BUDGAM — Police have booked a contractor and his nephew after top government official accused them of assault and lodged a police complaint against them. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that on Saturday, a contractor who resides in Khansahab accompanied by his nephew visited office of the Executive Engineer Roads and Buildings (R&B). […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday relaxed the Covid restrictions in 13 districts across Union Territory. The weekend curfew has also been lifted in these districts. However daily night curfew will continue to exist from 08:00 pm to 07:00 am. These districts include Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Rajouri and Udhampur in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir People Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti has sought LG Manoj Sinha’s intervention in stopping removal of PDP legislators from government allotted accommodation in Srinagar. Mehbooba has shot a letter to Sinha and expressed her concern over “selective targeting” of PDP leaders and former MLAs by asking them to vacate […]
UDHAMPUR — A teen from Udhampur has overcome many obstacles to top his district with 98.06 per cent marks in the Class 10 results declared by the state education board. As per the reports, Mandeep Singh said he could not go to school due to the lockdown last year and did not have a phone or […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded Bharat Ratna for ‘Indian doctors’ and healthcare workers, who were on the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal said Bharat Ratna will be a ‘real tribute’ to doctors who lost their lives while on frontline duty. “This year “Indian […]
ABU DABHI — Saudia, state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines, said it will operate 23 flights to bring back citizens from the UAE before the travel ban takes effect today (Sunday), according to Bandar Al Fawzan, Director of Saudi Airlines Operations at Dubai Airport. Al Fawzan told Al Ekhbariya TV that 23 scheduled and unscheduled flights will […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities in Srinagar district have banned the storage, sale, possession, use and transport of drones and similar kind of unmanned aerial vehicles in the territorial jurisdiction of the district. In an order, district magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz has said that to secure the aerial space near the vital installations and highly populated […]
PULWAMA — For the benefit of the students, authorities have decided to allow functioning of community classes in Jammu and Kaashmir. In this connection, the administration has issued guidelines for these community classes, keeping in view the prevalent pandemic. These community classes are being organized in places where there are difficulties in accessing internet facilities. […]
BANDIPORA — The Jammu and Kashmir police have booked a district development council (DDC) member of JK Apni party from Arin constituency for assaulting a revenue official in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Official sources told that a team of revenue officials including assistant commissioner revenue Bandipora, Parvaiz Rahim and Tehsildar Bandipora, Sheikh Tariq […]
NEW DELHI — Cases of Covid-19 might be declining steadily but as the virus is mutating, attaining that magical zero figure in Delhi is unlikely, experts have said, and predicted that coronavirus will be reduced to an endemic in the future. Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital, said there will always […]
