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3.5 lakh employees ready to donate part of salary to strengthen Covid-19 fight

JAMMU: Darbar Move Employees Federation (DMEF) J&K Saturday convened an emergency meeting regarding Covid-19 fighting mechanism in place and appealed employee and general masses...

KTA advises trade fraternity to keep essentials available

Srinagar: President Kashmir Trade Alliance Aijaz Shahdhar has expressed deep concern over the panic buying of essential commodities by the people of the valley...

LG tour Jammu city, asks for intensified sanitation

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today conducted a whirlwind tour of Jammu city and adjoining areas to take stock of the present status...

Australian tourist, Nepali labourer sent back from Qazigund

KALEEM GEELANI ANANTNAG: Two foreigners who arrived in Kashmir valley on Friday were sent back from the screening facility at Lower Munda, Qazigund, even though...

Avoid gatherings on marriages: Tehsildar Pampore

Pampore: Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi- ud-Din (KAS) has requested people of the town and adjoining villages to avoid mass gatherings on marriages in view...

Srinagar admin releases Rs 3 crore to strengthen response mechanism against coronavirus

SRINAGAR: The Srinagar administration has released a substantial amount of 3 crore rupees to the health and municipal departments and other concerned offices of...

No fresh cases in J&K, helpline numbers issued

JAMMU: The government on Thursday informed that 356 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period and, so far, only four cases have been tested...

All shops except pharmacies ordered shut in Pampore

PAMPORE: The Municipal Committee Pampore on Thursday evening announced through loud speakers that all shops except pharmacies and those dealing in essential services have...

EMRC KU urges students to use digital education platform

SRINAGAR: In the academic interest of the students Educational Multi Media Research Centre University of Kashmir (EMRC) KU has suggested the students that they...

Health department is ready to tackle every situation: CMO Baramulla

BARAMULLA: The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Baramulla Dr Deeba Khan on Thursday said that health department in across the district Baramulla is ready to...

Administrative Council Decisions: Procedural guidelines for benefit of West Pakistan Refugees simplified

JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu approved simplification in the procedures to enable West...

Handicrafts and Handloom Development Departments/Directorates to be merged

JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC) accorded approval to the merger of Handicrafts Department and Handloom Development Department. As a result of the merger, now there...

J&K Handicraft Corporation and J&K Handloom Development Corporation merged into J&K Handloom and Handicrafts Marketing Corporation

JAMMU: The Administrative Council approved merger of J&K Handicraft (S&E) Corporation and J&K Handloom Development Corporation into J&K Handloom and Handicrafts Marketing Corporation (JKHHMC)...

Rs 20 Lakh Ex-gratia relief in favour of Next of Kin of F&ES, Home Guard/Civil Defence/DRF personnel approved

JAMMU: The Administrative Council sanctioned to grant of ex-gratia of Rs 20 Lakh in favour of Next of Kin of Fire & Emergency Services,...

GoI orders implementation of 37 central laws in JK

JAMMU: The GoI has ordered implementation of 37 Central Laws (envisaged in the Concurrent List) in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The order issued...

Sadoora Bridge in Anantnag yet to be rebuilt after 2014 floods

Anantnag: Putting people living in dozens of villages on either side of it to severe inconvenience, the Sadoora Bridge on the outskirts of Anantnag...

Shopian dumping site polluting water bodies, posing threat to human health

SHOPIAN: Dumping site of Sofanaman Shopian is polluting water bodies with locals complaining that it is posing a threat to human health by contaminating...

Fire damages school building in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: A school building was damaged in a fire incident in Nowpora Jagir here in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday late evening. Sources...

Entry of non-local labourers into Valley worries people

SRINAGAR: Hundreds of labourers, besides a sizable number of beggars, have begun to arrive in valley amid the threat of coronavirus, raising panic among...

JK Cement employees protest, demand release of pending salaries

PAMPORE: JK Cements employees on Wednesday staged a protest at Khrew area of Pampore and demanded release of pending salary. The employees demanded release...

Sanitation drive held in Baramulla, isolation wards set up in Sopore

BARAMULLA: In wake of coronavirus worries, a sanitation drive was started from Khanpora to Sangrama in district Barmaulla by Deputy Commissioner Gulam Nabi Itoo...

Masks, sanitisers being blackmarketed: RTI Movement

SRINAGAR: Jammu Kashmir RTI Movement (RTIM) on Wednesday alleged that many chemists in Kashmir are black-marketing mouth masks and hand sanitisers “with the result...

Drive held at Hajin

HAJIN: Municipal Council Hajin on Wednesday sprayed disinfectants in hospitals, bus stands, government offices in wake of coronavirus scare. The drive was carried under...

450 people continue to be under detention in JK

New Delhi: A total of 450 people, including stone pelters, over ground workers (OGWs) and separatists of Jammu and Kashmir are presently under preventive...

Advisor Khan allocated 6 departments

Srinagar: The government on Tuesday allocated six departments to advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan. The former divisional commissioner Kashmir was appointed as the...

PK Pole is Div Com Kashmir

Srinagar: The government on Tuesday appointed Pandurang Kondbarao Pole as Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir replacing Baseer Ahmad Khan who has been appointed as advisor to...

Coronavirus scare: Filthy streams, drains in Baramulla pose threat to human health

BARAMULLA: Amid coronavirus worries, filthy streams and drains in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town is posing a threat to human health with locals saying that...

Khrew Health Centre remains closed in absence of staff

PAMPORE: Health Sub Centre at Bathina Khrew village in south Kashmir remains closed for days “due to lack of staff” with locals saying that...

150 Shopian cab drivers have no space to operate

SHOPIAN: Cab drivers in south Kashmir’s Imamsahib Shopian said that they are without stand for two decades and are facing humiliation in the hands...

Akbar Lone calls for release of Kashmiri detainees in Parliament

NEW DELH: National Conference leader and member of Parliament Muhammad Akbar Lone on Tuesday raised the issue of release of Kashmiri detainees languishing in...

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