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Hope PoK will become part of India by 2024: Kapil Patil

February 1, 2022 Editor

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Union Minister Kapil Patil hoped that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) would be integrated into India by 2024. Speaking at an event in Bhiwandi town in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Saturday, the Minister of State for Panchayati Raj said Modi did not become PM to bring down the prices of onions and potatoes and that people must come out of this mindset. “So now let’s wait.. Maybe something will happen by 2024.. POK will get integrated into India. Should not be a problem in hoping…

J&K Govt orders for CID verification of all employees appointed after 2018

January 29, 2022 Editor

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang Pole has directed deputy commissioners of all 10 districts of the valley to ensure that CID verification of new appointees is done as per the directions of the Jammu and Kashmir government at the earliest. Reports said the Jammu and Kashmir government has amended service rules which mandate that for those who join government services, their credentials must be verified by the Crime Investigation Department of police As per the officials, the amendments in the rules of the service have been done to ensure that the…

National highway closed due to landslide; Intense cold in parts of Kashmir

January 27, 2022 Editor

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to a landslide in the Ramban district on Wednesday, news agency PTI reported. The 270-kilometer stretch is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. The landslide took place at Duggi Pulli near Chanderkote, the PTI report said. Many heavy motor vehicles (HMVs) and light motor vehicles (LMVs) are stranded at different points on the highway, it added. The local officials PTI spoke to said that men and machinery have been deployed to clear the debris…

J&K logs 6568 Covid cases; Highest active infections in Srinagar

January 23, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported the highest-ever daily Covid-19 spike witnessing 6,568 infections, again breaching all records since the pandemic began in 2020. Seven persons died due to the Covid-19 induced illness. The day’s surge is more than the monthly total cases of the past six months(In the past six months, July had recorded a highest of 5,800 overall cases during the month while October had seen 2,819 infections). For the past four days, the union territory has recorded above 5,700 cases daily. Before this week’s surge, the highest…

Silence shouldn’t be misconstrued as normalcy: Mehbooba Mufti

January 22, 2022 Editor

Srinagar, Jan 22, (KIF): Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti reacted sharply to the remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that statehood will be restored once the situation becomes normal in Jammu and Kashmir. Amit Shah today said that elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held as delimitation has started. Shah said that he has given assurance in Lok Sabha that as soon as the situation becomes normal in Jammu and Kashmir, statehood will be given back to J&K. Mehbooba Mufti in response to…

Omicron: J&K logs 07 Deaths and 5992 new infections; Govt orders lock-down from Friday 14:00 to Monday 06:00 Hours

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Editor

Figure highest ever since the pandemic outbreak, Sgr tops the list with 1,306 cases Case tally at 378,661 death toll mounts to 4,586, active cases increase to 31,044, recovery rate goes down to 90.59 Govt Orders complete restriction on non-essential travel from 2 p.m Friday to 6 a.m. Monday till further orders in J&K Srinagar, Jan, 21, (KIF): The Jammu and Kashmir Union territory on Thursday reported seven deaths and the biggest ever spike of 5,992 cases, the highest ever since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, pushing the number of…

COVID19: After day’s dip, J&K again logs 4651 new infections and three deaths

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Editor

After day’s dip, J&K logs 4651 new covid cases and three deaths

A day after registering a dip in fresh Covid-19 infections, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday saw significant rise in new cases with 4651 confirmed in last 24 hours while three persons succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said. They said 1546 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 3105 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally to 366851. After ten days of continuous daily rise, J&K had seen a dip in daily cases on Monday with 2827 while 3499 infections were reported on Sunday. Giving…

J&K registered 2827 Covid infections and five deaths; Srinagar tops with 618 cases

January 18, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir on Monday witnessed five Covid-induced deaths and 2,827 fresh infections. Kashmir valley witnessed the highest 618 cases in Srinagar followed by 315 in Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir on Monday witnessed five Covid-induced deaths and 2,827 fresh infections – reporting a drop of 19 percent over Sunday’s cases. Since January 6, the cases have been consistently increasing from 349 to an 8-month high of 3,499 on Sunday. Of the total infections on Monday, Kashmir valley saw 1,734 infections while 1,093 cases and five deaths were reported in the Jammu division.…

J&K reports 3251 fresh cases of Covid19 and 04 deaths in 24 hours

January 15, 2022 Editor

Cases included 1129 from Jammu and 2122 from the Kashmir division with the maximum number of 685 coming from the Jammu district Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a major spike in Covid-19 cases with 3251 cases being reported within 24 hours. Four Covid deaths were also reported from the UT. The cases included 1129 from Jammu and 2122 from the Kashmir division with a maximum number of 685 coming from the Jammu district. Srinagar district reported 624 cases and Ramban and Shopian reported minimum cases at three and four respectively. Two Covid…

As cold wave continues unabated in valley MeT predicts fresh rain, snow in J&K

January 15, 2022 Editor

Srinagar recorded minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 11.4, and Gulmarg minus 9.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Saturday. Intense cold waves continued in J&K and Ladakh on Saturday as morning fog covered most parts of Jammu city and its adjoining areas. An official of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said cold waves continued in J&K and Ladakh on Saturday as morning fog added to the chilly conditions in Jammu city and its adjoining areas. Srinagar recorded minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus 11.4, and Gulmarg minus 9.5…