SRINAGAR — Government has appointed Divisional Commissioner Kashmir as the enquiry officer to enquire the issue of demolition of shopping complex, housing the office of the IndusInd bank in Anantnag district. According to an order, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir has been asked to submit the report within a period of 15 days. “Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, IAS, […]
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA — A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of […]
SRINAGAR — Complaining of slump in footfall for Eid shopping due to shortage of parking lots in Kashmir markets, especially in the summer capital of Srinagar markets, Kashmir Retailers Association affiliated has sought personal intervention of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha. In a statement, KRA president, Farhan Kitab said even though traffic police department was doing […]
BANDIPORA — One person was killed while two were injured in cylinder blast of a house in Kudara village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, while house was also damaged, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the blast took place inside the house of Mohammad Shafi, leading […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered transfer and posting of six JKAS officers, while ACR Anantnag has been assigned additional charge of Chief Executive Officer Municipal Council Anantnag. According to an order, Rakesh Kumar, JKAS, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Culture Department, is transferred and posted as Deputy District Election Officer, […]
BARAMULLA — The body of a man was recovered from river Jhelum near Khadiniyar area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday, a few days after he went missing from his home. An official told that the body was found by locals in river Jehlum near Khadiniyar area, who later informed the police. He identified […]
SRINAGAR — The MeT department on Thursday forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy in J&K during the next 24 hours with possibility of light rain at scattered places”, said an official of the MeT department. […]
SRINAGAR — Over 80,000 devotees performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra so far as another batch of 5,726 pilgrims left Jammu for the Valley on Thursday. Official sources said that 5,726 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the Valley on Thursday in two escorted convoys. “Of these, 2,109 are going to Baltal base […]
BENGALURU — The Income Tax department Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company Micro Labs Ltd, the manufacturers of Dolo-650 tablet that was widely used by COVID-19 patients during the last over two years, on charges of alleged tax evasion. Officials said the department is looking at financial documents, balance sheets and […]
SRINAGAR — If an opposition leader would have been photographed with arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Talib Hussain, he would have been slapped with FIRs and the BJP “trolls” would have been crying for his blood, the PDP said on Wednesday. In the party’s newsletter released here, the PDP — headed by Mehbooba Mufti — took […]