Pampore: A Multipurpose Camp was organized on Friday for 4 backward villages of Nagander, Zantrag, Bathen and Satpukhran by Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din at Nagander Eidgah. The Camp started with a public Darbar with participation of Sector officers from 17 departments. Residents of 4 backward villages raised their grievances related to public service delivery, availability […]
Pampore: Dozens of sanitation staffers of Municipal Committee Pampore on Saturday staged a protest on the Srinagar-Jammu highway against the Executive Officer who allegedly was selective in the disbursement of salary. The protesting employees alleged that the executive officer is a drawing and disbursing officer who released salaries of few employees close to him and […]
Grandmother of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq passes away SRINAGAR: The aunt and mother-in-law of late Molvi Muhammad Farooq passed away on Saturday evening at Mirwaiz Manzil Nigeen. The deceased according to statement issued here said that deceased was the wife of Late Molvi Ghulam Rasool Shah and mother of Molvi Manzoor Ahamd and Molvi Shafat Ahmad. […]
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,30,418 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 […]
SHOPIAN: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC), a team of Health functionaries headed by Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Ramesh Jee today visited the main market Shopian and conducted Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) of the shopkeepers. The random testing is being done keeping in view the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in the district. On the […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, according to Union health ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases has mounted to 46,59,984, while the […]
BHOPAL: Cautioning people against lowering their guard till an effective anti-coronavirus medicine is developed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday came up with a slogan in Hindi to drive home his point. He said, ‘Jab tak dawai nahi, tab tak dhilai nahi’ (No carelessness till a medicine is found). Modi gave this slogan while addressing […]
NEW DELHI: With the Congress effecting a major rejig ahead of internal polls for a new chief, political pundits feel the entire exercise is as much about stamping Rahul Gandhi’s authority as it is about a careful balancing act done through the return of stalwarts like Digvijaya Singh, Salman Khurshid and Tariq Anwar along with […]
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Saturday said that the COVID-19 pandemic would present a “huge pendency of cases” in courts and a lot of emphasis has to be placed on utilising mediation for resolving many of these matters. The CJI also stressed on the need to focus on mental health […]
DOHA: Historic peace talks opened between the Taliban and the Afghan government on Saturday, with the warring parties meeting face to face in Qatar even as violence continued on the ground in Afghanistan. Abdullah Abdullah, the former chief executive for Afghanistan who is heading the peace process for Kabul, called for an immediate ceasefire and […]