Srinagar: Knowing neither rest nor fear, 37 biomedical engineers from south India are working tirelessly in Jammu and Kashmir to attend to critical-care equipment in government hospitals. Since the Covid-19 lockdown began, these unsung heroes have been shuttling between district hospitals in J&K to repair ventilators, defibrillators and various life-saving and diagnostic machines. They work […]
Standard protocols for movement of students, migrant labour to be developed by states, UTs
Standard protocols for movement of students, migrant labour to be developed by states, UTs JAMMU: Government of India has asked all the states and Union Territories to delineate the districts as per the laid down criteria and implement the restrictions accordingly in the areas for effective containment of the virus. This was stated by the […]
JAMMU: The Administrative Council, in its latest meeting under the Chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor J&K, has approved a relief package of Rs 350 crore for various categories of people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. This was stated by Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring and Information, Rohit Kansal at a press conference […]
Srinagar: An elderly man and his son tested positive for Covid-19 in Cheki-Wangund area of Dooru in Anantnag district on Thursday, a few days after they returned home from Jammu despite the lockdown. Defying the lockdown, seven persons returned home in Kashmir on Saturday from Jammu, in trucks carrying essential goods to Kashmir valley. The […]
Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir would not have a regular bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for adjudication of service matters of government employees as BJP-led government has empowered Chandigarh bench of the Tribunal to hear such matters of the Union Territory. The Department of Personnel and Trainings (DOPT) on Wednesday notified that service matters […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) on Thursday said that shifting the service matters of employees to Chandigarh will result into “multiple hardships” to those seeking dispensation of justice. The reaction from the Bar Association comes after the government of India shifted all service matters of employees of J&K and Ladakh to the […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri working as a caterer in Rajasthan was allegedly beaten up on Wednesday evening by police while he and a fellow Kashmiri were out looking for food needed for breaking the Ramadhan fast. Altaf Ahmad, an eyewitness to the incident, told Kashmir Reader over phone that an unruly policeman in Hassanpora in Rajasthan […]
Srinagar: The annual plantation drive carried out by the Social Forestry department in schools and colleges will not take place this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The department, however, will carry on the work of sowing trees and plants in gardens, parks, along roads, etc. Regional Director of the Social Forestry department, Mehraj, told […]
Opposes restoration of 4G mobile internet
Opposes restoration of 4G mobile internet New Delhi: Right to access internet is not a fundamental right and the state can curtail the freedom of speech and the right to trade through internet, the Jammu and Kashmir government has told the Supreme Court while opposing restoration of 4G services in the union territory. The administration […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has directed the Social Welfare department to notify appropriate safe spaces for women in distress so that they have easy access to them. The court passed the direction after Additional Advocate General (AAG) Amit Gupta drew attention of the court towards the order passed by Deputy Commissioners in J&K to […]