Woman allegedly sets herself ablaze in Budgam, hospitalized
Budgam: A 32-year-old lady allegedly attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze at her home in Hafroo area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the a lady (name withheld ) from Punjab and married to one at Hufroo tried to end her […]
Delta variant to become dominant strain of COVID-19 in coming months: WHO
United Nations/Geneva:The World Health Organization has said the Delta variant of COVID-19 is now present in nearly 100 countries as per conservative estimates, and warned that in the coming months the highly transmissible strain will become the dominant variant of the coronavirus globally. In its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, the WHO said as of June […]
Man killed, two others injured during scuffle In Bandipora
Bandipora: A 52-year-old man of was killed while two others were injured during a scuffle over erection of tent at Kachi Behak (meadow) near Vewan village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the three persons including a female of a Bakerwal community from Rajouri […]
Darbar Move is Passé
Govt cancels residential accommodation of 'darbar move' employees
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday cancelled residential accommodations of ‘darbar move’ employees in Jammu and Srinagar, days after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced an end to the age-old practice. The officials have been asked to vacate their quarters in the twin capital cities within three weeks. Sinha had on June 20 announced […]
Delimitation commission to visit J&K from July 6-9; to meet political parties, leaders
New Delhi: The delimitation commission on Jammu and Kashmir will be on a four-day visit there from July 6-9 to interact with political parties, their leaders and government officials to gather “first hand” inputs on the ongoing process of redrawing the boundaries of electoral constituencies there, a statement said Wednesday. The decision was taken after […]
‘JKTPO, Flipkart join hands for HAUSLA scheme’
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) has partnered with e-commerce marketplace Flipkart for providing marketing support for the products of the women entrepreneurs to be groomed under the HAUSLA scheme launched here by the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha yesterday. Hausla initiative is a 5-month training program for women entrepreneurs of J&K Flipkart […]
J&K launches social security scheme for families affected by COVID-19
LG calls for robust PDS in J&K, streamlining distribution chain, 100% Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday rolled out its Special Assistance Scheme for COVID Mortalities (SASCM) to help out families affected by the coronavirus in the union territory. Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha formally rolled SASCM by handing over the grant of scholarship and pension certificates to the children and the members of […]
Sikh body demands implementation of Inter-Caste Marriage Act, anti-conversion law in J&K
Srinagar: A Sikh organisation here on Wednesday demanded the implementation of the Inter-Caste Marriage Act and the enactment of an anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes amid a row over the allegations of “forced conversion” of four women from the Sikh community to Islam in the union territory. “I, on the behalf of […]
364 fresh COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths recorded in J&K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 364 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its cumulative infection tally to 3,15,662 while seven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,323, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 215 were reported from Kashmir Valley and 149 were reported from the Jammu division of the union territory, they said. […]
3 militants killed, 2 soldiers injured in Kulgam encounter
Kulgam: Three militants were killed while two army-men were injured in an encounter at Chimmer village of Damhal Hanjipora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. An official said that earlier a joint team of police, Army’s 9 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on a specific information about the presence of […]
