SRINAGAR — The School Education Department on Friday ordered all Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of Kashmir division to implement the newly issued guidelines of virtual classes in all government and private schools. According to the orders of Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), “The principal secretary to government for School Education Department has said that […]
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SMC Dy Mayor questions Govt for accommodation and security protocol
SRINAGAR — The Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Parvaiz Qadri on Friday questioned the Jammu and Kashmir government for the accommodation and security related issues, which he is facing since 2020 when he was elected in the corporation. Deputy Mayor Parvaiz Qadri told that the corporation acts are being violated by the estates […]
PDD daily wager from Bijbehara electrocuted on May 25 succumbs
BIJBEHARA — Ten days after electrocution at Tulkhan village of Bijbehara Tehsil, a daily wager of Power Development Department (PDD) has succumbed to injuries at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Friday. An official told that PDD daily wager received an electric shock when he was repairing the High Tension (HT) line in Tulkhan […]
DC suspends Range Officer Ompora after minor girl’s death
BUDGAM — After a leopard killed a little girl in Ompora area of Central Kashmir, District Development Commissioner Budgam Shahbaz Mirza suspended Range Officer Wild Life Department for dereliction of duties. Pertinently, leopard on Thursday evening took away a 4-year-old little girl and on Friday morning her body was found in forest nursery area of […]
Covid-19 patients testing positive after recovery can’t transmit virus to others: DAK
SRINAGAR — The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said some Covid-19 patients test positive weeks after recovering from the infection. “RT-PCR test can detect the virus weeks after Covid patients have recovered from the illness,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “That does not mean that a person is infectious […]
Rescue operation enters 5th day, youth’s body yet to fish out from Jhelum
SRINAGAR — Rescue operation continued on Friday for the 5th consecutive day to fish out the body of a Srinagar youth who had jumped into the river Jhelum on 31 May. As reported earlier, a youth after alighting from his cycle at Cement Bridge Qamarwari jumped into the river Jehlum. Later on he was identified […]
Admin not allowing us to have own bullet proof vehicles: Sajad Lone, Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah and People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone have regretted that the Jammu and Kashmir administration is not allowing them to take bullet-proof vehicles for their own as well as their party leaders’ security. Lone was the first to tweet saying he has converted his […]
Bizarre! KNO’s Bandipora Correspondent booked for WhatsApp status showing Wular Boat Capsize victims as ‘martyrs’
SRINAGAR — In a surprising development, Jammu and Kashmir police has booked Bandipora Correspondent of news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) over a WhatsApp status showing 20 children who died in boat capsize incident on May 30, 2006 at Wular Lake as “martyrs”. KNO’s Bandipora correspondent Sajid Raina received a call from police station Bandipora […]
Meet Rehana Nabi – A Calligraphy and a Crochet Artist
Sahil Gulzar SRINAGAR — Rehana Nabi hails from Kursoo Padshahibagh area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar District is an artist in Calligraphy as well as crohet artist. She has done her schooling from New Way English medium public school and then moved to Candid higher secondary institute Nowgam,She said that young people are showing interest in […]
Missing 4-year-old girl mauled to death by leopard in Budgam village
BUDGAM — A 4-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Ompora, area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday evening, police said. A 4-year-old girl identified as Adha Shakil daughter of Shakil Ahmad, a resident of Housing colony, Ompora area of Budgam was taken by a leopard while playing in the lawns […]









