OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record amount, representing around 10 percent of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group, known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) for May-June, after four days of marathon talks and following pressure […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Sunday moved from St Thomas’ hospital to the country house of Chequers in Buckinghamshire to rest and recuperate from coronavirus, as a senior government advisor admitted the UK could have the worst death rate in Europe. With Saturday figures putting the death toll at 9,875, the weekend is set […]
Coronavirus cases in India Sunday crossed the 8,000-mark, with 909 infections and 34 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Sunday in its daily briefing. The toll now stands at 274, while 716 people have recovered. Health Ministry’s Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said the government was expanding the COVID-19 testing capacity in […]
Pulwama.April 12 (KNS): As prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC, Disaster Management Act, and The Epidemic Disease act are already in place , District Magistrate Pulwama reiterated that there would be no inward and outward movement of any person from the villages declared red zones and the people would stay at their homes to […]
Amid the ongoing lockdown, a woman delivered a baby inside the police van when she was being shifted to the hospital in Channi Himmat area of Jammu city. A police spokesman on Sunday said during the intervening night of April 11-12, a distress call was received from the Police Control Room, Jammu, that a woman, […]
21 new positive cases reported today, 51320 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 12: The Government Sunday informed that 21 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 04 from Jammu and 17 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 245. According to the […]
GANDERBAL, APRIL 12: The District Development Commissioner(DDC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today directed the concerned authorities to expedite the work on breached spot on the Sindh Extension Canal at Malshahibagh in Ganderbal. The DDC gave these directions, during his visit to the breached spot which resulted from sloughing in last December and affected the 6.8 MGD […]
SRINAGAR, APRIL 12: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) installed and made operational a decontamination tunnel at Bone and Joint hospital at Barzulla, here tody. Mayor, Junaid Mattu, Deputy Mayor, Parvaiz Ahmed Qadri, Secretary SMC, Mohammad Akbar Sofi, Joint Commissioner, Administration, SMC, Syed Abul Qasim and other concerned were present on the occasion. The tunnel was installed […]
Stresses for capacity enhancement by increasing isolation/quarantine facilities Agriculture operations to continue in controlled manner JAMMU, APRIL 12: Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, today directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Heads for strict implementation of restrictions in all 77 Red Zones declared in Jammu and Kashmir. To control the further spread of coronavirus, he also stressed […]
Kupwara, Apr 12, KNT: A woman was killed in Cross Border shelling between the armies of India and Pakistan in Chowkibal area along Line of Control in Kashmir Valley. Official sources told KNT a 36 year old woman identified as Shameema Bano was killed after massive shelling in Tumina Chowkibal area. They said two residential […]