Don’t take chances, follows guidelines strictly: FC directs officials JAMMU, MARCH 14: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo today visited different hospitals of Jammu to review the quarantine facilities established for suspected coronavirus cases. The FC directed the officials to put in their best efforts to prevent the spread of virus and […]
2 test positive, 164 persons complete surveillance period JAMMU, MARCH 14: The Government Saturday informed that 164 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period and, so far, only two cases have been tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), 1878 travellers and persons in contact with […]
A medical officer here was placed under suspension for allegedly refusing surveillance duty to monitor suspected coronavirus cases placed under home quarantine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Saturday. Saleem Bhatti was suspended with immediate effect by Deputy Commissioner, Poonch, Rahul Yadav, with direction to the medical superintendent of the district hospital […]
By Shayib Bhat Srinagar Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday met Farooq Abdullah after he walked to freedom over seven months of detention. Azad told media that he is still not aware why Farooq Abdullah was detained by authorities. Azad said that the government should release all the political […]
At least 11 people were killed and three others seriously injured after a truck and cabin pickup collided on Saturday morning on a highway in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, police said. The dead include six women, four men and a child mostly from the Bolero Camper and, according to the police, their identity is being ascertained. […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday decided to cut short the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 and hold the final match of the tournament on March 18 instead of March 23. According to a press release by the cricketing body, the playoff match has been replaced by the semi-finals, which will be held in Lahore’s […]
US President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency as the World Health Organisation named Europe the new epicenter of the coronavirus, with countries sealing borders, shutting schools and cancelling events in a frenzied attempt to slow the ballooning pandemic. Wall Street stocks rallied on Friday as financial markets endured a roller coaster ride after […]
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad met National Conference (NC) president, Farooq Abdullah, at his residence here on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the three-time former chief minister Farooq met his son Omar Abdullah in the sub-jail in Srinagar where […]
Among SAARC nations, India has so far recorded 82 cases followed by Pakistan (20), Maldives (8), Afghanistan (7), Bangladesh (3), Sri Lanka (2), and Nepal and Bhutan (1 each). A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed that leaders from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries should chalk out a plan to fight […]
By Shayib Bhat Srinagar When central government abrogated article 370, in August last year, they promised greater thrust on the development of Jammu and Kashmir and said that the basic requirement for such an act was to integrate Kashmir with rest of the country. “When they cannot even keep the Srinagar-Jammu highway open in the […]