Medical superintendent of District Hospital Handwara among two doctors tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that two doctors including Medical Superintendent of DH Handwara tested positive. Official of DH Handwara confirmed the reports and said both have been sent to strict quarantine. Earlier Deputy Medical Superintendent […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled Nazir Ahmad Yattoo from the basic membership of the Party. In a statement issued to KNS, a party spokesman said that the party’s disciplinary committee took serious note of repeated acts of indiscipline and anti-party activities by Yattoo and recommended his expulsion following his inability to satisfactorily explain […]
Member parliament Anantnag Pulwama Justice Hussnain Masoodi chaired a high level meeting of Officers in dak bungalow Anantnag, today. According to Kashmir News Service,he reviewed all the sectors and sought detailed report from the officers about various schemes sponsored by central government. Deputy Commissioner Anantnag K.K.Sidha presented a detailed gist of activities going on in […]
Srinagar: A gunfight between militants and government forces broke out in the forests of frontier district Kupwara on Saturday afternoon, police said. “Encounter has started in the forest area of Dana Behak, Warnow area of Kupwara. Police and Army are on the job. Further details shall follow, ” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted. KR
PORTLAND: Police shot and killed an anti-fascist activist in Washington state on Thursday night as they moved in to arrest him on suspicion that he fatally shot a right-wing counter-protester last weekend in Portland, Oregon, officials said. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was wanted on a charge of murder and was armed with a handgun when members […]
LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani doesn’t think the new ICC chairman should come from any of the ‘Big Three’ boards, even as the global governing body is yet to agree on a process to choose Shashank Manohar’s successor. Mani said it would be ‘healthier’ for someone from another board to lead the […]
Srinagar: Concerned over the extended lockdown in Srinagar, especially in the Central Business District, the Retailers Association of India (RAI) has approached the Jammu and Kashmir government seeking opening of markets for all seven days a week. The RAI, the apex body of retailers in India, having around 13,667 member establishments, and providing employment to […]
Srinagar: A 6-year-old boy drowned to death in the interiors of Dal Lake at Dug Mohalla area of Rainawari in Srinagar on Saturday, an official said. He identified the minor as Ibrahim Ahmad Sheikh, son of Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh of Rainawari. Ibrahim’s body was later fished out and was taken to Gousia Hospital Khanyar where […]
India’s COVID-19 infection tally sprinted past 40 lakh, just 13 days after it crossed 30 lakh, with a record 86,432 cases being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 31,07,223 on Saturday pushing the recovery rate to 77.23 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry, reported Press Trust of India. The total […]
Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday morning buried all three Hizbul Mujhaideen militants, who were killed in Yeddipora area of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, in Sonmarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unidentified police officials told that the killed militants were identified as Hanan Bilal […]