Take immediate steps to facilitate return of stranded J&K residents: Tarigami
Srinagar, April 16 (KNS): While any attempt to combat COVID-19 is appreciable,CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami has said that there is no doubt that the lockdown has further increased the sufferings of the poor and marginalized sections of the society. The government must focus and address the emerging problems from the lockdown. A statement issued […]
Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real
Meerut: Tek Narayan and Shyam Kishore Singh are migrant labourers who were employed at a construction site earning Rs 300 a day. Since the lockdown was announced, they have been stranded at the site, which is located on the outskirts of Meerut. Their homes are over 1,200 kilometres away in Latehar, one of the most backward districts of […]
J&K: Over 1,000 FIRs filed for lockdown violation
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday registered 1,012 FIRs, besides seizing 1,295 shops and vehicles for violating the lockdown orders across the Union Territory. A total of 2,303 number of persons were arrested for defying the government orders, said a police spokesperson. Of them, 1,691 were arrested in Kashmir zone, he said, adding that […]
ED files money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad based on Delhi Police’s FIR seeking answers related to the religious gatherings in mid-March at the group’s six-storey headquarters in Nizamuddin Basti, which has emerged as the largest hot spot of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country. The Delhi […]
Is Ordering Food Online Safe? Doubts Grow After Pizza Delivery Boy Tests Positive
After a pizza delivery boy tested positive in South Delhi, Outlook visited several food joints and found that many of them were not following the guidelines to maintain proper hygiene. This reporter found food delivery partners crowding at several food joints instead of practising social distancing. In the picture above, about half a dozen delivery boys have gathered, without […]
Higher Education Deptt orders promotion of 200 Associate, Assistant Professors
Jammu, April 16 (KNS): Department of Higher Education today ordered promotion of 200 Associate and Assistant Professors serving in various Government Degree Colleges across the Jammu and Kashmir. “Department promoted 54 Associate Professors as In-Charge Principals while as 30 Assistant Professors were promoted in the Academic Grade pay of Rs. 7000 and 109 Assistant Professors […]
30 fresh Covid-19 suspects from Uri referred to GMC Bla
Baramulla, April 16 (KNS):Thirty more suspects of COVID-19 from Uri of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district were referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla on Thursday. Officials told Kashmir News Service (KNS), that thirty persons who were kept at JNV Shahkote Boniyar Baramulla for Quarantine were shifted to GMC Baramulla where their samples will be taken […]
Stranded students outside refutes news reports of their return, terms it ‘baseless’
Srinagar, Apr 16 (KNS): Almost 53 students who were evacuated from Iran recently and had been kept in quarantine in Jaisalmeer Rajasthan on Thursday refuted news reports about their return to Valley. However as per DC Srinagar, the process of bringing students stuck outside Union Territory have been initiated and presently many are heading towards […]
Covid-19: Doda administration starts 24×7 Tele medical services in the district
Aimed at to provide medical services to the needy people during ongoing lockdown restrictions DODA, APRIL 16: On the directions of District Development Commissioner, Dr Sagar D Doifode, health department has started tele medicine services in the district to provide medical consultation through telephone/whatsapp/video calls to patients/needy of the district during on-going lockdown restrictions. Moreover […]
Advisor Khan reviews COVID-19 control measures, service delivery in Kathua
Calls for strict adherence to social distancing KATHUA, APRIL 16:- Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor J&K, Farooq Khan today reviewed the COVID-19 prevention and service delivery mechanism put in place by the District Administration here at a meeting. He appreciated the efforts of District Administration in containing the spread of contagion and providing quarantine facilities […]