PULWAMA — On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Baseer-Ul-Haq Choudhary, Revenue Department Pulwama has mobilized their teams to conduct the survey of COVID-19 victim families whose lost their loved ones due to deadly disease. In this regard concerned Tehsildars have constituted the teams to find out the families where senior citizens who have lost only […]
SRINAGAR — Valley’s premier health care institute Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) is in news these days for different reasons. There are narratives and counter narratives vis a vis extension of incumbent Director Dr. A G Ahanger whose term comes to an end on 25th June this month. Dr. A.G. Ahanger is completing 09 […]
SRINAGAR — United Nations human rights experts have asked the Indian government to provide details about the continuing the human rights violations against three Kashmiris. The report seeks information on continued detention of a politician, the alleged custodial killing of a shopkeeper and the two-year-old disappearance of a teenager in Kashmir. The communication from five […]
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday recorded less than 3,000 new Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day rise in 34 days. The daily case count also continued the downward trend to 1.27 lakh new cases in a day. With 2,795 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s death toll now […]
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced news labels, using Greek alphabets, for various variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), also giving names to the two variants that have been found in India thus far. “Labelled using Greek alphabets, WHO announces new labels for Covid variants of concern (VOC) and interest (VOI),” […]
SRINAGAR — Renowned Jammu-based Islamic scholar Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed, who first translated Quran into Gojri language, has passed away in a Jammu hospital on Tuesday, officials said. Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed was admitted at Acharaya Shri Chander College of Medical Science (ASCOMS) Jammu and died days after his tests returned negative for the covid-19. Confirming it, Medical Superintendent […]
SRINAGAR — In a controversial order, the administration in J&K’s Rajouri district has said that the salary of employees deployed for Covid duty should not be released unless they furnish a certificate of achieving 100 per cent vaccination target. District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar Shavan, who is also DDMA chairman, said in an order that to […]
SRINAGAR — In a significant decision, the Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture Department signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with airline carrier Go-Airlines for transportation of perishable horticulture and agricultural produce to various destinations across the country. The MoU was signed in presence of Principal Secretary Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Horticulture departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary at […]
DODA — Father shot dead his two sons before killing self in Upper Gallo area of Tehsil Kahara of District Doda in Jammu region on late Monday evening. Police sources told KNT that a man fired upon his two sons with 12 Bore rifle and shot himself as well. Father and his two minor sons […]
LG directs School Education Department to frame policy within 48 hours to ease homework burden of minor students SRINAGAR — Moved by the six-year-old girl’s video message to Prime Minister Narendera Modi where she complains of huge burden of home work through Zoom Classes, the J&K LG Manoj Sinha while taking serious note of the […]