Termination of employees amidst the pandemic is deplorable and callous: Dr Farooq
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday termed the formation of a task force to monitor J&K employees an assault on their rights, saying that the termination of employees amidst a pandemic is deplorable and callous. Calling the measure of scrutinizing the J&K […]
Reshuffle in J&K Police top brass, Dr. B. Srinivas posted as DG Prisons
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered transfer of several police officers including DGP Prisons, J&K. According to an order issued by Home department, V.K. Singh (IPS), DGP Prisons, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Commandant General HG/CD/SDRF, J&K. “The post of Commandant General HG/CD/SDRP, J&K, is declared to be equivalent in rank […]
Covid-19: India second highest scribe-losing nation
Global tally reaches 1248, Brazil tops with 187 fatalities
Geneva/Guwahati: As apprehended India emerges as the second most Covid-19 affected nation in the world to lose 141 journalists where the global tally reaches 1248 scribes in 75 countries due to corona complications since March 2020, when the pandemic hit the human race. Brazil with 187 media corona casualties remains at the top of the […]
LG calls for adding 1050 beds with oxygen support within a week in Kashmir
Asks CMOs of Valley to carry out vaccinations on war footing
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, on Wednesday directed the senior doctors, health officials and CMOs to increase additional 1050 oxygen beds in Kashmir division to ensure immediate treatment for the people requiring hospitalization. According to an official press release, the LG directed that increased bed capacity with oxygen should be ready within a week. It […]
Covid-19: JK reports 4716 new positive cases, 52 deaths
Srinagar: With no let up in the spread of Covid-19, Jammu and Kashmir today reported 4716 new positive cases and 52 infection related deaths. Officials said that while 3198 tested positive in Kashmir, 1518 such cases were reported from Jammu division taking the tally of positive cases 196585. Out of 52 deaths, 28 were reported […]
Detained TeH leader Ashraf Sehrai dies in Jammu hospital
Political leaders condole demise
Srinagar: Prominent separatist leader Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, who was arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in July last year, died at a hospital here on Wednesday, officials said. Sehrai, 77, a close confidant of Hurriyat-G leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was incarcerated at the district jail in Udhampur. He was shifted to Jammu’s Government […]
Army re-activates COVID facility for civilians at Rangreth
Srinagar: Together with the civil administration, Chinar Corps of Army on Wednesday jointly operationalised the 250-bed dedicated Covid health-care centre at Rangreth, Budgam. “Government and Army resources were mobilised to operationalise the facility in a short timeframe to respond to the Covid surge in Srinagar and adjoining districts,” defence PRO Lt Col Emron Musavi said […]
Covid-19: Experts say next 2-3 weeks very critical, people must restrict their movement
Srinagar: Experts on Wednesday said that the peak of the second wave of Covid-19 is yet to come in Jammu and Kashmir and it is expected to hit the region in coming two to three weeks. Former Director SKIMS, and chairman Covid Advisory Committee, Dr Mohammed Sultan Khuroo while said that peak of second wave […]
LMV traffic from both sides on Sgr-Jmu highway on Thursday
Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday informed that subject to fair weather and better road conditions Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) shall be allowed from both sides on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Thursday. Traffic police in a communique asked Traffic Control Units (TCUs) of Jammu, Ramban and Srinagar to liaise with each other before releasing the traffic from […]
Little girl drowns to death in Srinagar
Srinagar: A four-year-old girl drowned to death in a stream in Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar outskirts. An official said that the little girl identified as Afiya Showkat Sheikh, daughter of Showkat Ahmad Sheikh of Kangan, at present Ahmad Nagar Srinagar, slipped in a stream at Ahmad Nagar. She was removed from the stream by […]
