Shopian: The official vehicle of Deputy Commissioner Shopian was pelted with stones in Meminder area on Monday afternoon when the official was returning from Kapran where DDC polls were being held. According to officials, some unknown persons threw stones on the vehicle between Meminder and Nadwav villages, some two kilometers from district headquarters of Shopian. […]
Srinagar: Nine more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Monday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,755 in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, four deaths were reported in Kashmir and five in Jammu division. The deceased persons include two from Baramulla, one each from Kulgam and Ganderbal, two each […]
SRINAGAR: Srinagar district administration has prepared an exhaustive micro plan for COVID-19 vaccination and submitted it to the government ahead of the expected vaccine rollout. The plan was prepared in consultation with the District Taskforce Committee Srinagar which comprises among others the Chief Medical Officer and the District Immunisation Officer. The plan is part of […]
Srinagar: Higher reaches of Kashmir received moderate snowfall while plains witnessed rainfall on Monday. Director of J&K Meteorological Department, Srinagar, Sonam Lotus said that as predicted by the department, light to moderate snow with isolated heavy falls were reported from a few places of Kashmir and Zojila area. “Weather is most likely to deteriorate further […]
Court to hear petition next week Jammu: The J&K High Court on Monday adjourned till next week the hearing on a petition filed by the administration seeking a review of its earlier order scrapping the Roshni Act in totality. The petition filed by Special Secretary in Revenue department Nazir Ahmad Thakur on December 4 for […]
SRINAGAR: The National Conference (NC) on Monday called the J&K government’s review petition filed in the High Court on Roshni Scheme a U-turn aimed to save its own face. “After realizing that the major beneficiaries of the scheme were from BJP, RSS from Jammu, BJP wants a silent backtrack on its vitriol on Roshni Scheme,” […]
Srinagar: Kashmir fruit growers for the first time in recent years have joined hands with farmers of Indian states to extend their support to the Bharat Bandh called to protest the BJP government’s three new farm laws. According to Bashir Ahmad Basheer, Chairman of Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union, the fruit growers would […]
Families of Budgam men deny allegations, seek J&K police intervention New Delhi/Budgam: Three Kashmiri men among five were arrested in east Delhi’s Shakarpur area after an encounter, claimed Delhi Police’s special cell. However, families of Kashmiri men have denied the allegations, vouching for innocence of their kin. According to police, three of the five arrested […]
Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that the BJP is fighting the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir on the common agenda of development of all regions and among every section of society. Accusing the Congress, National Conference and the PDP of resorting to their old practice of playing […]
Jammu: Two minor sisters from Pakistan adminstered Kashmir, who were detained after they inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Poonch district, were repatriated on Monday, officials said. Laiba Zabair (17) and her younger sister Sana Zabair (13), residents of Kahuta Tehsil in PaK, were detained on Sunday after being spotted moving into this […]