Govt evacuates 9, 70,402 stranded JK residents

Govt evacuates 9, 70,402 stranded JK residents

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 9,70,402 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]

SMC seals 5 buildings for violating norms

SMC seals 5 buildings for violating norms

Srinagar: SMC on Tuesday sealed five structures that had grossly violated their building permissions. The structures that were sealed included one structure at North South Corridor (90 Feet Road ) in Soura area while four at Kara Nagar, Bal garden . The structures according to SMC have been erected in gross violation of building permission […]

DAK meets DHSK over suspension of medical board members

Demands ‘full pay leave’ for covid warriors who suffer from residual complications Srinagar: A delegation of Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) led by its President Dr Suhail Naik met director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo and lodged strong protest on the suspension of three doctors and one other employee of health department for no fault […]

Wife of Moulana Abbas Ansari passes away

APHC expresses grief Srinagar: The wife of patron of Itehad-ul-Muslimeen, Moulana Muhammad Abbas Ansari passed away on Tuesday after brief illness. She was also mother-in-law of Editor Kashmir Observer newspaper Sajjad Haider. According to family she passed away in the morning after a brief illness at SKIMS Soura. Meanwhile, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has […]

Army commander calls on LG

Army commander calls on LG

Jammu: Lieutenant General, Upendra Dwivedi, Corps Commander, 9 Corps, and Major General, Vijay B Nair, GoC 26 Infantry Division today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. They briefed the Lt Governor about the security situation in the area of their responsibility and further discussed various important issues relating to the […]

DC Sgr visits Dastgeer Sahib, reviews Urs arrangements

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Tuesday morning visited the shrine of Dastgeer Sahib at Sarai Bala to take stock of the arrangements made for the Urs of the revered saint Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA). During the visit the DC sought details of arrangements different departments have made for the annual […]

DIPR condoles demise of mother of M Ashraf Hakak

SRINAGAR: Joint Directorate of Information Kashmir Division has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of mother of former Joint Director Information, M Ashraf Hakak and presently Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Advisor to Lt. Governor, who breathed her last on Monday, November 24. In this connection, a condolence meeting was convened here under […]

Employees Union also condoles demise

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations (JKDIPR) Employees Union has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of the Mother of former Joint Director Information, Mohammad Ashraf Hakak and officer on special duty (OSD) to Advisor Farooq Khan, who breathed her last on Monday, November 24. In this connection, a […]

Director JKERA inspects progress on WB funded projects in north Kashmir

Calls for scientific strategy for early completion of all the sub-projects SRINAGAR: Director Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) Er. Javaid Iqbal Tara, on Tuesday inspected the project sites of various road and bridge sub-projects being executed by JKPCC (Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation) under the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi Flood […]

PM Modi asks states to prepare plan for COVID-19 vaccine administration

PM Modi asks states to prepare plan for COVID-19 vaccine administration

PANAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked various state governments to work out the logistics and modalities for administering COVID-19 vaccine, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said. Sawant participated in a virtual meeting of chief ministers of eight states, which have reported higher number of COVID-19 cases, addressed by the PM. “While there is […]