Omar, Mehbooba congratulate Kulgam youth for scaling Mount Everest
Srinagar, Jun 17 ;Former chief ministers – Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti – have congratulated a youth from south Kashmir district of Kulgam for scaling the Mount Everest. Twenty six-year-old Mahfooz Ilahi Hajam, a resident of the Kulgam, has become the first Kashmiri civilian to successfully scale Mount Everest earlier this month. Ms Mehbooba, who […]
India logs 67,208 new nCoV cases; 2,330 deaths
New Delhi, Jun 17 ;India reported 67,208 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 2,97,00,313, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Besides, the country also saw 2,330 deaths, pushing the total number of fatalities to 3,81,903. The death toll stands at 1.29 per […]
Famous Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar visits Bandipora’s Tulail
Bandipora, Jun 17 : Famous Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday visited remote Tulail along the Line of Control in Gurez valley of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that the actor reached Neeru village of Tulail via helicopter at around 12 noon today. They said that he is scheduled to interact with Army and […]
2 killed another injured as speedy tipper rams bike in Baramulla
Baramulla, Jun 17: A biker and his pillion rider were killed even as a third person accompanying them was injured after a over-speeding tipper rammed into a two-wheeler from behind along highway in Dangiwacha in Rafiabad area north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning, officials said. They said that a speedy tipper hit a bike […]
DC Srinagar briefs Media on present Covid-19 situation
SRINAGAR, JUNE 16: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today said that due to timely measures and tireless efforts by District Administration, a significant improvement has been seen in the situation arising from the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The DC said this while briefing the media about the present Covid-19 situation in […]
Chief Secretary inaugurates e-Vigilance Clearance System
SRINAGAR, JUNE 16: SRINAGAR, June 16: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today inaugurated the e- Vigilance Clearance System. Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department, Director Anti Corruption Bureau, and Director IT& SS, University of Kashmir were present during the inauguration. The Chief Secretary observed that the system has been developed to simplify the process […]
Decision to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific evidence: NTAGI chief
New Delhi, Jun 16 (UNI): Decision to increase the gap between two Covishield doses from 4-6 weeks to 12-16 weeks was based on scientific evidence, Chairman of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr N K Arora said. On May 13, the Centre had announced that it has accepted the COVID-19 Working Group’s recommendation […]
Carried out strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza :IDF
Twl Aviv, Jun 16 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed that they have struck several targets in the Gaza Strip which they said served as militant camps or contact points for Hamas. “The Israeli Air Force recently delivered strikes on Hamas military facilities that served as camps and meeting places for terrorist militants […]
Three drug peddlers arrested, charas recovered in north Kashmir
Baramulla, Jun 16 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir police arrested three drug peddlers and recovered over one g of charas besides cash in the frontier district of Kupwara in north Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. He said on a tip-off a police party arrested three drug peddlers in Handwara in Kupwara.He said one kg […]
Traffic suspended on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday
Srinagar, Jun 16 (UNI) Traffic was suspended on Wednesday on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway in view of weekly maintenance of the road, particularly between Nashree and Jawahar tunnel. However, national highway, the only road connecting Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh with Kashmir, historic 86-km-long Mughal road and Anantnag-Kishtwar roads are through for traffic, a […]