Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday decided to close OPD section at SMHS hospital here amid growing threat of coronavirus spread in Srinagar where a sexagenarian woman yesterday tested positive, making it the first case of covid-19 in Kashmir Valley. Official sources told that the decision to close Out Patient department (OPD) section at SMHS hospital has […]
By Shayib Nazir Bhat Srinagar Hundreds of private vehicles and auto rickshaws are stranded at different points from Nowhatta to Hawal chowk. Security forces and police have sealed the roads at different points and are reducing to lift barbed wire. With the result there are huge traffic james at downtown people are pleading the police […]
By Shayib Bhat Srinagar Restrictions in some parts of down town In the wee hours of Thursday police and security forces partially sealed some parts of down town srinagar especially around khayanaar locality after one lady from this locality tested positive due to carona virus. Three more suspected cases having travel history are admitted in […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has moved an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday over “demand to release political prisoners in Jammu and Kashmir”. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court earlier today asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to apprise it whether it is planning to release National Conference (NC) leader Omar […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 18: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has said that four foreign tourists who arrived in Srinagar today are being sent back tomorrow. He said the tourists were not aware of the ban on entry of foreign tourists in J&K the government ordered late last night. He said these tourists were already […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday aggressively defended the Modi government’s handling of the Jammu and Kashmir situation and pointed out that the citizens of the state had been denied human rights for a long time. Sitharaman talked about the massacre of Kashmiri Pandits and the denial of rights to women, courtesy the special status […]
Srinagar: A person has tested positive for the novel corona virus in Srinagar today. This was confirmed by DC Srinagar Shahid Chowdhry. “There will be restrictions on public transport, assembly of people and some other measures, in #Srinagar from tomorrow. Steps are being taken in view of a positive case detected. Further updates to follow.” Choudhary […]
New Delhi: An Air India flight from Leh to Srinagar was told to turn back this morning when it was halfway to its destination. Reason – an order from the Jammu and Kashmir administration that anyone flying into the Srinagar airport has to undergo compulsory 14-day quarantine in view of the coronavirus threat. In Jammu, […]
JAMMU, MARCH 18: Chief Justice Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal today inspected court premises to assess the implementation of prevention measures to combat the spreading of contagious coronavirus. Justice Mittal, who is also Patron-in-Chief J&K Legal Services Authority, was accompanied by Justice Rajesh Bindal Executive Chairman JKLSA along with the members of […]
JAMMU, MARCH 18: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan chaired separate meetings to review the functioning of Women’s Development Corporation (WDC) and J&K Rehabilitation Council (JKRC) here today. While reviewing functioning of WDC, the meeting was informed that the Corporation disbursed loans to the tune of Rs 25 crore among 1000 women beneficiaries in the year […]