Why Abdullahs, Mehbooba are silent on Article 370 and what it means for Kashmir politics
Srinagar: It’s been more than a month since former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers and National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah were released from detention, but they have remained silent on the scrapping of Article 370 by the Narendra Modi government last August. Mehbooba Mufti, president of their rival Peoples Democratic Party and also a former chief minister, […]
‘Biased And Tendentious’: India Rejects US Panel Report On Religious Freedom
India on Tuesday rejected its criticism by a US commission on religious freedom, terming its observations on condition of minorities and religious freedom as “biased and tendentious”. In the 2020 edition of its annual report on International Religious Freedom, the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleged that religious freedom in India witnessed a […]
US Religious Freedom Monitor Recommends Designating India as ‘Country of Particular Concern’
New Delhi: A US government body monitoring international religious freedom has recommended that the state department include India in the list of “countries of special concern,” joining a group of 13 other countries that include China, Pakistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Russia. Unveiling the 2020 annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious […]
Domestic makers of rapid kits in a fix as ICMR halts their use
Local manufacturers of antibody based rapid testing kits (RTKs) for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), whose kits were validated by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and approved by the Central Drugs Standard Organisation (CDSCO), seem to be grappling with a sense of uncertainty as they are yet to receive any orders from the ICMR. […]
Covid cases climb to 31,000, spike puts deaths over 1,000
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 30,000 mark on Tuesday while that of fatalities due to the pandemic exceeded 1,000, as the country maintained a precarious grip on a disease that officials fear could peak over the next couple of months. According data disclosed by state health departments, the total number of Covid-19 […]
Journalist booked for tweeting on ‘quarantine over call with patients’
A freelance journalist in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was arrested for tweeting on the need to quarantine people for speaking with Covid-positive patients on the phone. Arrested on Monday evening, the journalist, Zubair Ahmad, was on Tuesday produced in a Port Blair court and granted bail. Following a report in a local newspaper and information […]
DC G’bal inspects door to door survey through Swasthya Nidhi app, urges people to download Aarogya Setu
242 teams constituted to cover the whole population GANDERBAL, APRIL 28: The Deputy Commissioner(DC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today visited various areas of Sub Division, Kangan to inspect the health audit, screening and door to door survey through Mobile app SwasthyaNidhi. For this purpose, the District Administration has constituted Booth Level Awareness Groups (BAGs), supervisors and […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
19 new positive cases reported today, 176 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, APRIL 28: The Government Tuesday informed that 19 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 565. According to the daily […]
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
School education department post COVID-19 lockdown has been looking for ways and means to provide education to the school going children in their homes. Though it is good beginning, but at the same time it raised questions why in the past eight months of lockdown no such effort was done by J&K administration to impart […]
DC Budgam visit Chadoora, Chrar, reviews damage caused to water supply schemes
Srinagar, Apr 28 (KNS): Deputy Commissioner Budgam Tariq Hussain Ganaie on Tuesday visited Chadoora and took stock of the damage caused to several water supply schemes due to flash floods occurred on yesterday. He also visited Shrine of Sheikh-ul-Aalam (RA) Chrar-e-Shareef and reviewed post-lockdown situation with officials. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), DC Budgam […]