EASING OF RESTRICTIONS
Jammu and Kashmir being a Union Territory is directly under the control of MHA. There is the good news for the people of Jammu and Kashmir that MHA has decided to ease some restrictions amid lockdown. MHA from Friday night allowed opening of neighborhood and standalone shops, including those located in residential complexes within municipal […]
COVID lockdown: MHA allows all local shops to open, but malls excluded
New Delhi: In a reprieve to public at large, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday night allowed opening of neighbourhood and standalone shops, including those located in residential complexes within municipal areas, but at a 50 per cent strength and after taking necessary precautions. However, the order signed by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, made it clear […]
Two militants, an ‘associate’ killed in Awantipora gunfight
Two militants and a ‘militant associate’ were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Goripora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, police said. Quoting Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, news agency GNS reported that two militants and a militant associate were killed in the gunfight. The identity […]
COVID-19: Man from north Kashmir passes away, toll 6 in J-K
Srinagar: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to six in Jammu and Kashmir after one more patient died of the infection on Saturday morning. Coordinator for COVID-19 at JVC SKIMS, Bemina, Dr Nouman Nazir told that an elderly COVID-19 patient from Tangmarg area of Baramulla, north Kashmir, died at the hospital in Srinagar on Saturday […]
PCI calls out “bullying tactics” against journalists, demands withdrawal of charges
Srinagar: Press Club of India (PCI) has called out the charges against Kashmiri journalists by Jammu and Kashmir police and demanded from the Governor’s administration to “devise open and transparent norms to address perceived questions relating to journalists’ posts on social media,” and drop the charges against Kashmiri journalists. In a statement issued here, the PCI […]
COVID-19: 14 more test positive in Kashmir; J-K tally rises to 468
Srinagar: 14 more persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday in Anantnag district, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in Kashmir to 411 and Jammu 57. ACR Anantnag also in his latest tweet confirmed about 14 cases of Postive. The officer wrote in tweet, “Pushroo-1, Kutheir-3, Kharpora (Larnoo, Kokernag- Division)-10 .Figures aside, just remember […]
Gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Awantipora
Srinagar: A pre-dawn gunfight broke between goverment forces and militants in Goripora Area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Reports reachingsaid that a joint team of Police and army’s 50 RR launched cordon and search operation in Goripora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
Two militants killed in south Kashmir, railway cop rescued: Police
Srinagar :Two militants were killed minutes after they abducted a railway policeman at Yaripora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir on Friday, police said. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Range, Vijay Kumar (IPS) told that militants abducted a railway police personnel at Shirpora village following which an immediate cordon was launched by a joint team […]
J&K HC denies interim relief to journalist booked under UAPA, issues notice to govt
Denying interim relief to journalist and author Gowhar Geelani, booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the J&K High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Union Territory government and listed the case for May 20. Geelani, who was booked by the J-K Police under the anti-terror law for his social media posts, had filed […]
LOCKDOWN VIOLATIONS
Police and authorities in Srinagar city have been strictly enforcing lockdown to arrest the spread of coronavirus. Recently police said that they have filed over 1000 FIR’s in Kashmir against people for violating a lockdown orders of the government. On April 23, government in a statement said that they have sealed 10 shops and seized […]