A 15-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide on Thursday in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An official said the boy hailing from Lawaypora village allegedly hanged himself at his home this morning. The official said that the body was brought to District hospital Bandipora for postmortem. After conducting medico-legal formalities, the body was handed over to his family […]
Businesses remained closed while public transport services were suspended as the district administration imposed restrictions for five days to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Thursday. In wake of daily spike of Coronavirus cases, the Budgam district administration on Wednesday evening ordered the imposition of section 144 cr […]
Srinagar: The Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura on Thursday issued a clarification over alleged denial of coffin and ambulance to a COVID-19 woman, who passed away at the hospital the preceding day. A video had alleged that the hospital authorities had denied the same to the deceased woman. But a statement issued […]
On Thursday, the country recorded the highest spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as more than 30,000 test positive for the virus, reported Press Trust of India. The overall tally has risen to 9,68,876, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data. […]
Srinagar: A female Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) worker from north Kashmir’s Handwara has resigned from the party membership. A social activist from Handwara, Mubeena Bano, who had joined BJP a few months ago Thursday resigned from the party, “I have been working to address the issues of people since 2015. I had joined BJP to […]
After the fourth round of Corps Commander talks on July 14 in eastern Ladakh, the Army on Thursday said that the objective of complete disengagement is “intricate and requires constant verification”. The Army said that the discussions on July 14 were consistent with the consensus reached between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration to respond to a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the Union Home Secretary and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary for allegedly not setting up a committee to review curbs on the Internet in the Union Territory. In its May 11 […]
Even after the Supreme Court intervention asking the government to decide the space for freedom of expression and national security while giving its verdict on the continuous ban on 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5, last year. People of Jammu and Kashmir have been facing a lot of difficulties in different […]
Kokernag Woman Tests Positive Posthumously, Days After Hundreds Participated In Her Funeral Srinagar, July 16: Kashmir Valley reported three more covid-19 related deaths, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 211, officials said on Thursday. Two of the fatalities were reported from SKIMS Soura and include a 65-year-old man from Khajabagh Baramulla and […]
An army man sustained minor injuries in a low-intensity explosion possibly due to an anti-personnel landmine in Kalal area of Nowshera sector of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. They said that a team of army soldiers was on routine duty along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kalal when a […]