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RBI extends loan moratorium by three months till August

  Srinagar: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday the three-month moratorium on payment of instalments on term loans to banks, non-bank financial institutions (NBFCs), including housing finance companies, and other financial institutions is being extended by another three months. “In view of the extension of the lockdown and continuing disruption on account […]

Restore truce in Kashmir; US urges India, Pakistan

Restore truce in Kashmir; US urges India, Pakistan

  Srinagar May 22: A senior American diplomat says the United States wants India and Pakistan to restore a mutual truce in Kashmir to de-escalate tensions. The statement by Alice Wells, the outgoing principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, comes as Indian and Pakistani troops are locked in almost daily […]

It is time to restore 4G internet in J&K: Ram Madhev

It is time to restore 4G internet in J&K: Ram Madhev

Srinagar: BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav has pitched for restoring high-speed 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir to “pay the people for not pelting stones and shouting Azadi”. “It is time the state administration appreciates this and pays the people handsomely for their openness. Certain harsh measures like denial of 4G services, which were […]

Policeman killed, another injured in Pulwama militant attack

Policeman killed, another injured in Pulwama militant attack

  Pulwama, May 21: One policeman was killed and another injured after militants attacked a joint police and paramilitary CRPF party in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday. A police officer told that the militants fired indiscriminately at the joint naka near Prichoo area of Pulwama, resulting in injuries to two policemen who were […]

Budgam woman dies of covid, toll rises to 19 in J&K

Srinagar, May 21: Days after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, a 70-year-old woman from central Kashmir’s Budgam district died at a hospital here on Thursday, taking the overall toll due to the disease in Jammu and Kashmir to 19. A resident of Parisabad Budgam, the woman died at CD hospital, one of the facilities […]

2 pregnant women among 74 more test positive, tally nears 1400 mark

2 pregnant women among 74 more test positive, tally nears 1400 mark

Srinagar, May 20: 74 persons including two pregnant women on Monday tested positive for the novel coronavirus, pushing the overall tally of the covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir inch closer to 1400 mark. Professor Farooq Jan, medical superintendent SKIMS Soura, told that 1992 samples were processed at the viral diagnostic lab of the hospital […]