Srinagar: All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association has decided not to hold any Public Gatherings/ Majalis and Friday Congregational Prayers until further notification. President All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, Imran Ansari informed this to KNS. (KNS)
An Indian-origin team of researchers led by Dr Ravindra Kolhe from Georgia-based Augusta University has developed a novel, accurate coronavirus test that can tell patients in if they are infected within about two hours, instead of waiting typically days to hear from remote testing facilities. The team at the Georgia Esoteric and Molecular (GEM) laboratory […]
KABUL: At least two dozen Afghan security forces were killed Friday in an insider attack on their base in southern Afghanistan, two officials told AFP. Several “infiltrators” opened fire on their comrades as they slept, Zabul governor Rahmatullah Yarmal said, in one of the deadliest attacks since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban last month. […]
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC M) expressed serious concern over the alarming situation arising out of coronavirus across the world . It appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to strictly follow the preventive measures and guidelines as suggested by medical experts and concerned agencies, so that precious human lives are saved and […]
Srinagar: Regional Passport Officer, Srinagar, Brij Bushan Naagar Friday informed that it has decided to close passport counter till 31 March in wake of coronavirus threat. He told that due to COVID-19 and advisory and requests from Central Government and local administration, the appointments booked at the Passport office Srinagar for passport applications and other miscellaneous […]
An FIR has been registered against a person on Thursday for allegedly forwarding fake news pertaining to Coronavirus on social media. The accused who claimed to be an RTI activist, was charged under section 188 of IPC for “posting a report of a person dying due to Coronavirus at Jammu Hospital on WhatsApp and Facebook”. […]
Srinagar: The husband and daughter-in-law of coronavirus affected patient in Kashmir have tested negative. Pertinently, an elderly woman who happens to be the mother-in-law of a top police officer was tested positive on Wednesday evening. The patient had returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah. Authorities have already collected samples of those people who came in […]
Amid the growing number of positive coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country, the government on Thursday said that no international flight will be allowed to land in India from March 22 for one week. It also asked the state governments to issue appropriate directions to all citizens above 65 years of age to remain at […]
Post abrogation of article 370, both in Jammu and Kashmir regions, people have lot of apprehensions about the central laws to be implemented and feel that there would be not protection to their local rights after JK has reduced to a Union Territory. Lockdown and curbs on internet for the past seven months also added […]
Srinagar : The number of COVID-19 patients in Ladakh rose to ten on Friday, after two more patients tested positive for the dreaded virus. Rigzin Samphel, secretary/commissioner Ladakh affairs said two more persons have tested positive for coronavirus infection in Leh. Among the ten who tested positive for COVID-19, one is an army soldier, he […]