Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed its own 2015 order directing the civil administration to cut down Russian Poplar trees in the newly created union territory. Authorities had begun cutting down the trees stating that the pollen generated from the female variety could act as a carrier of the Covid-19 virus. The court […]
Agreeing with his former teammate and India’s 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh, former India opener Gautam Gambhir said there is indeed a dearth of role models in the current Indian side. Highlighting the fact that when he played Tam India had the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, and Anil […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday tweaked the government’s approach to the 21-day lockdown ordered last month to stop the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus disease. The prime minister, who interacted with chief ministers, stressed that the new challenge was not only to save lives, but livelihoods also. PM Modi underlined that the motto […]
SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Director Horticulture, Kashmir, Mr. Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, today inspected Centre of Excellence, Zawoora, Srinagar. During the inspection of various developmental as well as civil works at the Centre, he directed the concerned to maintain social distance. He asked the Agency having hand holding support of Centre of Excellence to remove the weed […]
Two lakh N-95 masks, adequate ventilators to be dispatched soon; SKIMS to increase testing facility upto 1000 per-day SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor and overall Incharge of Coronavirus Control Efforts (CCE) in Kashmir division, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Deputy Commissioners to enforce 24×7 (round the clock) strict lock-down in their respective districts. […]
KISHTWAR, APRIL 11: District Development Commissioner Rajinder Singh Tara today inaugurated the third disinfection tunnel at Thatri to ensure proper sanitization of each and every person entering Kishtwar. He was accompanied by Additional District Development Commissioner Mohammad Hanief Malik, Tehsildar Drabshalla, Shohab Latief, President Municipal Council Kishtwar Riyaz Ahmed Zargar, EO MC Tariq Ahmed Balwan, […]
The Centre is all set to extend the nationwide lockdown by another two weeks even as the number of Coronavirus cases in India continues to rise, government sources said on Saturday. Earlier in the day, in a video conference call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, most of the chief ministers sought an extension of the […]
Srinagar: Seventeen more people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir; among them five are from Jammu division, while twelve are from Kashmir. The tally of the Union Territory has risen to 224. The government’s spokesperson, Rohit Kansal, confirmed that seveteen more cases have been detected. “5 are from Jammu division […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested an alleged over ground worker (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad Saturday from R S Pura sub division’s Chakroi village along the International Border. The worker was identified as Mohammad Muzaffar Beigh of Handwara, police said. The police added that after preliminary questioning, Beigh made important disclosures regarding his links with militants. Accordingly, the police […]
Jammu, April 10 With 23 new cases coming in on Friday, the total number of coronavirus cases in J&K jumped to 209, with 197 active cases. Out of the 23 fresh cases, 16 tested positive in the Kashmir valley and seven in Jammu province, including family members of the woman who died on April 8. […]