Srinagar : Authorities on Tuesday sealed at least 21 shops in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district for violating the government orders issued in wake of deadly Corona-Virus epidemic. An official told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that as preventive measure to contain the spread of Covid-19 and in order to ensure strict implementation of section 144 […]
Srinagar : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday welcomed National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah’s release from nearly eight months of detention. However, Iltija Mufti, whose mother is still under detention under the Public Safety Act, said for all its talk of women power and women emancipation, the Centre seems to fear […]
Kathua : A 45-year-old civilian was injured in heavy overnight mortar shelling by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Bodh Raj suffered splinter injuries when a mortar shell exploded near his house in Manyari area of Hiranagar sector in the early hours […]
European markets surge at open London’s FTSE rose 2.8% in opening deals, while CAC index in France jumped 4.4% and Germany’s DAX index advanced nearly 6%. KNR Constructions halts all operations The infrastructure development company said it has temporarily suspended operations across all locations to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The company also said it […]
By Shayib Bhat Srinagar Omar Abdullah after his release on Tuesday told in his first press briefing that he will not talk about politics and at present will try to focus on COVID threat. According to the journalists present in briefing Omar Abdullah said that he was planning to discuss all the suffering of people […]
Srinagar;The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed all states and union territories to ensure “operational continuity” of print and electronic media in view of the COVID-19 outbreak, and ensure there is no impediment to the printing and distribution of newspapers in all cities. This comes even as experts have underscored the importance of […]
By Shayib Bhat Srinagar Police and Security forces right from the evening of Monday up to the morning of Tuesday detained several common people on the streets of Srinagar and other parts and also seized vehicles, in order to keep people indoors due to COVID-19 threat. Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir are […]
The Punjab government has sought funds from the Centre to build isolation ward and other buildings to treat Covid-19 patients, after 90,000 NRIs returned to state in the past few months. “As we have so many NRIs in Punjab and 90,000 people have come here in the last three-four months, we have asked for Rs 150 crore […]
By Shayib Bhat Srinagar Former chief minister Omar Abdullah was released today official spokesman Rohit Kansal announced this on twitter. Soruces told this newspaper that his detention order would be revoked today and he will walk to freedom. Omar Abdullah along with his father and Mehbooba Mufti were detained on the intervening night of August […]
This is the year of the T20 World Cup and hence, the Indian management and selectors were looking at the Indian Premier League to identify players who could have been a part of India’s T20 World Cup squad. However, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the BCCI was forced to push the IPL to April 15 […]