India reports lowest daily Covid cases in 50 days

New Delhi/Srinagar: India reported the lowest daily new coronavirus infections in 50 days with 1,52,734 cases, taking India’s total tally to 2,80,47,534, while the active caseload further declined to 20,26,092, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 3,29,100 with 3,128 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 […]

J&K govt signs MoU with GoAir for transportation of perishable fruits

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture department Monday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with airline carrier GoAir 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 Civil Secretariat here today, […]

Improve speed and quality of decisions without fear and favour: LG tells Secretaries

Directs them to interact with public and redress their grievances with empathy

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday directed the administrative Secretaries to improve the speed and quality of their decisions so that people are helped and benefited without any fear or favour. Chairing a high-level meeting with Administrative Secretaries of the Union Territory at the Civil Secretariat here today, Sinha stressed that every department of […]

New CS chairs maiden meeting with DCs, SPs

Srinagar: J&K new Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Monday chaired maiden meeting with the district administrations and took stock of progress achieved with regard to COVID mitigation, implementation of district development plans, completion of works identified under ‘Back to Village’ programme and redressal of public grievances. Divisional Commissioners of Jammu, Kashmir, Inspector Generals and […]

Sustained actions can take the sting out of Covid-3rd wave: CAC

Srinagar: Prophesied third wave of COVID-19 is a possibility and our shrewd, sustained actions can change its occurrence from fact to a fiction, states the report of Covid Advisory Committee (CAC), submitted to the government. The report reads that COVID third wave, if it occurs, could be mild, less severe, or more severe based on […]

Monthly GST return filing deadline extended till June 26

New Delhi: The government on Monday said the deadline for filing monthly GST sales returns for May has been extended by 15 days till June 26. The GST Council, chaired by the Union Finance Minister and comprising state counterparts, on May 28 had decided to extend certain compliance relaxations on account of COVID-19. The Central […]

Decision to ease lockdown restrictions evokes mixed opinions

Srinagar: The decision of initiating partial unlock in the wake of dip in deaths and positivity rates across the UT on Monday evoked a mixed response from the experts with some terming the move as a right step while others think that the government should have continued with curfew for another week or two. Doctors […]

Forces foil suicide bid by woman at Badshah bridge

Srinagar: Police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on Monday foiled the suicide bid by a woman as she attempted to jump from the Srinagar’s Budshah Bridge. A video of the incident has also gone viral on social media platforms, showing some cops and CRPF men rescuing the woman as she tried to […]

Two booked for dowry death in Rajouri

Jammu, May 31: Two persons were arrested and booked for dowry death after a young woman consumed a poisonous substance and died at a hospital in Rajouri district, police said on Monday. “During the intervening night of May 29-30, it was reported that one married lady of village Chowakian of Darhal tehsil has consumed some […]