JAMMU — An emergent meeting of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) was held under the leadership of Chowdhary Hamid, vice president of the party to condole the untimely and sudden demise of veteran party leader and ex-MLC Yashpal Sharma. While paying tributes to Yashpal Sharma, vice president of PDP Choudhary Hamid said that the party […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that the security situation has improved with militancy down by 40%, killings down by 50% & Kashmir witnessing heavy tourist footfalls even during winter months, then it is high time that the Statehood is restored back to the people of J&K as promised on the floor of Parliament by Home Minister Amit […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 6253 fresh daily Covid-19 cases while seven persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said in Sunday. 1754 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 4499 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 397202, the officials told GNS. Regarding the deaths, they […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday said that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will preside over the main function on January 26 in Jammu while his Advisor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar will take a salute at Srinagar. Moreover, District Development Council (DDC) chairpersons will preside over the main functions in their respective districts, according […]
SRINAGAR — Health and Medical Education department in J&K has proposed to empower administrators, personal officers and administrative officers of Government Medical Colleges and Subordinate Departments of Health and Medical Education department, an official communique said Sunday. The duties, responsibilities and functions of the administrators, personal officers and administrative officers will be to look into […]
SRINAGAR — A tourist from Maharashtra died of a heart attack at a luxury hotel in the world-famous ski resort Gulmarg of Kashmir Valley. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a 65-year-old tourist from Mumbai complained of chest pain. He was shifted from the hotel to Primary Health Centre Gulmarg where doctors […]
DUBAI — The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday named Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan as the T20I Cricketer of the Year for his sheer “consistency, indomitable spirit and plenty of breathtaking knocks” last year. Earlier this week, the ICC had also included Rizwan in its T20I team of the year featuring two more Pakistani players […]
NEW DELHI — The BCCI is set to conduct the 2022 IPL from last week of March to end of May and efforts would be made to host the lucrative event in India as per the wishes of team owners, Board secretary Jay Shah said on Saturday. If sources are to be believed, the tentative […]
J&K admin violates NCM rules, turns Principals into ceremonial heads Haroon Nabi SRINAGAR — At a time when the central government across the country is empowering health experts to lead the healthcare systems, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has handed over Government Medical Colleges of Jammu and Srinagar and their associated hospitals to lower-rung bureaucrats, […]
NEW DELHI — The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction […]