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New cases again dip below 1k, but 17 more die

Srinagar: Seventeen more persons succumbed to complications related to Covid-19 while 906 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours...

Look at J&K model for door-to-door vaccination: Bombay HC to GoI

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday said the Government of India should look at the door-to-door vaccination programme carried out successfully by Kerala...

LG directs for 100% vaccination for 45 & above by June-end

Orders bar on social gatherings, community programmes without prior permission SRINAGAR:In order to review the effectiveness of containment measures, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday chaired...

Amid lockdown and restriction, Valley stirs into action

Rice sowing season comes as liberation from pandemic-caged life BUDGAM: In times when the Covid-19 pandemic has brought life to a standstill globally and particularly...

Militants fire on troops in Shopian

Shopian: A joint team of government forces was fired upon by militants at Aglar village in Zainpora area of south Kashmir in Shopian. But...

PDP says cannot take part in delimitation process as party has no MP or MLA

Srinagar: People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said it cannot participate in the ongoing delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir as only elected representatives...

At last, cold storages bear fruit: Kashmiri apples that fetch ‘highest rates’

Shopian: Apples kept in cold storages in Kashmir this year are fetching what traders call the “highest-ever rates” since cold storage units were established...

CS asks PDD to evolve long term strategy for rational power distribution

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Friday convened a meeting to review the recent power outages in Jammu region. Principal Secretary, Power Development...

25 more deaths due to Covid in J&K

785 fresh cases in Kashmir, 332 in Jammu Srinagar: Twenty-five more persons succumbed to complications related to Covid-19 while 1,117 persons tested positive for the...

Corona curfew in north Kashmir today

Baramulla: Authorities on Thursday announced that curfew will be imposed on Friday in north Kashmir districts to prevent spread of Covid. Officials said that curfew...

Active cases down by 60%, recovery rate above 92% in Kashmir

Anantnag: The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Kashmir has gone down by about 60 percent since a month ago, while the recovery...

Prepare for 3rd Wave, vaccinate every citizen soon: HC to govt

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Thursday directed the Government of J&K to prepare itself in advance for the third wave of Covid-19, and...

Religious sentiments sufficiently taken care of by govt: HC

Srinagar: “We are of the opinion that the religious sentiments of the family members have been sufficiently taken care of by the government," the...

India’s guidelines on Covid-19 in children: rational use of CT scan, no Remdesivir

NEW DELHI: The government has come out with comprehensive guidelines for the management of COVID-19 among children in which Remdesivir has not been recommended...

UPSC to start interviews for civil services exam from August 2

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to commence interviews for civil services examination 2020, which were deferred due to a...

Heat wave scorches Srinagar at 34.7 degrees

Expect cloudy weather from today evening: MeT Srinagar: Amid the prevailing hot weather conditions in the Valley, Srinagar experienced the highest maximum temperature of the...

India pushes for complete disengagement at remaining friction points in Ladakh

New Delhi: India on Thursday once again called for completion of the disengagement process at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh to pave...

Pak to hold assembly polls in PaK on July 25

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-administered Kashmir's top election official announced on Thursday to hold the general election for the legislative assembly on July 25, despite appeals to...

India to follow Saudi govt decision on Hajj: Naqvi

Mumbai: While holding a review meeting ahead of Hajj this year, Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that India will...

Casual, contractual workers of civic bodies covered under Insurance Act: Govt

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment on Thursday announced the decision to extend coverage under the Employees’ State Insurance Act,...

Youth critical after being stabbed in Srinagar’s Noor Bagh

Srinagar: A 24-year-old youth has sustained critical injuries after stabbed by some unknown persons here in Noor Bagh locality on Thursday evening. The youth was...

‘Still intact’: Gupkar alliance meets again after long

Meeting held at Mehbooba’s residence; Tarigami is new spokesperson SRINAGAR: Formed with the resolve of restoring J&K’s pre-August 5 ‘special status’, the Jammu and Kashmir...

Heat wave in Kashmir valley, hottest day in Srinagar this year

Srinagar: It was a day of sweltering heat in Srinagar on Wednesday as the mercury rose to 34.7 degree Celsius, the highest day temperature...

All 10 glaciers in J&K melting fast, need ‘continuous monitoring’

SRINAGAR: More alarming evidence has come to fore that Jammu and Kashmir is sitting on an imminent climatic disaster. The bad news has come...

Covid continues to kill: 17 more succumb

774 new cases in Kashmir, 324 in Jammu Srinagar: Seventeen more persons succumbed to complications related to Covid-19 while 1,098 more persons were tested positive...

LG expresses ‘deepest gratitude’ to Modi, Shah for DRDO’s Covid hospital in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday inaugurated the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) 500-bed COVID Hospital at Khonmoh, Srinagar. After constructing a 500-bed...

JKBOSE Class 11, 12 board exams cancelled

Srinagar: Following the cue of other state boards, the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Secondary Education (JKBOSE) today decided to cancel the Class 11...

Tehsildar in Kulgam consumes battery water as shopkeeper mistakes it for mineral water, hospitalised

Anantnag: In a bizarre incident, a revenue officer of the rank of Tehsildar in Kulgam district consumed “battery water” after a shopkeeper mistook it...

Myanmar junta to start court case against Suu Kyi next week

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's military junta will begin presenting its case against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in court next Monday, her lawyers said. The military...

Heat wave in Kashmir to prevail for few more days, predicts MeT

Srinagar records hottest day in June, mercury touches 34.3 Srinagar: Kashmir witnessed intense heat on Tuesday with the weather department predicting a few more...

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