Srinagar, April 6: 135 travelers and 5 minors were among 561 fresh covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 134015. Two more people died due to the virus, taking the fatality count to 2012—741 in Jammu and 1271 in Kashmir. The cases were […]
Srinagar, April 6: The chairpersons of 20 District Development Commissioners (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir have been given the status at par with Mayors. The government announced this as it amended the earlier warrant of precedence by virtue of which the DDC chairpersons were placed equivalent to administrative secretaries, vice chairpersons to vice-chancellors of universities […]
Srinagar, April 5: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has put its order regarding resumption of physical hearing in abeyance amid surge in covid-19 cases. As per an order by Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal, the hearing of cases in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir as well as in the District and Subordinate Courts and […]
Srinagar, April 6: Five persons suffered minor injuries in a gas cylinder blast even as attic portion of a 3-storey house and some window panes of a house adjacent to it were damaged in a fire at Nawa kadal area of Srinagar on Tuesday. Official sources said that there was gas cylinder blast in the […]
Tral, Apr 05: The families of seven youth arrested in connection with Maqsudan Police Station grenade attack case on Monday staged a protest at Dadsara Tral and demanded their immediate release. The protesters including men, women and children while raising slogans in favour of justice, pleaded for their innocence and said that they were students […]
Srinagar, April 5: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Vice Chairman LAWDA to draw a complete scheme for the management and the development of the Dal Lake as well as the area around it even as it disbanded various committees formed previously. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj […]
Srinagar, April 5: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered that vehicles seized for carrying illegal construction material along Dal Lake or its adjoining areas shall be released against Rs 50000 fine in the first instance and Rs one lakh for repeating the offence. If the offence is repeated third time, the vehicle shall not […]
Jammu, April 6: Three rusted anti-personnel mines were found in Dera village in Rajpura block of Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. They said that one person namely Darshan Lal son of Faqir Chand of Dera, Samba informed the local Police Post, Rajpura that he has found three old rusted mines when he was digging […]
Srinagar, April 6: Meteorological department on Tuesday said that weather will remain erratic with intermittent light to moderate rain in plains or snow on higher reaches of J&K and Ladakh till Wednesday afternoon. “Occasional heavy snowfall is possible on Zojila, Banihal-Ramban and prominent passes of Leh-Manali Highways during the period,” Director Meteorological department Sonam Lotus […]
Srinagar, April 5: Two women have been arrested in connection with a militant attack at BJP leader’s house in Aribagh Nowgam area of Srinagar in which a policeman on guard duties was killed while his rifle was snatched on April 1. The BJP leader Anwar Khan was not present at the residence on the day […]
