Three JeM militants killed, two army soldiers injured, in Kulgam gunfight
Srinagar: Three JeM militants were killed in a encounter in Nagnad Chimmer area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS, that three militants were killed in the gunfight, also two army soldiers were injured. However the identity of militants is yet to be ascertained, the IGP […]
JK reports 490 new positive cases, 6446 recovered so far
JAMMU, JULY 16: The Government on Thursday informed that 490 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 62 from Jammu division and 428 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 12156. Also 16 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 1,13,200 registrations; 47,950 candidates submit online application so far
Till today morning, 1,13,200 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 47,950 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. It has been noted that about 75,000 unique visitors visited the online application portal of JKSSB […]
Home quarantine asymptomatic air travellers’
Voices across Kashmir are growing over the demand of allowing asymptomatic air travellers for home quarantine after taking their samples at airport. A group of passengers told KNS that it is “very unfortunate that Air travellers arriving at Srinagar Airport are taken from Srinagar Airport to Quarantine centres or Hotels like prisoners under security. They […]
Court took notice of improper treatment to Covid-19 patients, constitute SIT to probe alleged neglect
District Court Kupwara on Thursday took strong cognizance of improper treatment given to Covid-19 patients in several quarantine centres in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and ordered constitution of SIT to investigate alleged negligence by authorities. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), the court of Sub-Judge Kupwara Javeed Alam after hearing the case directed SSP Kupwara […]
Maharashtra’s First Woman Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan Dies Of Coronavirus
Former Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday morning, hospital authorities said. She was 72. The 1972-batch IAS officer was the state’s first woman election commissioner. She died at Seven Hills Hospital in suburban Andheri around 4 am, the medical facility’s dean Dr Balkrishna Adsul said. […]
SKIMS clarifies alleged denial of ambulance, coffin to COVID-19 victim
Srinagar: The Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura on Thursday issued a clarification over alleged denial of coffin and ambulance to a COVID-19 woman, who passed away at the hospital the preceding day. A video had alleged that the hospital authorities had denied the same to the deceased woman. But a statement issued […]
Businesses closed, public transport suspended as COVID-19 restrictions imposed in Budgam
Businesses remained closed while public transport services were suspended as the district administration imposed restrictions for five days to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Thursday. In wake of daily spike of Coronavirus cases, the Budgam district administration on Wednesday evening ordered the imposition of section 144 cr […]
COVID-19: India records highest spike in a day as more than 30,000 test positive
On Thursday, the country recorded the highest spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as more than 30,000 test positive for the virus, reported Press Trust of India. The overall tally has risen to 9,68,876, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data. […]
Congress ready for a ‘face saver’ for Pilot, he keeps them on the edge
Sachin Pilot, sacked as deputy chief minister and the state unit chief for leading a rebellion against the Ashok Gehlot government, hasn’t taken up the Congress on its offer to head back to Jaipur along with the other rebel lawmakers sequestered in a Gurugram on the outskirts of national capital Delhi. On Wednesday, the Congress […]