budgam, Kupwara, Kulgam and two each from Jammu […]
Officials say they have provided ‘uniform’, but union president calls it a lie Srinagar: Sweepers employed by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) have to work in extreme weather conditions without proper winter gear. While the temperature in the valley has been dropping drastically in the past few days, the corporation is not providing them any […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday reserved its order in a plea filed by workers of National Conference challenging the notification issued for election to the post of Mayor by Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Secretary. The court of Justice Puneet Gupta reserved the order after advocate Shariq Reyaz Jan stated that the notification issued […]
Hajin: Dozens of solar street lights installed by authorities in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have turned defunct barely two months after their installation causing inconvenience to locals. According to the locals, the lights have developed faults and are not working while the repeated pleas to the Municipal Committee are getting no response. […]
BARAMULLA: With the onset of winter, the unscheduled power cuts increased to the woes of several villages fallen under the Power Grid Station of Peerniyan Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The people of Peerniyan, Pehlipora, Ijara, Shamswari, Naganari, Zahampora, Manzgam, Gantamulla Bala, Kitchama, Gantamulla Payeen, Colony, and other connected with the power grid station […]
SRINAGAR: The Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti (KPSS) on Monday continued their second phase of the fast-unto- death here in Srinagar demanding the government to fulfill the written assurance given by the administration on 30th September this year. The Kashmir Pandit Sangarash Samiti have started the protest programme on Sunday at Ganpatyar Habba Kadal. President of […]
SRINAGAR: The Commissioner SMC Gazanfar Ali has called upon speedy disposal of all building permission cases that have completed documentation process. The commissioner who took an emergency meeting of the entire planning wing viz a viz Joint Commissioner Planning , Assistant Town Planners, Town Planning Assistants, Sectional Officers, and Officer’s from the administration also which […]
JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting to take stock of continued efforts towards mitigating COVID-19 pandemic and the related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies. Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical Education, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Deputy Commissioners of Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Samba and Kathua, and Mission Director, National Health Mission […]