Edu official, teacher test COVID-19 positive in Kupwara
Srinagar: A zonal level officer and a government teacher have tested positive for COVID-19 in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Quoting sources, news agency GNS reported that a sample of the Zonal level education officer, admitted at sub-district hospital Kupwara, returned positive for the virus. The officer, according to them, has been taken into isolation […]
‘Will see how it is going to happen’ – Abdullah on BJP’s resolution to form next govt in J&K
Jammu: A day after the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit adopted a resolution to form the next government in the Union Territory, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday pooh-poohed the resolve and said “I will see how it is going to happen”. He also criticised the BJP for allegedly dubbing him and other leaders […]
Abdullah pitches for passage women’s reservation bill in Parliament
Says all promises BJP made to people of J&K have fallen flat
Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah slammed the BJP on Monday over the delay in the passage of the women’s reservation bill in Parliament despite enjoying a majority. Abdullah said the passage of the women reservation’s bill would be the “biggest service” to the women in the country. Addressing a function to mark the International […]
Army calls off search op in Kashmir village to help unwell girl
Srinagar: The air was thick with tension. Army soldiers had surrounded a Kashmir village following a tip-off that militants were holed up inside somewhere when two men came forward tentatively to say a young girl was seriously unwell. Within seconds, the wireless buzzed – “All stations on hold”. The cordon and search operation (CASO) at […]
Drug-peddler, 2 others arrested in Ramban
Banihal: A drug-peddler, along with two persons, was arrested by police and heroin was seized from his possession in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. During a routine checking, a police party intercepted a pedestrian and seized 30 grams of heroin from his possession, they said. He was identified as Tanveer Ahmad alias Jimmy hailing […]
No night-long prayers at Hazratbal on Shab-e-Meraj
Srinagar: There will be no night-long prayers on the upcoming Shab-e-Meraj on March 11 at the revered shrine of Hazratbal, Srinagar in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine management said Sunday. Reports quoting the management officials said that the decision was taken after the second round of deliberations in this regard on Saturday […]
Security forces redraw SOPs following Sticky Bomb scare
Public asked not to leave vehicles unattended
Srinagar: Suspecting that ‘sticky bombs’ may have entered the Valley, security forces are redrawing their standard operating procedures and also advising general public not to leave their vehicles unattended, officials said on Sunday. In the middle of last month, the Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered an arms consignment consisting of a Improvised Explosive Device (IED) […]
J&K records 112 fresh COVID-19 cases, one death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 112 new COVID-19 cases that took the tally to 1,27,044, while one more death due to the coronavirus pushed the toll to 1,962, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 93 were from Kashmir Valley and 19 were reported from Jammu division of the union territory, they said. […]
LG urges people to reaffirm their commitment to gender equality
On International Women’s Day…
Jammu: On the International Women’s Day, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday orged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to reaffirm their commitment to gender equality. “On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I convey my best wishes to all. Let’s celebrate and cherish women’s accomplishments in all walks of life,” LG said in his message. […]
Without Tehsildar for now, files pile up in Tehsil office Uri; people suffer
Uri: Already under-staffed, the Tehsil office Uri in north-Kashmir’s Baramulla district has been without a Tehsildar for a month now, owing to which the common people are suffering. Official sources informed that Tehsildar Uri had tested positive for COVID-19 on February 09, following which the official concerned has been on leave. Even as DC Baramulla […]
