Abid Bashir Srinagar, April 09: Seeking support of people in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary on Thursday said that Srinagar district has been divided into 25 zones and there will be around 5000 government officials deployed across the district for resolving the “day to day” issues of […]
Hajin, Apr 09: As Covid-19 spreads rapidly throughout the Kashmir, Doctors in Hajin block have gone on strike after Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora allegedly misbehaved with one of their senior colleagues over phone at Hajin today. Dr Muzafar Zargar said that it the second time that the DC Bandipora misbehaved with the staff. He said, despite […]
Srinagar, April 9: A 21-year-old woman on Thursday succumbed to injuries she received in the a solar battery blast at her home in Khrew area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, bringing the total number of the people killed in the tragedy to two. Her brother, a 25-year-old youth, died while she and two […]
Srinagar, Apr 09: Jammu and Kashmir recorded its second highest single-day rise in the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday as tally of the infected persons mounted to 184—152 in Kashmir and 32 in Jammu. Sources revealed that 24 tests samples returned positive in last 24 hours with 21 confirmed at SKIMS […]
Srinagar, April 9: A retired government employee from Kashmir who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus has died in Kent in the United Kingdom (UK). The retired employee of the Sales Tax Department, originally a resident of Solina and at present Jeelan Abad Peerbagh Srinagar had tested positive for the dreaded disease and lost […]
New Delhi, Apr 9: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea to restore high-speed internet in the Union Territory, needed by the students, healthcare workers and others at the time of statewide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19. A bench of the Apex Court, […]
Islamabad, April 09: An Indian quadcopter was shot down by Pakistan Army on Thursday after it “violated Pakistan’s airspace in Sankh district”, Dawn newspaper quoted the army’s the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying. Dawn quoting ISPR, reported the quadcopter “intruded 600 metres into Pakistan’s territory to conduct surveillance”. “This blatant act was aggressively responded […]
Srinagar, April 09: J&K reported its fourth Covid death as a 61-year-old woman from Udhampur district of Jammu division died after she was tested positive for the virus. Government spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted— “61yrs old female patient from Udhampur passed away at GMC Jammu ; tested positive for Corona; reported to be suffering from Arthritis […]
Srinagar, April 9: Police on Wednesday arrested a 57-year-old man from Shopian for allegedly raping a deaf and dump girl over the course of several months. The case was registered after the family of the girl approached police, accusing the 57-year-old man identified as Abdul Gani Tantray (57) of Poterwal village of raping the deaf […]
Srinagar, April 09: A militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit was arrested by governmentforces on Wednesday night in Shumlaran area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that a joint team of army’s 52 RR, 161 TA, 176 CRPF and police apprehended the militant from Shumlaran area of Chandusa. The officer identified the militant […]
