New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 1,590 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 146 days, while the number of active cases of the infection climbed to 8,601, the health ministry said on Saturday. The death toll due to the viral disease has gone…

SRINAGAR: National Health Mission J&K today released a ranking of Public Health facilities on the Hospital Management Information System (JK e Sahaj) for the month of February. In the first phase of implementation, about 578 facilities have been covered under…

SRINAGAR: Justice (Retd) Sunil Hali Hali has been appointed as chairperson of the Committee for Fixation, Determination and Regulation of Fees of Private Schools for three years. According to an order, the appointment was made under section 20-A of the Jammu…

SRINAGAR: The National Security Guard (NSG), country's elite security forces, conducted a full fledged Anti-Hijack Drill at Jammu airport on Saturday. An official statement issued by Defence Ministry reads that this exercise involved all key stakeholders…

Police say couple handed over to Punjab police for further investigation JAMMU: In continuation with ongoing raids to arrest on the run 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh, Police detained a couple for their alleged links with one of his aides from Ranbir…

JAMMU: The Directorate of School Education Jammu has launched an enrollment drive across all ten districts of the Jammu division to enroll more students in government schools and achieve universal enrolment and retention. As part of this drive, Director of…

JAMMU: One person was killed, three others were injured following an explosion at at a scrap factory in Bari Brahmana. Quoting, DC Deputy Commissioner Samba, Anuradha Gupta, ANI in a tweet said, One person dead, three injured in explosion at a scrap factory…

SRINAGAR: Chairperson J&K Waqf Board, Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi has placed 31 employees under suspension for dereliction of duties at several shrines of Srinagar. It has been learnt that several employees were found unauthorisedly absent when the chairperson…

People to reach Akhnoor within half an hour by May this year JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today impressed upon the traffic authorities to completely do away with the halting of trucks at Nagrota and Qazigund on Sgr-Jmu National Highway and…

‘Reducing dependence on imported crude oil, carbon footprints’ JAMMU: Indian Railways achieved a significant milestone in railway electrification with the completion of the electrification of the Broad Gauge (BG) route in Jammu & Kashmir of Ferozpur Division.…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said to have arrested a group of youths alleged of harassing and attacking a family on a road in central Kashmir's Srinagar district. Srinagar Police on Twitter informed, "Police took cognisance of a video wherein…

SRINAGAR: Nearly 8,000 school students in Kashmir division have shifted their admissions from private to government schools. An official said that in the ongoing mega enrollment campaign for academic session 2023-24, ‘nearly 8,000 students have migrated from…

NEW DELHI: For the second consecutive day, India lodged 1,800 new Covid cases taking the active caseload over 10,000-mark. Whereas, six more Covid-related deaths have reported in the country. This was informed by the Union Health Ministry earlier today. Further…

JAMMU: The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed and returned ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No 2) Bill, 2023’ and ‘The Appropriation Bill, 2023’ or Finance Bill 2023 amid the din without any discussion. These bills were passed amid a ruckus created by the…

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has facilitated Alia Mir of Valley with the Wildlife Conservation Award for her conservation efforts in the region. Alia is also the first woman from Kashmir who works for the charity Wildlife SOS organisation which…

Chairs high-level meeting to review power scenario in J&K JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review the power scenario in Jammu Kashmir, today at Civil Secretariat. The Lt Governor appraised the multi-pronged strategies…

NEW DELHI: A notice has been given to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to vacate the government-allotted bungalow. The development comes days after Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Parliament following his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case.…

Riyadh: As many as 20 pilgrims were killed and dozens were injured after a bus moving towards the holy city of Mecca burst into flames following a collision on a bridge on Monday. As per the reports, the crash occurred in the southern province of Asir. "According…

Says if moon is sighted on April 20, people to go for Qaza fasting after Eid, future decisions to be made after thorough consultations with Ulema* SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam Tuesday said that Shab-e-Qadr will be observed on April…

NEW DELHI: (EPFO) on Tuesday fixed 8.15 per cent interest rate on the employees’ provident fund for 2022-23. The decision was taken by EPFO’s board of trustees. Last year, EPFO had declared 8.1 per cent as the rate of interest for 2021-22, which was the lowest…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday asked all Drawing and Disbursing Officers to direct all officials of the department to update their Income Tax Returns after complaints of bogus and fraudulent claims by some officers surfaced. According to a…