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SC asks GoI to consider guidelines for not pasting posters outside homes of Covid patients

New Delhi:The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre to consider issuing nationwide guidelines to do away with practice of pasting posters outside the homes...

6 die of Covid

Srinagar: Six more deaths of persons infected with Covid-19 were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening. According to officials, four deaths were...

Maiden notifications issued for DDC polls, panchayat-municipal by-elections

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commissioner K K Sharma issued the first notification on Thursday for conducting the maiden election to the district...

Mutton @480 not viable rate, traders tell govt

Srinagar: The government’s fixing of the rate of mutton at Rs 480 a kg has so outraged mutton traders in Kashmir that they have...

HC bans construction, orders removal of encroachment within 200 metres of Wular Lake

Srinagar: The High Court on Thursday ordered the government to take immediate measures to remove encroachments and stop constructions within 200 metres of the...

Shopian man starts his own apple mandi, does great business

Shopian: Fed up, like most apple growers in Kashmir, with the dues charged by officials and the commissions charged by traders at different mandis,...

Policeman found dead in Budgam

Srinagar: The body of a policeman was found tied to a tree in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, hours after he...

Biden wins more votes than any other presidential candidate in US history: Report

New York: Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won more votes than any other presidential candidate in the US history, shattering a record set by...

Indo-China standoff: India determined to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity, says Rajnath

New Delhi: As the border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh enters the seventh month, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India wants...

Even orders from LG office can’t bring Director Health, Kashmir, to face sexual harassment charges

‘Haven’t received order through proper channel,’ say top officials, while the complainant suffers reprisals, is dismissed from key post and sent to sub-district hospital Srinagar:...

First elections to DDCs in J&K begin Nov 28

Over 8 phases, will end on Dec 22, along with polls for vacant panchayat, urban bodies' seats Srinagar: The State Election Commission on Wednesday announced...

Trump claims victory as well as ‘fraud’ in election

Washington: In an unprecedented claim in US politics, Donald Trump on Wednesday asserted “fraud” in the counting of votes and said he would approach...

Plea in SC for early hearing of petitions on Article 370

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of a batch of petitions that challenge last year’s decision...

9 more Covid deaths, 512 new cases

Srinagar: Nine more deaths of persons infected with Covid-19 were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening. According to officials, two deaths were...

HC laments degradation of environment, issues strict orders for Sonamarg conservation

SRINAGAR: “Generations to come will have to pay the price for environmental degradation,” the J&K High Court remarked on Wednesday while coming down heavily...

Srinagar mayor seals Joint Commissioner’s office citing delay in granting building permissions

SRINAGAR: Acting Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Parvaiz Qadri on Wednesday sealed the office of the Joint Commissioner, Planning at the civic body,...

Gupkar Alliance rejects govt clarification, says land laws aimed at ‘demographic change’

Srinagar: The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday rejected the government's assertion that the bulk of the agricultural land will not be...

J&K, Ladakh outrightly reject new laws: NC

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Tuesday said that the government’s clarification on new land laws is just a smoke screen aimed to mollify the...

Congress calls for rollback

Srinagar: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) on Tuesday said the government statement on new land laws in Jammu and Kashmir was an attempt to mislead...

Covid deaths cross 1,500 with 12 new fatalities

Srinagar: Twelve more deaths of persons infected with Covid-19 were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening. According to officials, eight deaths were...

Unusual symptoms delay Covid-19 diagnosis: DAK

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said patients with Covid-19 infection come to Kashmir hospitals with unusual symptoms. “Atypical symptoms delay testing, diagnosis and...

Hot or cold weather may have no impact on coronavirus spread: Study

Houston: Temperature and humidity do not play a significant role in the spread of the novel coronavirus, that causes COVID-19, according to a study...

Shopian district hospital has just one operating table

Shopian: Even after 14 years of getting district status, Shopian District Hospital (DH) has a single surgery table, which not only creates problems for...

J&K slumps to bottom of governance index in India

Srinagar: Instead of the promised development, the abrogation of Article 370 has worsened every development indicator in Jammu and Kashmir, be it governance, growth...

Two bridges on Pampore outskirts left unfinished due to ‘political meddling’, ‘lack of funds’

Anantnag: Work on at least two bridges, one of them a footbridge and the other a 140-meter road traffic bridge, has been on halt...

Construction of over 7,700 bunkers completed along LoC, IB in Jammu

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has completed the construction of 7,777 bunkers along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International border (IB)...

4 IPS officers promoted as ADGPs

Srinagar: The government ordered promotion of four J&K cadre IPS officers as Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs) and granted time scale to two...

Agricultural land can only be sold to agriculturists within J&K

More than 90% land cannot be sold to outsiders, Govt assures JAMMU: The J&K Government has repealed 11 land laws that existed in the erstwhile...

8 more die of Covid, 385 new cases

Srinagar: Eight more deaths of persons infected with Covid-19 was reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening. According to officials, five deaths were...

Mutation in novel coronavirus may have made it more contagious: Study

Houston: The novel coronavirus is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious, according to a study involving more than...

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