PAMPORE: Authorities in south Kashmir’s Saffron town Pampore on Friday held a detailed meeting with all mosque Imams and managing bodies of the saffron town to counsel them on measures to be taken during the holy month of Ramadhan. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner Awantipora, Zaffar Ahmad Shawl and […]
Baramulla: Police on Friday booked Reyaz Ahmad Dar of Kralteng Sopore for allegedly issuing forged movement pass amid COVID-19 lockdown in the district. Accordingly, on the directions of District Magistrate Baramulla, police has registered FIR against him after he was found scanning the original movement passes and subsequently fudging the signatures of DM. The district […]
SHOPIAN: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Shopian, Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin, Friday visited Heerpora village of Shopian district, which has been declared a red zone area to take stock of the arrangements put in place for providing every possible health care facilities to the Covid-19 positive patients of the area. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner said that […]
GANDERBAL : The Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, Friday handed over 13,500 cotton masks (reusable) to the Municipal Councilors for further distribution among AAY, PHH beneficiaries in urban areas of the district Ganderbal. On the occasion the DC said that the District Administration has distributed around 2 lakh masks in the district through PRIs including […]
SRINAGAR : Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Friday lauded the efforts and proactive measures adopted by Block Development Council Chairperson, Block Narwav, Baramulla district, Mir Mohamad Iqbal, towards containing spread of Coronavirus pandemic. The PM, during his interaction with the Sarpanchs from across the nation through videoconferencing as a part of Panchayati Raj Day observance, expressed […]
Baramulla: An army soldier was injured in an accidental fire inside their camp in Hari area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday morning. Sources said that Hawaldar Rakash Kumar belongs to 8 Jat regiment was cleaning his service rifle, however, it went off accidentally and the soldier received a bullet on his chest from […]
PAMPORE: An bike-borne youth was killed in a road mishap near Galander Pulwama along the the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Friday after his bike collided with a car. According to SHO Pampore Manzoor Ahmad a collision occurred between car bearing registration number DL10CA/4145 and motorcycle number DL10SE/3449 near Chandhara crossing on the national highway near Galander […]
SRINAGAR : The department of Legal Metrology intensified its market inspections and booked 45 erring traders for violating Legal Metrology laws. The department received 17 complaints from the consumers during the current month for over-charging on sanitizers and facemasks by the drug, grocery stores and cooking gas dealers. The complaints regarding use of false weights, […]
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir has emerged “as good as Kerala” in fighting coronavirus and appreciated the medical fraternity for effectively dealing with the disease in the union territory. He reviewed the preparedness of J&K in combating COVID-19 through video conferencing with senior officers, heads of government medical […]
SRINAGAR : Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today launched the Management Information System (MIS) for Covid-19 testing laboratories and streamlining the supply of testing kits in the entire country. In this regard a Dashboard Familiarization meeting was called by Additional Director General ICMR Prof. G S Toteja which was attended through video conference by […]