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Night curfew lifted across J-K; offline classes to resume from Monday

State Executive Committee announced the lifting of the night curfew after almost six months and opening of educational institutions in a phased manner beginning Monday amid a decline in COVID-19 cases

Pulwama attack: Bus driver Jaimal Singh wasn't on roster, says book

Jaimal Singh wasn't even supposed to drive that day; he was merely substituting for another colleague: official

Covid-19 pandemic: 547 new cases, seven more deaths in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 547 fresh Covid cases that took the infection tally to 4,49,333, while seven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,739, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 307 were from the Jammu division and 240 from the Kashmir division, they said. Jammu district recorded the highest 176 cases followed by 103 cases in Srinagar district, officials said. There are 8,512 active cases in the Union Territory, while the overall recoveries have reached 4,36,082, they said. The death toll has reached 4,739 after seven new fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, officials said. There were 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory. No fresh case was reported since last evening, they added.

At 686, number of Covid cases in J&K exhibits dipping trend: Officials

The union territory also reported six deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours, they added

J&K becomes first UT to be integrated with national single window system

Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Union Territory to be integrated with the national single window system as Lt Governor Manoj Sinha launched the J&K single-window portal, integrating it with the national single-window system. While 130 industrial services have been made online on a single-window system, over 160 more services would be integrated this year, the Lt Governor said. In a series of tweets, the Lt Governor said his administration is linking Jammu and Kashmir into a web of partnerships with the domestic and foreign companies and ensuring global best practices in our regulatory institutions and system. In the last one year since the launch of the new Industrial development scheme, our policies have evolved to make Jammu and Kashmir more competitive and more lucrative for industries and service enterprises, Sinha said. In January last year, the Jammu and Kashmir administration announced a new industrial developmental scheme (IDS) with a total outlay of Rs 28,400 crore

Russia rubbishes report on Kashmir; says it is Indo-Pak bilateral issue

Russia has rubbished a Russian media report describing Kashmir as another Palestine in the making and reaffirmed its position that it is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan.

Farooq Abdullah slams draft report of Delimitation Commission on J&K

Former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who heads the National Conference, on Saturday slammed the draft report of the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir, saying it "defies any and all logic"

PM Modi calls Jammu & Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha after earthquake

Information collection on any casualty or damage to property that might have occurred due to the temblor are still going on by the officials

Covid-19 pandemic: Jammu and Kashmir reports 1,982 new cases, 7 deaths

The declining trend in daily Covid cases continues in Jammu and Kashmir with 1,982 infections being reported on Thursday

Covid-19 pandemic: 2,304 new cases, nine deaths in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 2,304 fresh cases of coronavirus, raising its tally to 4,40,480, officials said. The union territory also reported nine fresh deaths which pushed the toll to 4,692, they said. Of the fresh cases, 996 were reported from the Jammu division and 1,308 from the Kashmir division, the officials said. They said Jammu district recorded the highest of 443 cases, followed by 439 cases in Srinagar district. There are 29,829 active cases in the union territory, while the number of recovered patients was 4,05,959, the officials said.

Kashmir on its way to becoming a model state as investments, infra grow

Kashmir is well on its way to become a model state with investments, infrastructure, tourism, social welfare and agriculture showing unprecedented growth

Covid-19 pandemic: Jammu and Kashmir adds 2,751 cases, 9 deaths

Jammu district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 561, followed by 440 in Srinagar district

Jammu and Kashmir sees 15 coronavirus deaths, 2,550 fresh cases

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 2,550 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the number of infected people to 4,35,425

Many steps taken to give better opportunities to J&K, Ladakh: President

Modi government has taken many important steps to provide better opportunities for education, health and employment to the people of "hitherto left neglected" states, President Ram Nath Kovind said

Lt Gov Manoj Sinha reviews Covid-19 situation across Jammu & Kashmir

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday reviewed the Covid-19 situation across the UT in a series of meetings with the members of Covid Task Force, Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police.

Covid-19 pandemic: J&K reports 4,354 new cases and five more deaths

Srinagar district recorded the highest of 916 cases

Jammu & Kashmir reports 4,959 fresh coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 4,959 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the infected number of persons to 4,19,131 while seven deaths due to the virus were reported in the past 24 hours, officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir records 5,606 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths

Srinagar district recorded the highest of 1,305 cases

Rs 70,000-crore investment proposals achieved within a year: J-K LG

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said a target of investment proposals worth Rs 70,000 crore has been achieved within a year after 2019 "historic transformative" changes.

Centre, J-K to collaborate for next generation administrative reforms

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under the Union Personnel Ministry will collaborate with the government of Jammu and Kashmir for next-generation administrative reforms, an official statement issued on Tuesday said. The DARPG and the Jammu and Kashmir government will collaborate on creation of an online portal for monitoring progress in 58 District Good Governance Index Indicators, adoption of e-HRMS in the Jammu and Srinagar secretariats, and online monitoring of citizen satisfaction in 150 e-services through Jammu & Kashmir e-services delivery assessment framework, it said. As a follow-up to the launch of the District Good Governance Index on January 22 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the roadmap for three key good governance initiatives was drawn up in a meeting held on Tuesday between DARPG Secretary V Srinivas and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir ...