Kashmiri Woman Provides Free Sanitary Napkins To Needy Amid Lockdown
Srinagar: While some people are distributing necessary food items to the needy amid Covid-19 lockdown, Irfana Zargar is busy distributing free of cost sanitary kits to women and young girls in Srinagar and nearby villages in Kashmir valley. Due to the coronavirus lockdown, women in Kashmir were facing problems in getting their hands on sanitary […]
Silver lining as Covid-19 recoveries see big spike
The number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in India crossed the 1.1 million mark over the weekend when over 100,000 people were declared free of the virus, the highest numbers recorded yet over two days in what is being seen as a sign of the country’s disease mitigation strategy being effective in avoiding […]
IPL 2020 to be held from September 19 to November 10
IPL 2020 will be played from September 19 to November 10, the IPL GC decided after a virtual meeting on Sunday. Taking note of the prevailing Covid-19 situation in India, the IPL GC decided to stage the tournament in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the matches will be played in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi […]
J&K Lists 36 Achievements As Union Territory In 1-Year Report Card
New Delhi: In its report card to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Jammu and Kashmir administration has listed three dozen achievements since the state was reorganised into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh – on August 5 last year. The NDTV has accessed this report card. According to the […]
Rejected, infructuous, pending — status of pleas in SC, HC against detention of J&K leaders
New Delhi: A year ago, before the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution on 5 August withdrawing the special status granted to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, several political leaders including former J&K chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were detained. While some were issued formal detention orders […]
JK reports 444 new positive cases, 13127 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 02: The Government on Sunday informed that 444 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 206 from Jammu division and 238 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 21416. Also 08 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 4, 04, 200 registrations; 2,05, 400 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 02: Till today morning, 4,04,200 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,05,400 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 46,100 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. It has […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah tests positive for COVID-19, admitted to hospital
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (August 2) tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus infection and has been admitted to a hospital. Shah took to social media today to inform about his infection. Zee news
‘High time Mehbooba Mufti is released’: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre
Accusing the Central government of undermining democracy by ‘illegally” detaining political leaders, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Sunday pitched for release of Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti from home detention. Mufti, who has been held under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) since the early hours of August 5 last year, is among 20-odd political […]
Covid-19 vaccine tracker, August 2: Clinical trials of Russian vaccine over
A potential novel Coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute had completed clinical trials, and ‘paperwork’ for its ‘registration’ with the country’s regulatory body was underway, Russian media reported on Saturday. Russia’s health minister was quoted in the news reports as saying that a mass vaccination programme, presumably using this vaccine, would be launched in Russia in […]