Srinagar: Racing against time, an Army brigade utilised a small window of clear weather in the snow-choked Gurez Valley in Jammu and Kashmir to airlift a critically ill pregnant woman to a hospital in Srinagar by activating a helipad near the Line of Control on a very short notice, officials said on Thursday. The Army […]
Ayodhya: The festival of Ram Navami is usually celebrated with fanfare in Ayodhya, the place where Lord Ram is said to have been born according to the epic Ramayana. But amid the worldwide coronavirus crisis and the pan-India lockdown, the main road leading to the city gates and the Ram Janmabhoomi site, which was awarded to the […]
The number of coronavirus infections continue to rise worldwide, with more than 1,013,000 people diagnosed, as the death toll surpassed 53,000, including almost 6,000 in the United States, according to the data from Johns Hopkins University early on Friday. The coronavirus pandemic death toll in Spain passed 10,000 on Thursday, as the country reported its […]
On March 25, Delhi police lodged an FIR against a 68-year old hawker Gurbinder Singh for selling golgappa, the national capital’s favourite snack, on a footpath in the Nizamuddin area. The FIR says that Singh’s shop attracted a crowd of six to seven people and thus, violated the government’s order prohibiting assembly of people. Apart from […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Thursday described the newly enacted domicile law as “an obnoxious piece of superimposed legislation” and accused the BJP government at the Centre of having betrayed the trust of the people. “By throwing open the J&K employment avenues, except a part of Class-IV jobs, to the […]
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri said on Thursday that the government would like to ensure that international flights are resumed on a case by case basis after the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown, which was enforced on March 25 to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, ends on April 15. All modes of conveyance, […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants shot dead a man in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this evening. Sources told that militants fired upon a person at Fathepora Larkipora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this evening. He was shifted to Government Medical Collegehospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Medical Superintenden GMC Anantnag, Dr Mehrab Majid confirmed the death […]
Doctors and paramedical staff in Kashmir valley have been on the forefront to combat Covid-19 threat. They have been able to look after the patients who were declared positive and many of them recovered from the illness, due to their efforts. Despite all their efforts, administration wants to silence these doctors even if they only […]
GANDERBAL, APRIL 02: To take stock of preparedness and measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the district, Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today chaired a meeting with the concerned officers at Mini Secretariat, Ganderbal. ADC, Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, ASP, Ganderbal, CPO, Ganderbal, SDM, Kangan, CMO, Ganderbal, Tehsildars and other officers and officials […]
08 new positive cases reported today, 17677 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 02: The Government Thursday informed that 08 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 05 from Jammu division and 03 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 70. According to […]