New Delhi: About 70 Kashmiri students stranded at Benapole on the India-Bangladesh border will not be brought back to India, ThePrint has learnt. The students study at a medical college in Bangladesh, according to a video that has gone viral. “In view of the advisory on restrictions in movement from other countries into India and within […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced a complete lockdown across the country for three weeks starting from midnight tonight to stave off the menace of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “In the view of the current situation, the nationwide complete lockdown will be in place for 21 days,” the Prime Minister declared in his second address to the nation in a […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 24: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting to review implementation of the directions passed by the High Court in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding traffic management in the capital city. Threadbare discussion was held on matters which include identification of more parking sites in left-out areas, status of […]
KULGAM, MARCH 24: Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today visited various Quarantine centers established in the district and took stock of arrangements being put in place at these centers. The Deputy Commissioner visited Quarantine Centre established at GNM College, Baitul Hillal Centre and other quarantine centers in Kulgam and took stock of arrangements at […]
BANDIPORA, MARCH 24: The district administration Bandipora has launched an extensive fumigation drive across the district with an aim to maintain cleanliness and contain the spread of COVID-1 The Municipal Committees of Bandipora, Hajin and Sumbal has deputed their teams in their respective areas for the purpose to disinfect various public places including hospitals, designated […]
People of J&K can avail free of cost Ambulance service for medical emergencies: Lt Governor JAMMU, MARCH 24: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today dedicated the 102/108 Free Ambulance Service to the people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Lt Governor observed that the operationalization of 102/108 Ambulance Service would ensure the […]
4765 persons under observation, 6 positive cases, 01 recovery JAMMU, MARCH 24: The Government today informed that 4765 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance and, so far, only six cases have tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir and one among them has already recovered. According to the daily […]
Srinagar: One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of covid-19 patients to seven in Jammu and Kashmir. A senior doctor at SKIMS told test sample of one person, admitted in GMC Baramulla, came out to be positive. “His sample had been sent to SKIMS for test and it […]
New Delhi: Two CRPF personnel were killed on Tuesday after an exchange of firing following a scuffle at Dal Lake here, officials said. The scuffle broke out between the jawans over some issue at the place of their posting at a hotel at Dal lake in the city, they said, adding the the exchange of firing […]
In his first remarks after his release from detention after seven months, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asked the government to restore mobile data connectivity in the state so that the people could be made aware of the precautions to be taken to avoid coronavirus disease. Abdullah, who turned […]