Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday decided to continue with the curbs on high speed internet in the Union Territory till 15 April. In an order issued by the administration, it is said that the some people inimical to law and order situation were using internet to incite and spread fake […]
New Delhi: From readers’ fear of physically picking up copies, to newspaper vendors being denied entry into residential complexes to advertisers withdrawing ads, the newspaper industry has been facing demand, supply and logistics-related challenges ever since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. In Delhi, the print orders of two major newspapers have allegedly dwindled from around […]
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday informed the Delhi High Court that in a “lockdown situation”, it is “not possible for this Ministry to organize any evacuation of Indian nationals from Bangladesh or any other country”. “The severe risk posed by arrivals from an increasing number of countries affected by COVID-19 is something that the government […]
New Delhi: A medical team from the Army was deployed at the Narela quarantine camp in Delhi Friday where some of the coronavirus-infected patients from the Tablighi Jamaat event are being kept. This is the first time the armed service has been deployed at a civil centre set up to handle the coronavirus cases. So far, the Army’s […]
Pakistan’s second largest province has imposed a three-hour curfew-like lockdown to stop people from attending Friday congregational prayers. Sindh has the country’s largest urban population, and therefore remains most vulnerable to social transmission of coronavirus. Last Friday, scores went to mosques to pray, despite government warnings not to. Pakistan has the most virus cases in […]
The forced cremation of two COVID-19 infected Muslims in Sri Lanka has sent shock waves among the minority community, which accused the authorities of violating Islamic burial rites. Bishrul Hafi Mohammed Joonus, a 73–year– old man from the capital Colombo who died of COVID-19, was the second Muslim to have been cremated in the Indian Ocean island nation, which has registered 151 cases so […]
The emergence of Nizamuddin Markaz, the headquarters of Islamic organisation Tablighi Jamaat, its members have come under severe criticism for flouting the guidelines issued in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. However, Maulana Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, says there was a serious lax on the part of Delhi Police in handling the Tablighi Jamaat issue. In […]
975 contacts traced: Kansal COVID 19 Awareness and Monitoring Committees shall be set up at Panchayat and Block levels Masks, immune building materials also to be part of new strategy JAMMU, APRIL 03: Principal Secretary Planning, Information and Government Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal informed that with the addition of 5 new cases today the number of […]
KULGAM, APRIL 03: The Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today chaired a meeting of officers to review arrangements put in place to contain the spread of Corona virus in the district. The meeting was attended by ADDC, ADC, JD-Planning, ACR, CMO, MS District Hospital and other concerned. During the meeting the DC reviewed various […]
PULWAMA, APRIL 3: In response to the initiative taken by District Administration for fortifying efforts to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the district, more than one thousand volunteers have registered themselves under “Project Jazbaa” through link https://pulwama.gov.in/notice/call-for-volunteers-in-fight-against-covid-19/. The aim of the initiative is to reinforce the efforts of government for reaching out to the people in […]