J-K high court employee found dead in Srinagar
Body of a 50-year old employee of Jammu and Kashmir High Court was found dead in Qamarwari area of Srinagar city on Tuesday. Reports said that some locals spotted the body lying at PDD Quarter near Police Colony in Qamarwari area and informed concerned police station about it. Immediately, a police team led by SHO […]
J&K Govt begins evacuation, brings back 1,200 stranded residents
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday finally began the process of bringing back its residents stranded in Pathankot and adjoining areas. As many as 1,211 people, who were stranded in Pathankot district of Punjab due to the imposition of lockdown, were brought to Lakhanpur in the Punjab Roadways buses on Monday. All of them […]
Bandipora infection hub
Covid positive cases continued on upward trend in Kashmir on Monday after 14 persons tested positive for the virus, a development that caused the Union Territory’s infection tally to climb to 368 with five deaths. 4 booked for hiding travel history Rajouri: Four persons were booked at the Budhal police station in Rajouri district for […]
Govt abuses UAPA by charging Kashmiri journalist: Tharoor
Srinagar: Shashi Tharoor, a senior Congress leader, has again targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), which gives power to the government to label an individual as a terrorist. On 18 April, a female photojournalist from Kashmir, Masrat Zahra, was booked under the UAPA after the police alleged that she had […]
Over 1,000 Kashmiri Migrants Stranded In Punjab Sent Home Amid Lockdown
Chandigarh: Over 1,000 Kashmiris, who had been stuck in Punjab’s Pathankot due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, were sent home on Monday, an official statement said. Nearly 1,200 migrants were stranded in Pathankot after the Jammu and Kashmir administration had refused them entry in the union territory, it said. The Kashmiri migrants had reached Pathankot […]
Ensure availability of essential commodities, medicines in red, buffer zones: NC to admin
Srinagar, 20 April (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday expressed concern over the acute shortage of essentials in the areas declared as red zones by the authorities across the valley urging the JK administration to ensure availability of essential commodities, medicines in the red and buffer zones. A statement issued to KNS, while […]
RSF calls for immediate, unconditional withdrawal of “flimsy charges” against Kashmiri journalist
Srinagar: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the “flimsy charges brought against Masrat Zahra,” a freelance photojournalist, who was booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and section 505 of Indian Penal Code. The RSF, an international NGO working to safeguard the right to freedom of information, noted that Zahra […]
18 new positive cases reported today, 15 more patients recover from COVID-19 in Kashmir
Srinagar, April 20 (KNS): The Government Monday informed that 18 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 368. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 368 positive cases, 292 […]
Kashmir Press Club condemns harrasment of journalists
Srinagar, April 20 (KNS): The Kashmir Press Club condemns the recent cases of harassment and summons to journalists by police in Kashmir. While journalism in Kashmir had never been easy, challenges and hardships have multiplied for journalists since August 05, 2019. Even in this time of Coronavirus pandemic journalists in Kashmir have been called to […]
SHINING EXAMPLE
In this atmosphere of depression Ladakh is becoming a shining example for all to learn and understand how to fight a pandemic like coronavirus. Ladakh region has now 4 positive cases of COVID-19 left as on today while 14 of the positive cases have tested negative due to the efforts of local corona warriors, […]