By Press Desk on May 22, 2020
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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 […]
By Press Desk on May 22, 2020
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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 […]
By Press Desk on May 21, 2020
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Srinagar, May 21: 21 policemen and an intern doctor were among the 59 fresh cases of the COVID-19 infection in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. With these cases, the overall tally has mounted to 1449—1238 in Kashmir and 211 in Jammu. Among them 745 are active cases—140 in Jammu and 605 in Valley while 684 […]
By Press Desk on May 21, 2020
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Srinagar, May 21: For the first time in almost over 100 years, Kashmir’s revered shrines and masjids remained silent on the most revered night of Shab-e-Qadr (night of blessings) in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed 20 lives in J&K so far and affected nearly 1400 people so far. Shab-e-Qadr was observed […]
By Press Desk on May 21, 2020
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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 […]
By Press Desk on May 21, 2020
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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 […]
By Press Desk on May 21, 2020
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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 […]
By Press Desk on May 20, 2020
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Srinagar, May 20 (KNO): A 12-year-old boy who was injured yesterday during the house collapse at Nawa Kadal encounter site, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Officials told news agency that a boy identified as Basim Aijaz son of Aijaz Ahmad of Chota Bazar Karan Nagar was injured yesterday along with three other persons at Nawa […]
By Press Desk on May 20, 2020
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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 […]
By Press Desk on May 20, 2020
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JAMMU, MAY 20: Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on Wednesday said that the restrictions under Lockdown 4.0 have been eased to facilitate people movement and economic activity, however, we cannot afford to lower our guard and shall be required to maintain a high level of alertness in order to keep the spread of Coronavirus infection under […]