By Press Desk on December 17, 2020
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Srinagar, Dec 17: Five hundred days have passed since the government imposed ban on high speed mobile data services in Jammu and Kashmir except twin districts including Ganderbal in Kashmir and Udhampur in Jammu division. However, the government has recently extended the ban till December 25 due to security reasons. 4G and 3G mobile internet […]
By Press Desk on December 12, 2020
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The department has made the information available to a request under the Right to Information (RTI) Act filed by two Kashmiri students. The reply by Public Information Officer (PIO) of Director-General of Police, Prisons Department, Jammu further said that less than 2% of all individuals arrested in militancy-related cases have been convicted. The response […]
By Press Desk on December 7, 2020
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Srinagar, Dec 07: The cardiologists in the Valley termed the heart attacks or cardiac arrests among the youth as alarming, saying that smoking, drug menace and psycho social stress were among the main causes behind the increasing rate of deaths occurring due to the heart attacks or cardiac arrests. , Dr Nisar Tramboo, Head of […]
By Press Desk on November 6, 2020
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Srinagar, Nov 06: The Valley’s fish species are declining in Jammu and Kashmir as out of 13 species, eight have got extinct while two among the five available fish species are also waning. Experts here have warned of extinction of remaining fish species very soon if proper steps are not taken well on time. Dr. […]
By Press Desk on October 1, 2020
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Srinagar, Sep 30: The month of September has proved to be the deadliest month in terms of Covid-19 in J&K Union Territory as the month alone saw 37,000 positive cases and around 500 deaths. As per the data available, among 37,373 positive cases reported in J&K, 16,882 are from Kashmir division while as 20,490 are […]
By Press Desk on September 19, 2020
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Srinagar, Sep 19: Amid growing clamour for the restoration of high speed internet services for students of Jammu and Kashmir, the government is mulling to launch a new 2G application to cope with the low speed internet problem for online classes among the student community. The government has said that it will launch a 2G […]
By Press Desk on September 6, 2020
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Srinagar, Sep 05: Kashmir Valley has recorded the highest number of cancer cases compared to Jammu and Ladakh Union Territory in the last over two years with officials at SKIMS saying that 92 per cent of cancer cases registered with them belong to Kashmir division only. The official figures reveal that in Jammu & Kashmir […]
By Press Desk on August 19, 2020
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Kupwara, Aug 17): Nearly three years after the government of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir directed the education department to conserve the literally contribution of Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (RA) and preserve the 150-year-old residential house under its heritage conservation programme, it is lying in ruins due to the inaction of the concerned […]
By Press Desk on July 31, 2020
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Srinagar, July 31: Even though the deadly Coronavirus set its foot in Jammu and Kashmir in the month of March this year, the dreaded virus wreaked havoc in the month of July that saw 276 deaths and 12862 positive cases. Despite witnessing a surge in deaths and positive cases, people from different walks of life were […]
By Press Desk on July 15, 2020
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Srinagar, July 15: The deadly pandemic has wreaked havoc in Jammu and Kashmir UT in the last fortnight as the virus has claimed 105 lives in the UT of which 99 were reported in the Valley alone and rest in Jammu. Official data suggests that more than 50 percent deaths related to Covid-19 were witnessed […]