‘No case of new ‘Omicron’ variant of coronavirus detected in India yet’

New Delhi: No case of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in India yet, a senior government official said on Monday. The B.1.1.529 Covid variant or Omicron, first detected in South Africa last week, was designated by the World Health Organisation as a ‘variant of concern’, the health body’s top category for […]

Widespread snowfall, rains predicted from Dec 5-7

Srinagar: Weatherman on Monday predicted widespread light to moderate snowfall and rains in plains of Jammu and Kashmir from December 05 to 07 even as minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir Valley settled several degrees below the freezing point during the past night. A MeT department official said that a Western Disturbance is most […]

J&K’s statehood will be restored after selective killings end: BJP

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that the union territory’s statehood will be restored once the selective killings end and the common people are able to move freely here. “The BJP is concerned over the selective killings in Kashmir as its activists were targeted,” BJP general secretary […]

NC will continue to fight alone for restoration of Article 370: Omar

Calls Azad's remarks on J&K’s special status renouncement of ‘Nehruvian legacy’

Jammu: Slamming the Congress for its silence, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday said his party will single-handedly continue its fight for the restoration of Article 370, if the grand old party is not ready to fight this battle. J&K’s future is linked to the special status guaranteed by the Constitution, he said, adding […]

Chief Secretary reviews public health response to COVID 19

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, today chaired a meeting of the COVID Task Force to review the public health response to COVID-19 and asked the divisional and district administrations to ensure universal testing of all foreign travellers to Jammu and Kashmir in the light of the emergence of new COVID variant Omicron. […]

J&K logs 150 new COVID-19 cases, one death

India reports 8,309 new Covid cases, 236 related deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 150 fresh cases of coronavirus on Monday, taking the infection count to 3,36,681, while another related fatality raised the death toll to 4,476, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 122 were from the Kashmir and 28 from the Jammu division of the Union Territory, the officials said. They said Srinagar […]

PDP pushing youth to graveyard through emotional politics: Altaf Bukhari

Srinagar: Apni Party chief, Syed Altaf Bukhari on Monday alleged that People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was “pushing the J&K youth towards the graveyard through its emotional politics”. “Otherwise I haven’t seen the PDP anywhere on the ground. They are playing with the emotions of the youth and call it politics. May God protect us from […]

1033 militancy incidents reported in J&K in 3 years: Govt

New Delhi:  Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 1,033 incidents of militant attacks in the last three years with a maximum of 594 being reported in 2019, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. According to details provided by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, the union territory reported 244 incidents of “terrorist attacks” last […]