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Policeman killed in Kulgam militant attack

Anantnag: A police head constable was killed in a militant attack on a patrol party of government forces on Saturday in Frisal area of...

One killed, 9 vehicles buried in landslide along Srinagar-Jammu highway

Ramban: One person was killed and four others rescued while fate of two others is unknown as massive landslide buried 9 vehicles including some...

Discoms in UTs to be privatised: FM

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said electricity distribution companies in Union Territories (UTs) will be privatised. This is expected to provide a...

Lack of pruning and cleanliness cause of scab infections in Kashmir orchards this year

Shopian: A new scab infection in apple trees arrived with the month of May and orchardists are apprehensive about the well-being of their crop,...

Don’t be so apprehensive about disposal of service cases: CAT chairman to HC chief justice

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir High Court need not be so apprehensive about the disposal of cases by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), its...

Ladakh students to get 5 percent quota in NIT Srinagar

Leh: Five percent of all reserved seats in under-graduate programmes of Srinagar National Institute of Technology will be earmarked for students of Ladakh Union...

Announcement of class 10, 12 CBSE exams postponed

New Delhi: The MHRD Ministry on Saturday postponed announcement of the exam schedule for pending class 10 and 12 board exams, saying the CBSE...

Chairman State Co-operative bank sacked over corruption charges

Srinagar: The government on Saturday overhauled state co-operative bank by sacking its incumbent chairman. Sources privy to the development said that a meeting of board...

Students in distress as Covid-19 test results pending for 10 days 

  Srinagar: As the government continues to scale up Covid-19 testing in Jammu and Kashmir, around 22 students who returned from Chandigarh 10 days ago are...

J&K Covid-19 tally crosses 1000 mark as 30 more test positive

Srinagar: The novel coronavirus infection tally in Jammu and Kashmir crossed 1,000 mark on Friday with 30 new positive cases. The tally has risen to...

Govt proposes greater relaxations in lockdown 4.0

Schools, colleges won’t be allowed to open New Delhi: Greater relaxations and flexibility will be seen in the lockdown 4.0, which will begin on...

J&K acquires 30k VTM kits to ramp up testing

Srinagar: As 50,000 stranded people returned home to Kashmir, the J&K government has acquired 30,000 viral transport media (VTM) kits to ramp up the...

Positive cases decline to 12 in Bandipora

BANDIPORA: Bandipora which was topping the list with above 130 Covid-19 cases is witnessing a huge decline in positive cases. But since March 23 when...

Service providers to be trained before opening outlets in Srinagar

Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration Friday launched a two-week-long training programme for service providers to sensitise them about precautions that need following for personal...

India must gear up for possible community transmission, says expert

Bengaluru: India must gear up to face the possibility of community spread of the Covid -19, a prominent health expert said on Friday, cautioning...

FM announces Rs 1.63 lakh crore for agriculture-allied sectors

New Delhi: The government on Friday announced a Rs 1.63 lakh crore package for agriculture and allied sectors aimed at strengthening infrastructure, logistics and...

World Bank approves USD 1 bn loan to India

New Delhi: The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 1 billion loan to support India's efforts for providing social assistance to the poor...

Chibber appointed Chairman J&K Bank, Zubair as MD

Srinagar: The government on Friday appointed RK Chibber as chairman J&K Bank for next three years and Zubair Iqbal as its managing director. Late on...

Minor rejig in admin, police: Kansal is principal secy PDD, Mubasher is Addtn SP security

Srinagar: Principal Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department Rohit Kansal was on Friday transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to Power...

Maternity services at SDH Nagam defunct, expecting mothers told to go elsewhere

Srinagar: A couple expecting their child last week were in a relaxed frame of mind even amid the Covid-19 situation, as the Caesarean section...

Domestic animals, too, get medical services at doorstep

BUDGAM: Medical check-up, vaccination, and treatment of domestic animals is being done at the doorstep amid the lockdown in villages of Budgam district, where...

Srinagar houses not letting in SMC staff to collect garbage

Srinagar: Even after so much of focus on hygiene and cleanliness, people in many areas of Srinagar have shut their doors to sanitation workers,...

J&K sees 12 positive cases, Covid tally reaches 983

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir saw 12 cases on Thursday taking the overall tally to 983. The cases include eight from Kashmir and four from Jammu. Notably,...

Div Com reviews functioning of Covid labs

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Thursday chaired a meeting to review the measures for streamlining and further improving the functioning of the...

DC reviews arrangements at quarantine centres

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Choudhary on Thursday visited more than two dozen quarantine centres in Panthanchowk, Nowgam, Shalteng, South, Khanyar and north...

Coronavirus may never go away, says WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said it's possible the new coronavirus may be here to stay, warning it's impossible to predict when...

CIC to begin hearing RTI cases from J&K, Ladakh today

New Delhi: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the Central Information Commission (CIC) would start hearing Right to Information (RTI) Act...

Lt Governor, CIC discuss transfer of complaints, appeals

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today interacted with Bimal Julka, Chief Information Commissioner through video conference and discussed about the transfer of pending...

Against ministry’s advisory to not sack contractual staff, Info dept dismisses

40 stringers in middle of Covid-19 crisis Srinagar: Amid the Covid-19 crisis, when the possibility of new employment is bleak, the Jammu and Kashmir government...

Govt directs private schools to charge tuition fee monthly

Srinagar: School education department Thursday directed private schools not to charge tuition fee quarterly and that the decision about transport charges shoulf be taken...

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