COVID-19: India records 41,649 fresh cases, 593 more fatalities
New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI) With a single-day rise of 41,649 new cases, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,16,13,993 on Saturday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,810 with 593 more people succumbing to it, the Union health ministry said. The number of active coronavirus cases in the country […]
IED Recovery Case: NIA conducts raids at 14 locations in J&K
Srinagar: National Investigating Agency (NIA) Saturday said that it’s men were conducting raids at 14 locations in J&K in connection with the two separate IED recovery cases. An NIA official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that NIA raids are going in J&K in connection with two separate cases. “One is IED recovered in jammu […]
02 militants killed in Pulwama encounter
Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed in a gunfight in forest area of Nagberan Tarsar of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. A senior Police officer told GNS that two militants have been killed, however their identity couldn’t be established as of now. The officer further said that the exact location of the place were […]
LG calls for removal of bottlenecks, expediting pace of works, synergizing inter-agency coordination
Reviews NHIDCL projects; Officials say connectivity of Sonamarg highway will be ensured during coming winter
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha took a comprehensive review of the status of various projects being executed by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, at the Raj Bhavan here today. He was briefed about the status, pace of works, and issues of various projects […]
Govt trying to balance development and environment conservation: LG
Launches ‘Green J&K Drive-2021’; says aim is to bring two-third of J&K under forest, tree cover
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said that government was trying to balance development with environmental conservation as he launched “Green J&K Drive-2021” from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu today. During this year, as many as 1.30 crore saplings are proposed to be planted across Jammu & Kashmir, an official press release said. It […]
J&K records 137 COVID-19 cases, one fatality
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 137 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking its infection tally to 3,21,344, while the death toll rose to 4,378 as one fatality was reported from Jammu division in a span of 24 hours, officials said. Seventy-nine cases were reported from Kashmir and 58 from Jammu division of the union territory, […]
CS directs 100% door-to-door waste collection across all cities, towns by Oct 2
Srinagar: The Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Friday directed door to door waste collection across all cities of J&K by October 02, 2021. He passed these directions while chairing the 8th meeting of State Level Apex Committee (SLAC) on Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) wherein he reviewed the functioning of solid waste management system under […]
Rescue operation resumes in cloudburst-hit Kishtwar
Jammu: The rescue operation to locate 20 people missing after a cloudburst in a village in Kishtwar resumed Friday after remaining suspended for hours together owing to inclement weather, officials said. Seven persons were found dead and 17 others were rescued in an injured condition after the remote Honzar village in Dacchan tehsil was hit […]
Missing woman found dead in apple orchard in Baramulla
Baramulla: A 45-year-old woman who went missing under mysterious circumstance on Thursday was found dead in an orchard in Gutiyar village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Witnesses said that Fareeda Begum, wife of Gulzar Ahmad Mir, a resident of Gutiyar Baramulla had been missing since yesterday morning when she had gone to her orchard. On […]
NIA flies chargesheet against drug-trafficker in narco terror case
Srinagar: The NIA filed supplementary charge-sheet against one Manpreet Singh alias Mann of Amritsar before the NIA Special Court, Mohali, Punjab today under Section 120B, 201 and 489-C of IPC, Sections 25 (1AA) of Arms Act and sections 21 (C), 27A and 29 of NDPS Act, the investigating agency said in a press release here. […]
