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Jammu and Kashmir reported 330 fresh COVID-19 positive cases on Wednesday – 59 from Jammu Division and 271 from Kashmir valley – taking the overall tally to 9261. Giving the district wise breakup, officials said Srinagar reported 119, Baramulla 82, Anantnag 26, Rajouri 23, Kupwara 18, Doda 14, seven each…

Gunmen on Wednesday night shot dead a BJP leader and his father and brother in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. A senior police officer said that ex-President Bandipora district Wasim Bari was at his shop in Bandipora along with his father and a brother when gunmen opened fire on…

Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday issued an election notification for the post of Mayor and said the poll will take place on July 14, 2020 from 11:00 hours onwards. In this regard a notification issued by Secretary SMC reads, “In terms of Section 36 of the J&K Municipal Corporation…

With an aim to take the appraisal of various revenue matters in the wake of current circumstances that arose due to COVID-19 lockdown, Financial Commissioner Revenue Dr. Pawan Kotwal accompanied by various concerned officers today paid visit to Baramulla where he chaired a meeting at Dak Bungalow to discuss various…

Chairman, J&K Public Service Commission, B.R. Sharma, administered oath of office to the newly appointed Member Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone (IAS retd.) here today. He was administered the oath of office at Srinagar through video conferencing mode as per reports..

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday suspended 2000 batch IPS officer Basanth Rath in connection with repeated instances of gross misconduct. An order issued by Under Secretary to the Government of India S D Sarkar reads, “Whereas, a disciplinary proceeding against Shri Basant Rath (IPS: RR 2000, JK) is…

Shares of Jammu & Kashmir Bank traded 4.93 percent up on Wednesday at 2:44 PM (IST), which reflects growing positivity in market sentiment about the bank. The counter opened today at Rs 19.15 triggering an immediate upper circuit. There is a pattern to positivity, for, along with an upward movement…

Several students quarantined in old Airport Srinagar on Wednesday complained that their further investigations have not been done despite passing twelve days. They appealed to the administration to ensure their Covid-19 tests so that they can walk to their respective homes. According to reports eight students who came from Kirgizstan…

  Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Srinagar Wing, shall remain closed for two days after some paramilitary CRPF personnel on guard there tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, according to an order issued by the Registrar General. “As informed by the in-charge CRPF High Court of J&K at Srinagar, some…

Jammu and Kashmir Public works dept (R&B)   has accorded sanction to the introduction of the revised schedule of rates (SOR-2020)for civil works in all the engineering branches of the public works department and PSEs /Govt. organizations associated with the civil works in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. The schedule…