Srinagar:Soon after his release from nearly eight months of detention, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called for the release of all detained people within and outside Jammu and Kashmir and appealed for the restoration of high-speed mobile internet services. “The politics and situation of this state, what happened on August 5 (last […]
Debit card holders will no longer need to pay extra charges while doing a transaction at any ATM for the next three months, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. While addressing the media, she also said that there shall not be any minimum balance requirement fee (in bank accounts). Earlier, the finance minister […]
Srinagar: Abject poverty and yearning to meet her son who has been held under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Agra Central Jail has pushed Zamrooda, from Srinagar, to the point of begging. Her son, Asif Ahmad, was declared a “potential threat to peace” by the Jammu and Kashmir police and picked up during a […]
Srinagar- Two people, who had arrived from Saudi Arabia and New Delhi recently, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, official sources said. As of now, three persons have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kashmir Valley while the tally of such patients in the entire J&K has gone up to 6. Three cases were […]
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 […]
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 […]