SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and sunny in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday as the Met office forecast same weather conditions to continue during the next 24 hours. On Sunday, Srinagar recorded minus 2.2, Pahalgam minus 6.3 and Gulmarg minus 7.0 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature. In the Ladakh region, Drass registered […]
NEW DELHI — India saw a single day rise of 44,877 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,26,31,421, while the active cases have declined to 5,37,045, according to Union health ministry data on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 5,08,665 with 684 daily fatalities, Union health ministry data states. The daily […]
GANDHINAGAR — Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday that the central government will roll out COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years as soon as it receives recommendation to that effect from a group of experts. Mandaviya told this to reporters here when he was asked about […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday announced Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia for next of kins of Army soldiers from Jammu and Kashmir killed in the line of duty within the Union Territory or any other state. The Lieutenant Governor while interacting with the media persons at Convention Centre said, “The […]
SRINAGAR — In another attempt to ensure effective and speedy governance, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar Rakesh Balwal Saturday directed all Station House Officers to complete the verification process maximum within a stipulated time of seven (7) days in normal circumstances. In cases of emergent nature wherein much faster action is required, the verification […]
KUPWARA — Former Chief Minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said that both delimitation draft in the region and Hijab controversy in Karnataka are aimed to benefit the motives of RSS and BJP saying that the proposed draft will benefit them only to come to power. Mehbooba along with the party workers Saturday visited the […]
SRINAGAR — Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has decided that no salary will be given to all those employees of DHSK whose monthly work done will be found unsatisfactory. According to an order, DHSK has asked all concerned authorities to forward monthly work done statement of the employees working under their control to concerned disbursing […]
SRINAGAR — In order to encourage the meritorious students and to boost their morale, the District Administration Srinagar, Saturday felicitated Aroosa Parvaiz of Ellahibagh, Srinagar, who has bagged first position in Science stream in recently declared results of 12th class Board examination by securing 499 or 99.80% marks. Aroosa Parvaiz was felicitated by the Deputy […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today laid the foundation stone for Drug De-addiction Centre at Jammu. The Lt Governor said, the Drug De-addiction centre will act as an integrated centre where addicts will be treated, counseled, enabled to learn new productive skills, and rehabilitated with utmost care and affection. We are witnessing worrisome trend […]
JAMMU — Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday said that drug abuse was a bigger challenge than militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. He was speaking at a function organized on laying of foundation stone of Police Drug-de-addiction by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Channi Himmat, Jammu. The DGP in his welcome address thanked […]