JAMMU/SRINAGAR – All the Administrative Secretaries along with the officers of their departments today participated in the Anti-Terrorism Pledge taking ceremony held simultaneously at Civil Secretariat, Jammu as well as Srinagar. The pledge was administered by Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance at Civil Secretariat, Jammu and Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical […]
SRINAGAR – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar Friday said that the issue of local boys joining militancy was a “serious concern” for the security forces and that many steps have been taken to plug the local militant recruitment while as there is a need for “more hard-work” for the same. Talking […]
JAMMU – The first case of ‘Black Fungus’ (Mucormycosis) was reported on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir from government medical college hospital in Jammu. Shashi Sodan, head of the microbiology department and presently also functioning as the principal government medical college hospital, Jammu told IANS: “Yes, we have a post COVID patient of black fungus […]
PULWAMA – The residents in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama township are dejected after the administration decided to turn District Hospital Pulwama into a Covid-dedicated hospital and closed all routine Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) within. People, especially those living in the close vicinity of the town area, complain that the district administration, and particularly the hospital management, should […]
SRINAGAR – Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone on Friday said that his father Abdul Gani Lone who was killed on this day 19 years ago “went at the right time” and as a “hero”. Speaking on the death anniversary of his father, Sajad said that senior Lone was killed for speaking the truth and expressing […]
SRINAGAR – The authorities on Friday tightened the Covid-19 curfew in Srinagar district on the eve of death anniversary of Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone, which is being marked on May 21 in Kashmir. Witnesses said that the authorities tightened the curbs in order to restrict the movement of public and thwart […]
PULWAMA – Unknown persons chopped down various high density (Italy) apple trees belonging to two persons in Karimabad village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Quoting local sources news agency Kashmir News Trust reported that during the intervening night of 19-20 May, apple trees belonging to Reyaz Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Nabi Bhat and Abdul […]
SRINAGAR – By any indication or analysis, the killers of Kashmirs eminent cleric-politician Mirwaiz Maulvi Mohammad Farooq have achieved nothing—none of their perceived goals—in the last 31 years of the bloodshed in the valley. Contrarily, thousands from Kashmirs host of human genres, including clergymen, politicians and intellectuals, perished in the senseless violence. The 45-year-old cleric […]
GANDERBAL – In order to make quick bucks from hapless labourers, staffers from Dr Lal Path Lab conducted RT-PCR tests in an open forest and charged Rs 1800 per head without seeking permission from Chief Medical Office Ganderbal here in Central Kashmir. There are scores of labourers from different parts of Kangan town of Ganderbla […]
SRINAGAR – A man from Iqbal Abad area of Bemina Srinagar on Thursday appealed authorities to release his 22-year-old son Nayeem Ahmed Mir and others languishing in Agra jail from last four years. Abdul Hameed Mir was quoted by news agency Kashmir News Trust saying, “Besides my son there are other young boys who are […]