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PAC authorizes Dr Farooq Abdullah to widen acceptance of Gupkar declaration
A meeting of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) was held today at party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. The meet was presided over by Party President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah. Interestingly, this was the party’s first high powered meeting called by National Conference after the abrogation of…
Read More »Bomb demolition practice suspended at Air Force station in Kashmir
Air Force Station Srinagar is conducting a massive demolition practice in the coming days while locals living around the station have been asked to stay alert and take all precautionary measures. The demolition practice of a 100 to 120kg bomb was scheduled to take place on 30 August and 6…
Read More »Three militants, Army soldier killed in Pulwama gunfight, Searches on
Three militants and an army soldier were killed in an encounter between militants and government forces in Zadoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Official sources said, that three militants were killed, whose identity is yet to be ascertained. Official sources further said that one Army trooper received…
Read More »Div Com Jammu asks DCs to send asymptomatic Covid patients to home quarantine Also directs for conducting sampling/testing of vulnerable groups
Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today asked Deputy Commissioner of Jammu division to scale up testing of vulnerable groups and take measures to send asymptomatic COVID 19 patients to home quarantine. He also asked DCs to provide oximeters to the patients. He passed these directions while chairing a meeting of…
Read More »JK reports 696 new positive cases, 27372 recovered so far
The Government on Friday informed that 696 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 202 from Jammu division and 494 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 35831. Also 07 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from…
Read More »Road restoration in full swing across Doda post rainfall
The restoration of roads disrupted following torrential rains is in full swing across Doda district, even as Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Sagar D Doifode, has asked the concerned departments to open all inner links within 24 hours. The DC has asked executing agencies to treat the matter as most urgent and…
Read More »Lt Governor Sinha discusses overall COVID situation in J&K Calls for heightened awareness to keep the infection low; immediate capacity augmentation to arrest the mortality rate
A two-member Central Team of Experts comprising of NITI Aayog Member (Health), Dr V.K. Paul and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Chief, Dr. S.K. Singh, on its visit to Kashmir, to take stock of the overall COVID situation in the Valley, today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha…
Read More »4 Al-Badr militants killed in Shopian encounter 1 caught alive: IGP
Inspector-General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar on Friday said four militants killed in shopian encounter. Among the four, Shakoor Ah Parray was also killed. Shakoor Ah Parray was SPO and later decamped with 4 AK47 rifles from Bijbehara joined militant outfit, Albadr, later recruited 10 youth to militant outfit,…
Read More »A political culture of brazen corruption has created a sense of gloom and despondency in youth of J&K: Vakil Corruption is eating Vitals of J&K
Senior Vice President People’s Conference and Former Minister Abdul Gani Vakil urged Lt., Governor Manoj Sinha, to fast track investigations on corruption cases taken place during previous Governments. Although former Governor Mr. Satya Pal Malik and Former Lt. Governor GC Murmu had assured people of J&K of stern action against…
Read More »J&K Bank conducts DLRC meeting in Anantnag
To review the performance of the banks operating in the district for the first quarter ending June for Financial Year 2020-21, J&K Bank conducted a District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting of Anantnag district that was chaired by the district Development Commissioner (DDC) Kuldeep Krishan Sidha. The meeting, organised by…
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