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Srinagar-Leh highway opens for light vehicles

Ganderbal: The strategic Srinagar-Leh highway was opened for traffic on Tuesday after a nearly five-month winter break, official said. He said only light motor vehicles...

Youth who inadvertently crossed into PaK handed over to Indian authorities

Srinagar: Pakistan Army on Tuesday handed over to the Indian authorities an 18-year-old youth who had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control into Pakistan...

J&K records above 1500 cases, 6 deaths

768 positive cases in Jammu, 748 in Kashmir Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir continues to experience a spike in daily Covid cases with 1,516 fresh cases...

Wearing two fitted masks may double protection against Covid: Study

New Delhi: Wearing two tightly-fitted face masks can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them from reaching the wearer’s nose...

UPSC defers interviews for civil services exam

NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has deferred interviews for civil services examination 2020 due to a surge in coronavirus cases, according...

J&K among states showing spike in daily Covid cases

New Delhi: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan are among the 10 states that account for 78.58 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases...

Adopt zero tolerance against hoarding of essential supplies, Centre tells states

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday asked state governments to adopt zero tolerance against hoarding of essential supplies like food and drugs during the...

India, Pakistan FMs visit to UAE trigger speculations

Abu Dhabi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who arrived here on Sunday, met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the...

Qureshi denies India-specific agenda in UAE visit but welcomes third party mediation

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday welcomed “third-party mediation” to ease Indo-Pak tensions but denied an India-specific agenda behind his...

Two Hizb militants killed in Shopian gunfight

Shopian: Two militants affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen were killed by government forces in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday. The firefight which...

HC seeks personal appearance of RTO Kashmir on re-registration of non-J&K vehicles

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday directed Regional Transport Officer Kashmir to be present personally before the court with all the relevant records...

Div Com orders for removal of barbeque stalls along Dal Lake

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting of officers to review the preservation of Dal Lake. During the...

Not overload but Power dept officials responsible for outages in Srinagar areas

Govt acts against 2 engineers SRINAGAR: Power department has confirmed that power cuts during Sehri and Iftar times were not merely due to the overload...

Don’t impose unscheduled power cuts: Advisor to officers

JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Monday held a detailed meeting to review the power scenario in Kashmir at the Civil...

NC, JKAP flay govt over power cuts in Ramadan

Srinagar: National Conference and Apni Party on Monday expressed concern over power outages during Sehri and Iftar in Kashmir saying the government’s claim of...

Highest daily spike in J&K with 1500 Covid cases

Kashmir tops with 979 cases Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported the biggest jump in Covid cases so far with 1,526 fresh cases along...

Covid spread frightening, but situation in hospitals not so much in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: While Kashmir seems to be fast sinking into the abyss of the Covid-19 pandemic, months after it seemed that all had been brought...

Ensure movement restrictions do not hamper vaccination exercise: Centre to states

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked states and union territories to ensure that restrictions on movement imposed by them for COVID-19 control...

Universities, colleges closed till May 15

Srinagar: The government on Sunday ordered closure of all universities and colleges for imparting on-campus / in-person education to the students in Jammu and...

JEE Mains entrance exam postponed

NEW DELHI: Engineering entrance exam JEE-Mains scheduled to be held from April 27-30 has been postponed in view of the COVID-19 situation, Union Education...

Rains return to Valley after brief respite

Traffic cleared on Sgr-Jmu highway Srinagar: Rains continued to lash Kashmir on Sunday after a brief respite in wet spell during daytime. In the meanwhile,...

Less than half the revenue target achieved by Power dept last year

Powerful defaulters such as CRPF, govt depts still refuse to clear dues SRINAGAR: The conversion of the Power Development Department to a corporation has had...

Woman who received bullet injury in Tral succumbs

Srinagar:A woman who had received a bullet injury in Pulwama district last week died at a hospital here on Sunday, police said. Shakeela Banu (35),...

Major reshuffle in administration

Tassaduq Hussain is Director School Education Jammu: In a major reshuffle, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday ordered transfers and postings of 66 senior...

Grim omen for apple growers as scab noticed on trees after plenty of rain

Shopian: The incessant rains this year have made fruit growers apprehensive of another gloomy year of production, the threat being the outbreak of a...

New modus operandi by fraudsters to withdraw money from ATMs

New Delhi: In view of increasing incidents of Man in the Middle (MiTM) attacks on ATMs, all banks have been asked to enhance their...

Even in Ramadan, even in April, Kashmir suffering from winter-like power outages

SRINAGAR: Just a week after the power department announced that it will bring outages down in Kashmir, winter season-like power cuts continue to disturb...

Snow, rains bring down temperature in Valley

Weather to improve today afternoon, Srinagar-Jammu highway shut for traffic today Srinagar: A few upper reaches received light snowfall while rains continued to lash plains...

Court seeks report from police about harassment in Srinagar College

Srinagar: A trial court on Saturday directed Station House Officer (SHO) of Soura Police Station to furnish a status report about the incident which...

No let-up in Covid positive cases: Kashmir records 642 cases, Jammu 503 cases

Srinagar: As many as 1,145 new Covid-19 cases in a day were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday along with three Covid-related deaths...

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