Srinagar, May 23 (KNS): The government, as per a circular issued here today in view of the flights resuming operations from May 25, 2020, has again informed all authorities and travellers for strict observance of all necessary preventive protocols regarding COVID-19 pandemic during evacuation process of stranded people of Jammu and Kashmir. The circular reads […]
Srinagar, May 23 (KNS): The District Disaster Management Authority or DDMA Srinagar has directed for complete lockdown in Srinagar till May 31. The direction follows a comprehensive review of the ground situation and in light of guidelines as laid down for COVID-19 containment zones. District Magistrate and Chairman DDMA Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary issuing […]
Srinagar: A 55-year-old woman from Urnhal area of south Kashmir, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at the SKIMS Soura on Saturday, taking the overall death toll due to the infection in Jammu and Kashmir to 21. Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura, Professor Farooq Jan told local news agency that the woman was admitted to […]
The UT Government today advised the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) to call for domicile certificates only from the candidates shortlisted for counselling and not insist upon their production from the candidates at the time of the submission of the online forms. According to a government advisory, the Board has been told to modify […]
With domestic flight operations set to resume on Monday, at least five states and one Union Territory have decided that incoming passengers would have to stay in home or institutional quarantine. The governments of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Assam, and the administration of Jammu and Kashmir have decided that arriving passengers will have […]
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex body in the field, has found that consuming the drug hydroxychloroquine reduces the chances of getting infected with Covid-19. As a result, ICMR released an advisory Friday to expand the usage of HCQ — an anti-malarial drug — as a preventive treatment against the […]
Srinagar: Charred currency worth over Rs 1 lakh meant to repair his house, sewing machines to eke out a living and all personal records – 55-year-old Bashir Ahmad Darzi has lost everything he had built. On Tuesday, when bombs hit his three storey home in downtown Srinagar, Mr Darzi’s dream to renovate home before his […]
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking setting up of a permanent bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to deal with service disputes of government employees in the Union Territory. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and […]
Srinagar, May 22 (KNS): The youngest Philanthropist & upcoming Bollywood star Ayaan Khan’s were damaged today in Srinagar city, Misty Cine Films claimed. Films, Music and Entertainment banner Misty CineFilms is the leading film Production Company ,Production house for Bollywood Films and Music , Event Organizers, Shows , Corporate films ,Music albums, Magazines Cover shoots […]
In a country of over 1.15 lakh coronavirus infections, the serene and calm islands of the union territory (UT) of Lakshadweep remain an outlier with no positive cases so far. Nagaland and Sikkim are the two other Covid-free states. Health officials of the UT, whose 64,000 population is highly dependent on Kerala for their medical needs, […]