55-year-old Uri woman dies of COVID-19, J&K toll 136

55-year-old Uri woman dies of COVID-19, J&K toll 136

The death toll due to covid-19 mounted to 136 in Kashmir Valley after one more covid-19 patient, a 55-year-old woman from Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, died at a hospital here on Monday. Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura, told news agency GNS a 55-year-old woman from Boniyar Uri passed away at 8 […]

COVID-19: 6 die of the virus, J-K death toll 133

COVID-19: 6 die of the virus, J-K death toll 133

Srinagar: Kashmir Valley reported six more deaths due to covid-19, taking the death toll due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 133. Sources said that the victims include three residents of Srinagar, two from Bandipora and one from Anantnag. Three among them including a 60-year-old woman from Shadipora area of Bandipora and two […]

COVID-19: 183 test positive, J-K tally reaches 8429

COVID-19: 183 test positive, J-K tally reaches 8429

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 183 fresh covid-19 infections, taking the number of cases in J&K to 8429. Giving the district wise breakup of the cases, officials told GNS that 59 were reported from Srinagar, Kupwara 20, Baramulla 17, Budgam 19, Samba 18, Ramban 10, Jammu nine, Kathua seven, four each in Pulwama, […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,89,164 stranded JK residents; 1,28,587 via Lakhanpur, 60,577 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,89,164 stranded JK residents; 1,28,587 via Lakhanpur, 60,577 through special trains

JAMMU, JULY 05: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,89,164 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur  and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]

Centre approves Rs. 574 crore for national highways in Jammu and Kashmir

Centre approves Rs. 574 crore for national highways in Jammu and Kashmir

The Modi government has approved an annual plan worth Rs 574.16 crore for national highway works in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) for 2020-21 in a big boost for J-K, an official spokesperson said on Saturday. “The major works incorporated in the approved annual plan included construction of 3.23 km three fly-overs in Srinagar on NH-44 (Jammu-Srinagar highway) […]

Centre will move additional troops to LoC

Centre will move additional troops to LoC

Srinagar: In response to recent media reports that Pakistan was moving troops to Gilgit-Baltistan along with some Chinese presence, a series of high-level meetings were held at New Delhi, including by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Lieutenant GovernorGirish Chandra Murmu, along with Chief Secretary and other officials, was summoned to New Delhi and held meetings […]

IED blast in Pulwama; CRPF man injured

IED blast in Pulwama; CRPF man injured

Suspected militants on Sunday morning detonated a low intensity improvised explosive device( IED) in Gangoo village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district minutes after convoy of paramilitary CRPF passed through the area, resulting in the injuries to a CRPF man. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that militants had planted low intensity IED under a […]