JAMMU — Around 3.75 lakh devotees have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra so far as another batch of 3,471 pilgrims left for the Valley on Saturday. Officials said that since it began this year on June 29, around 3.75 lakh devotees have performed the Amarnath Yatra during the last 21 days. Over 11,000 devotees had […]
NEW DELHI — A day after the Microsoft outage severely impacted flight operations across the country, Union Minister of State, Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday that passengers are no longer facing any issues and that flight schedules are being adhered to as usual. The outage had impacted various sectors, causing significant delays and inconvenience to […]
NEW DELHI — UPSC chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons before the expiry of his tenure in May 2029, official sources said on Saturday. His resignation is “not in any way connected to controversies and allegations surrounding the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar issue came to the […]
SRINAGAR — The UIDAI has advised all the residents who have got their Aadhaar 10 years before to revalidate their address. In this connection, all the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir have been asked to make the residents of J&K aware about the updation of addresses with the help of any supporting documents. They […]
DARJEELING — Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed while fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, was cremated with full military honours at his ancestral village in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district. Slogans of “Brijesh Thapa Amar Rahe” reverberated as a large number of people gathered to pay their respects to the officer. Colonel Bhuwanesh K […]
ANANTNAG — Over sixty people affected by diarrhea epidemic in Srigufwara area of Bijbehera in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district with health department gearing up to tackle the situation as all the affected people have been admitted in the hospital during the intervening night of July 19 and 20. Officials told news agency Kashmir News Observer, […]
SRINAGAR — Despite upgradation in maternity services in the valley, the unnecessary referrals from Kashmir’s rural hospitals continue to overburden LD maternity hospital which has become a grave concern for the patients. Five years back, the Health and Medical Education Department issued Standard Operating Protocol (SoP) for instituting answerability in healthcare institutes in case of […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday appealed to the external affairs ministry to ensure safe passage and return of Kashmiri students from Bangladesh amid violent protests in the neighbouring country over demands for an end to a quota system in jobs. “Dear @MEAIndia, please ensure the safe […]
NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Pacer Mark Wood continued to add to his credentials as one of the fastest bowlers produced, delivering the fastest over bowled by an English bowler at home since the beginning of data recording for the same since 2006. In his first over on the morning of day two of the second Test […]
ANANTNAG [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — The long-pending demand of Palpora residents was fulfilled by the R&B Department as they macadamized the Palpora Link Road on Friday. This road had been in a deplorable condition, causing immense hardships to pedestrians. Following a significant outcry over the road’s poor state, the administration took swift action and commenced […]