SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration Thursday ordered imposition of complete restriction on non-essential movement in the Union Territory from every Friday 2.00 pm to Monday 6.00 am. Pertinently, the government imposed an unannounced weekend lockdown across Jammu and Kashmir on last Saturday and Sunday in wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases across […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was charred to death while four persons including an elderly couple and a personnel from fire & emergency department were injured in a devastating fire incident in which four houses were completely gutted and three others were partially damaged at Jamalat Nawakadal locality in Srinagar on Thursday. Official sources told GNS […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday demanded fire service stations for dwellers of Dal Lake, Nigeen Lake and Jhelum to prevent fire incidents and mitigate the losses during these incidents. In a joint statement, Srinagar district president Haji Parvez, state youth secretary Arif Laigroo and youth leader Asif Wangnoo demanded fire services stations for […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today hailed the improvement in the current year’s revenue collections despite the ongoing pandemic and stated that a strong and consistent revenue performance and a positive outlook for future will underpin equally strong capex growth this fiscal year and beyond. He made this observation while reviewing […]
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri agritech startup, Orchardly was selected among 14 other startups from across the globe to showcase their product under sustainable innovations in Elevate VII pitching session at Expo 2020, Dubai. The session was held to showcase how these startups can transform the world with their sustainable innovations, ideas and enterprises. Orchardly is […]
SRINAGAR — In an extraordinary meeting, the journalists of the Kashmir valley condemned the attempted forcible take-over by a tiny group of journalists and subsequent shutting down of the Kashmir Press Club by the J&K administration, said a statement. “The meeting was attended by 10 journalist organizations registered with the Kashmir Press Club that have […]
SRINAGAR — Two Pandit youth have been arrested on charges of carrying charas in the vehicle they were traveling in Srinagar. Police sources said that the duo was arrested during checking on the bypass near Lasjan. Sources told Kashmir News Trust that a police party stopped an Alto (JK02BP/6183) with two youth on board. When […]
SRINAGAR — Covid-19 cases continued to mount as Jammu and Kashmir reported 5992 fresh cases while seven persons succumbed to the virus in last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 1920 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1072 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally to 378661. Giving district […]
PULWAMA — Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a militant associate in Rajpora area of Pulwama district. An official said that a joint naka laid by the teams of Pulwama Police, 44 RR and 183 Bn CRPF at Pachahar Rajpora Pulwama intercepted one youth found roaming in a suspicious manner. He said that on […]
NEW DELHI — The Press Club of India (PCI) on Thursday termed the cancellation of the Kashmir Press Club’s registration and takeover of its premises by the Jammu and Kashmir administration as “illegal” and said such “coercive action” against journalists will adversely affect the image of the Union Territory. In a letter to Lieutenant Governor […]