New Delhi: India’s dynamic news media industry — among the few thriving in the world — with its crores of readers and viewers has been hit hard by the unprecedented economic standstill brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Dwindling advertisements and a serious disruption in circulation of newspapers and magazines have forced media houses to take […]
Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was allegedly attacked by two bike-borne persons late on Wednesday. The editor was returning home along with his wife when the attack took place. The attackers were caught by his security personnel and were handed over to the police. Both Arnab and his wife Samia Goswami were unhurt in the […]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed concerns over the hardships faced by people and loss of jobs caused by the ongoing nationwide lockdown announced to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus. At the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sonia launched into a tirade against the BJP, saying the BJP was spreading “communcal prejudice […]
Srinagar: The two districts of separate Union Territories including Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir and Kargil in Ladakh are now COVID-19 free as all the positive patients have recovered and have so far been discharged from the hospitals. Officials from Pulwama told that three positive patients from Khaigam, Chandgam and Sangervani village of the district who […]
As many as 73 police personnel who came in contact with those arrested in connection with the Nawabpura stone-pelting incident here last week were quarantined on Wednesday after five of the accused tested positive for coronavirus, a police official said. The five accused are among the 17 who were arrested after a mob attacked a […]
Tablighi Jamat chief Maulana Saad has completed the 14-day quarantine and got himself tested for coronavirus disease Covid-19, his lawyer Fuzail Ayyubi has told Hindustan Times. “He has completed his quarantine and undergone a test. The report is awaited,” said Ayyubi. When asked if Maulana Saad is going to present himself to the police for […]
Srinagar, April 22 (KNS): The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the communal targeting of India’s largest religious minority the Muslims – that is increasingly taking place during the current battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. Nasty abuses, social media postings dutifully relayed by the trolls of the ruling party supporters are simply not acceptable. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Cyber Police Tuesday night said it filed a case against a Kashmiri author-journalist Gowhar Geelani for “glorifying terrorism in Kashmir Valley” through social media posts, the second such FIR to be filed against a journalist in four days. Geelani is an independent reporter who has been published by BBC, DailyO, and Scroll.in, among others. He also worked […]
Jammu: As a drone hovers over a coronavirus “red zone” in Jammu and Kashmir, people walking in the narrow lanes run inside their houses, while those standing outside a ration shop quickly queue up keeping adequate distance between each other. After August 5 last year, when the special status of J&K was scrapped and the […]
Srinagar, 22 April (KNS): Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday strongly condemned the unprecedented termination of a doctor of SKIMS Bemina who it said was has been sacked for demanding standard accredited protective gear. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), DAK President Dr Suhail Naik said that it is unfortunate that Dr Asif Ali Bhat, a […]