Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday deputed its two officers to the Wagah Border Attari in Punjab to receive residents stranded in Pakistan. As per an order issued by the Hospitality and Protocol Department, Aamir Choudhary and Muneeb Umar, Assistant Directors at the Directorate of Hospitality and Protocol have been deputed to Wagah […]
Srinagar: The J&K government on Monday hiked passenger fare in public transport by 30 percent. An order issued by Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Transport Department, Hirdesh Kumar said that the passenger fare was hiked. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the charging of 130% of the existing authorized fare (existing authorized fare+30% of the existing authorized […]
Militant killed in Kulgam identified as Pakistani Jaish IED expert and sharpshooter Srinagar: Three militants, two identified by police as Shakoor Farooq Langoo of Barthana Srinagar and Shahid Ahmad Bhat of Bijbehara Anantnag, and the third yet to be identified but said to be a Srinagar youth, were killed in a gunfight with government forces […]
Srinagar: Two more deaths were reported from Kashmir in the last 24 hours due to the Covid-19, taking the total death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 83, officials said on Sunday. They said a 51-year-old man, a resident of Nowgam village of Baramulla died at SKIMS Soura. According to Medical Superintendent, Dr Farooq A […]
Jammu: A 47-year-old man died of “heart attack” at a quarantine centre in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, hours before his release after testing negative for COVID-19, a senior government official said. Kamal Kumar, a resident of Chipaki Kala village in Hiranagar, was put under institutional quarantine at Changran on his return […]
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday appealed to all the private healthcare providers in Kashmir to provide treatment on discount rates to people and keep in mind the economic ramifications following the Covid-19 pandemic. DAK held a meeting in this regard and said that lockdown has already disproportionately hurt poor people due to loss […]
Leh: One more person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the total in the Union territory to 837 while 17 patients were discharged on Sunday after recovering from the disease, Health department officials said. One sample from Leh district tested positive for the virus at the COVID-19 laboratory in Chuchot Yokma, they said. […]
Religious, political orgs demand withdrawal of order
Religious, political orgs demand withdrawal of order Srinagar: Despite clarification, the government’s plan to open more liquor shops in Kashmir drew strong opposition from religious, political organisations and Kashmir doctors body on Sunday. A day ago, the excise department document showed 64 locations have been identified in Kashmir for liquor vends. Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an […]
Srinagar: The J&K government on Sunday clarified that the Finance Department had not taken any policy decision over issuance of fresh liquor licenses in Kashmir. The clarification comes a day after Excise Department documents identified 64 locations identified in Kashmir for liquor vends. The move drew strong opposition in Kashmir. The Finance Department said that […]
New Delhi: The armed forces deployed along the 3,500-km de-facto border with China have been given “full freedom” in giving “befitting” reply to any Chinese aggressive behaviour, government sources said after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a high-level meeting with top military brass on the situation in eastern Ladakh. The meeting was attended by Chief […]