The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday suspended the train services between Baramulla and Banihal until March 31 in view of the coronavirus scare. “In view of the spread of the coronavirus apprehensions in the valley, as a precautionary measure, the Banihal-Baramulla train services and vice versa may please be suspended with immediate effect […]
Srinagar: A probe has been ordered into the entry of foreign tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, which has been under lockdown after first positive case of the highly contagious Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 was reported in a downtown area of the city. The group of four foreign tourists, including two Italians, had reached Srinagar […]
Srinagar : National Conference (NC) president and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday seeking immediate restoration of high-speed 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir. “As you are aware, the first case of coronavirus was detected in Kashmir yesterday which has resulted in authorities locking down […]
SRINAGAR: A day after an elderly lady was detected positive for the Coronavirus; authorities have gone in fast gear to assess the infections that might have spread in the belt. A team of 20 medical teams are in the locality going from home to home to collected information. The lady who had arrived on March 16 […]
United Nations: Nearly 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, but an internationally coordinated policy response can help lower the impact on global unemployment, according to a UN agency. In its preliminary assessment report titled “COVID-19 and world of work: Impacts and responses”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for urgent, […]
Agencies Mumbai: India’s rupee weakened to a new low and stocks slumped anew amid a global meltdown in risk assets, with rising number of coronavirus cases locally adding to anxiety. Sovereign bonds also declined. The rupee declined as much as 1.1% to 75.0562 per dollar to go past the key 75 mark for the first […]
Pulwama, Mar 19 : A day after authorities ordered restrictions of public transport in Srinagar, authorities have decided to suspend the movement of public transport in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the movement of public transport shall remain suspended in the district as a precautionary measure to avert the […]
New Delhi – The Centre on Wednesday issued a gazette notification for the adaptation of 37 central laws in the Concurrent List for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The gazette notification, issued by the Union Home Ministry’s Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, comes into force with immediate effect. It contains the 37 […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday decided to close OPD section at SMHS hospital here amid growing threat of coronavirus spread in Srinagar where a sexagenarian woman yesterday tested positive, making it the first case of covid-19 in Kashmir Valley. Official sources told that the decision to close Out Patient department (OPD) section at SMHS hospital has […]
Beijing: China on Thursday marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatened its progress. The stark reversal comes as nations across the world have shut down in a desperate effort to contain […]