STATEMENT STATEHOOD RESTORATION: DISAPPOINTED PAGD TO TALK TO OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES IN J&K

July 6, 2021

SRINAGAR: People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), after holding a meeting away from the media on Monday, said that they will talk to other political parties in Jammu and Kashmir so that there is a single voice for the common goals like restoration of statehood before holding of elections. PAGD...

149-yr-old tradition of capital shifting in J&K comes to an end

July 2, 2021

It would be an end of a practice which is almost 150-year-old in Jammu and Kashmir: There would be no Darbar move now onwards, according to the directions of LG Manoj Sinha. Recently the &K administration was able to digitise all the records and the government switched over to e-administration,...

LADAKH’S CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL CROSSES 200

June 19, 2021

According to the health officials of UT of Ladakh, the daily Covid-19 positive cases have dropped to 348 in Leh and 134 in Kargil, and 77 more patients have recovered from the illness during the last 24 hours. These details were given by the officials on Friday while media reported...

WITH DIP IN COVID NUMBERS, J&K GEARING UP TO HOST TOURISTS AGAIN

June 19, 2021

With drop in Covid-19 cases, the tourism department in Jammu and Kashmir is busy in the ongoing vaccination camps being organised for the tourism sector employees and other such people so that in future they could be ready to host tourists. Commissioner/Secretary, Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez told The Daily Guardian that...

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN J&K TO REMAIN SHUT AMID LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS

June 17, 2021

Srinagar: While the authorities have lifted some restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past, the government has decided to extend the closure of all the educational institutions till 30 June.The government, in a fresh order, has decided to keep the schools, colleges, universities, technical education institutes, skill development...

DETENTION OF 50-YEAR-OLD MAN CREATES POLITICAL RIPPLES IN J&K

June 16, 2021

NCP chief Omar Abdullah on Tuesday retweeted a tweet by a local journalist saying that a resident of Safapora village was detained by police for saying in a meeting held by the Advisor to Governor that he had no expectations from the non-local officers to redress their grievances. Sajad Lone’s...

2 CRORE DOCUMENTS SCANNED IN J&K TO END THE BURDEN OF ‘PHYSICAL FILES’

June 15, 2021

Jammu and Kashmir administration has been putting efforts to stop the practice of physical movement of files in trunks and trucks from Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa during the Darbar Move. The administration has successfully implemented e-Office by scanning and digitizing over 2 crore pages from 3.5 lakh files...

COVID CASES CONTINUE TO RISE IN LEH AMID EASING OF RESTRICTIONS

June 12, 2021

While the authorities in the Union Territory of Ladakh have partially eased the restrictions from Monday, new positive cases of Covid-19 continue to soar with 90 more cases reported. Leh town and the adjacent villages have still some restrictions in place while the Covid care hospitals have discharged about 200...

SRINAGAR-JAMMU AND SRINAGAR-LEH: ALTERNATE ROADS REOPEN

June 11, 2021

With Jammu and Kashmir witnessing hot days of summer, traffic authorities on Thursday said that they have allowed the traffic on the two alternate roads between Srinagar and Jammu vis a vis Sinthan- Kishtwar road, and Shopain-Rajouri road aka Mughal road. On Thursday, officials told The Daily Guardian that the...

AS COVID-19 CASES FALL, J&K ADMINISTRATION GEARS UP FOR THE POSSIBLE THIRD WAVE

June 9, 2021

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir is witnessing a sharp dip in the fresh cases of Covid-19. The dipping cases is giving the administration ample time to augment the health infrastructure to tackle the possible third wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.On Tuesday, J&K administration received nine medical oxygen plants from Germany which...