Tag: Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 615 new Corona cases including 145 travellers, taking the number of cases in JK to 17920. Official sources said that while 136 fresh cases were reported from Jammu division, the bulk, 479 Infections were confirmed from Kashmir Valley. Among them, Srinagar reported 209 cases, ...

Three people were arrested and two vehicles were seized (Representational)Srinagar: A narco-terror module was busted on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district with the arrest of three people and seizure of 10 kgs of brown sugar along with arms and ammunition, police said.During checking at the Sadhana pass ...

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said his party would continue to challenge the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in the Supreme Court and through any other “democratic means”, PTI reported. Abdullah mounted a legal challenge in the top court against the ...

When the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status is set to complete one year on August 5, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah Sunday called for restoration of its statehood and hoped the Supreme Court would render justice by striking down the repeal of Article 370 provisions.In his first media ...

A police official from Kupwara and a 75-year-old woman from Jammu died of Corona, officials said on Sunday. Their deaths take the fatality count due to the virus in the JK to 307. They said that a 58-year-old police official, suffering from severe pneumonia with hypertension with type 2 ...

Abdullah said people of Jammu and Kashmir had suffered for decades due to militancy before the “trauma of August 5”, followed by the COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo: IE)As the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status is set to complete one year on August 5, former Chief Minister Farooq ...

 Saffron grown in Kashmir has received the geographical indication (GI) tag, with Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu saying that it is a major historic step in bringing the valley's brand on the global map.The Union government issued a certificate of GI registration for the saffron grown in the Kashmir ...

Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat Saturday conducted an extensive tour of Pattan Baramulla, Chogul and Chandigan Kupwara besides Budgam, to take stock of all developmental programmes being undertaken in the field.The Director, during his day long tour paid a visit to fruit plant nursery Pattan to take stock ...

According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province, Bemina Srinagar, in order to carry out augmentation, repairs and branch cutting works, shutdown of 33 kV Amargarh Watergam Line shall be observed on July 27 from 6 am to 1 pm.To carry out stabilization and augmentation of conductor, the power supply ...

Eighty-eight travelers were among 523 new Coronavirus infections in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the overall tally past 17000-mark in JK. An official said that among them, 156 were reported from Jammu division and 367 from Kashmir Valley even as 300 patients have recovered and were discharged from various ...