At least 24 migrant workers were killed and 37 injured in an accident that took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district around 2.30 am on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences over the incident and said the government is engaged in providing relief to the kin of deceased. Auraiya Additional Superintendent of Police Kamlesh Kumar […]
India has registered another 103 deaths due to novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 2,752, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday morning. The country also saw a spike of 3,970 COVID-19 cases during the same period, the ministry said, adding the total number of people suffering […]
Budgam: Charred utensils, broken furniture and spilt food stocks are all that meet the eye in Nasrullah Pora village in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. It has been a week since the Jammu and Kashmir Police raided the locality after residents attempted to pray at a local mosque despite the lockdown due to Covid-19, but terrified villagers […]
Srinagar, May 15 (KNS): Continuing its efforts to root out the menace of drugs, Police launched extensive drive to destroy illegal poppy cultivation in Bandipora & Ganderbal districts and arrested two persons. According to police spokesman in Bandipora, Police parties of P/S Hajin under the supervision of SDPO Hajin and SHO Hajin along with Excise […]
Srinagar, May 15 (KNS): To ensure that migration of nomads does not create any issue in fight against Covid19, J&K Government has asked all district commissioners to make necessary arrangements for screening of all incoming nomads. “The concerned CMOs and District Sheep Husbandry officer shall coordinate to make the screening process successful,” an official said. […]
The government, fulfilling its commitment towards providing succor to J&K residents stranded outside UT due to COVID-19 lockdown, has evacuated 49218 people through Lakhanpur besides bringing back home 7264 persons through special trains at Jammu and Udhampur till May 15. According to a detailed break up about the figures, Rajdhani from Delhi has brought over […]
JAMMU, MAY 15: Advisor to Lt. Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to resolve to pending issues regarding 400KV Baghlihar-Kishanpur line so that uninterrupted power supply can be ensured to the common masses. Secretary, Power Development Department, M. Raju, Chief Engineer, BHEP, General Manager NHAI, representatives of Power Grid Corporation besides other senior […]
JK records 30 new positive cases today, 513 cases recovered till date WHO advises people of all ages to follow good hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene to evade Virus JAMMU, MAY 15: The Government Friday informed that 30 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 09 from Jammu division and 21 from Kashmir division, have been […]
The Allahabad High Court has held that azaan, or the Islamic call to ritual prayer, can be recited by a muezzin from minarets of the mosques by human voice only without using any amplifying device or loudspeakers. The court added that such recitation by human voice cannot be hindered under the pretext of violation of the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police clashed with people inside the quarantine facility in Nagam Polytechnic College, Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, and injured a 19-year-old girl, after the quarantined people and their relatives questioned the administration of delaying the COVID-19 test reports. On Friday, nearly at 11 am, the people at the quarantine facility came […]