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 […]
SRINAGAR — Seven members of a family including a female journalist even after testing negative, both in rapid and RTPCR format were shown positive to Covid-19 in the records of the Nodal Officer Pandemic in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Concerned over the state of affairs in the NO’s Office, the lady journalist approached the Chief Medical […]
SRINAGAR — At least 149 cases of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers are pending with the Directorate of School Education, as the government agencies verifications have returned “adverse” reports, due to which the salaries of these teachers have been withheld from over last two years. Besides, ReTs, the salaries of some Education Volunteers (EVs) are also withheld […]
GANDERBAL — Government forces on Monday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in Ganderbal district in Central Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition. News agency Kashmir News Trust reported that a militant hideout was busted by joint team of government forces during a search operation. Arms and ammunition including 1 Chinese Pistol Magazine, 11 […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir health department till now has issued over 20.24 lakh ”golden cards” under the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY-Sehat scheme in the Jammu division to provide a yearly health insurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh, an official said on Monday. The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), a universal health […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)’s were diffused by government forces at two different locations in Pulwama district in South Kashmir, officials said. An official said that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected by government forces in an orchard near Panzgam village in Awantipora town and Saimu village in Tral town in […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the suspension of railway service till 9th June in view of Covid-19 situation in the Union Territory. The railway service between Baramulla-Banihal and vice versa shall continue to remain suspended till 9th June, 2021. Earlier, the extension in suspension was scheduled to end today. An order […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory government on Sunday ordered partial relaxation in public activities across Union Territory amid Coronavirus lockdown. As per the order issued by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam under section 24 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, All educational institutions shall remain closed for imparting on-campus/in-person education […]
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