The COVID-19 lockdown has officially delayed the 2020-21 academic year, with a government-appointed committee recommending that the traditional mid-July start for higher education should be pushed to September. Universities and schools across the country have been closed since March 16 when the Union government announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as one of the measures to contain the […]
Srinagar: Press Club of India (PCI) has called out the charges against Kashmiri journalists by Jammu and Kashmir police and demanded from the Governor’s administration to “devise open and transparent norms to address perceived questions relating to journalists’ posts on social media,” and drop the charges against Kashmiri journalists. In a statement issued here, the PCI […]
Srinagar: A pre-dawn gunfight broke between goverment forces and militants in Goripora Area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Reports reachingsaid that a joint team of Police and army’s 50 RR launched cordon and search operation in Goripora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
Three fresh FIRs were registered in Punjab against Republic TV channel editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over his remark on Palghar lynching. In Jalandhar and Phillaur, FIRs were registered on complaint of Congress leaders while in Ludhiana it was registered on the complaint of president of Christian United Federation. In Ludhiana city, FIR has been registered against Goswami […]
Srinagar, April 24 (KNS): Pakistan sponsored Militants are continuously making attempts to create disturbances in the Union Territory. This was stated by Director General of Police Dilbag while interacting with the Police officer at Anantnag. The DGP, continuing its outreach programme to review the arrangements regarding to COVID- 19 pandemic on ground and also review […]
New Delhi: The nationwide lockdown in India was timely and if it wasn’t imposed, the country would have seen over 1 lakh positive cases, according to V.K. Paul, NITI Aayog member and chairperson of Empowered Group 1, one of the 11 groups formed to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak. The lockdown in India became a ‘Jan Aandolan’ […]
Srinagar, 24 April (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Members of Parliament Muhammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi on Friday sought immediate release of Party General Secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar and others in view of the holy month of Ramadan. A statement issued to KNS they said, amid the COVID-19 crises, governments across the […]
Holy month of Ramadan is coming for the faithful with all its blessings and bounties. People of Kashmir who are in grip of uncertainty of past 8 months, this month of prayers and fasting is a real time solace for them. Amid the growing cases of COVID-19, with restrictions on the movement, people of Kashmir […]
JAMMU, APRIL 24: Financial Commissioner (FC), Health & Medical Education, Atal Dulloo today convened a meeting at Civil Secretariat Jammu to review the working of 102/108 Ambulance Service in Jammu and Kashmir. Terming the ambulance service as a boon for the society, the FC said this service saves precious lives by providing timely medical care […]
KULGAM, APRIL 24: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today visited several areas of district Kulgam to take first hand appraisal of enforcement of restrictions and lockdown in the district. He visited several areas including D. H. Pora, K. B. Pora, Khull, Ahmadabad, Kounsabal, Nihama, Mirhama, Liroo, Yaroo, and other villages and monitored the […]