Helpline for stranded JK residents facilitates 800 students, 2500 people in 18 states across India
NEW DELHI, APRIL 11: With an aim to address the issues faced by the residents of Jammu and Kashmir living in different parts of the country, a 24X7 Helpline Center was established at J&K Resident Commission Office, New Delhi following the lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic. The staff engaged with the helpline center is working […]
COVID-19 arrangements assessed in Ganderbal
District Administration initiates Mass production of face-masks GANDERBAL, APRIL 11: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today convened a meeting of nominated administrators, Nodal Officers and In-Charge, District Control Room for COVID-19 to assess the arrangements in place for containment of the Covid-19. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Farooq Ahmad Baba, ACR, Tehsildars, ARTO, Executive Engineer, […]
Enforce 24×7 strict lock down: Advisor Baseer Khan to DCs
Two lakh N-95 masks, adequate ventilators to be dispatched soon; SKIMS to increase testing facility upto 1000 per-day SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor and overall Incharge of Coronavirus Control Efforts (CCE) in Kashmir division, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Deputy Commissioners to enforce 24×7 (round the clock) strict lock-down in their respective districts. […]
16 more persons discharged after completing two-week quarantine in Srinagar
1827 persons discharged so far after successfully completing their quarantine SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Sixteen (16) more persons who were shifted into administrative quarantine in Srinagar two weeks ago were discharged Saturday after successfully completing their 14-day quarantine period. ADC Srinagar M Hanief Balkhi and other concerned supervising officers oversaw their discharge. The group like all […]
Women in J-K wield hockey sticks to enforce lockdown
As offenders continue to violate lockdown, womenfolk in Jammu have picked hockey sticks to ‘teach a lesson’ to those who are unnecessary stepping out ‘just for entertainment’, amid shutdown. On the outskirts of Jammu, ex-Sarpanch of Chatha, Gurmeet Kour, has taken this initiative and within no time a large number of women came forward to […]
Teachers, students face hard time with slow internet services in J&K, demand 4G network
The students and teachers in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are finding it tough to keep up with the pace of their counterparts in other states owing to the low-speed internet as schools have started online classes to help students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The schools are using different kinds of digital modes to […]
COVID-19: 17 more test positive in J-K, tally rises to 224
Srinagar: Seventeen more people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir; among them five are from Jammu division, while twelve are from Kashmir. The tally of the Union Territory has risen to 224. The government’s spokesperson, Rohit Kansal, confirmed that seveteen more cases have been detected. “5 are from Jammu division […]
Pakistani army shells forward posts, villages along LoC in J-K’s Poonch
Jammu, April 11 The Pakistani army on Saturday resorted to intense mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Kirni sector comes barely 12 hours of intense firing and shelling in nearby Balakote and […]
Jammu And Kashmir Govt ‘Halts’ Darbar Move For The First Time In 148 Years
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered the formal opening of the annual Darbar Move offices in summer capital Srinagar on May 4 but said the employees shall work on “as is where is” basis. This is for the first time in 148 years that the Jammu and Kashmir government has ‘halted’ the traditional […]
Kulgam encounter: Search begins as militants believed to have fled
Pika LMG gun, IED material recovered from encounter spot’ Kulgam, Apr 11 (KNO): After brief exchange of fire, no contact has been established with the militants in Nandimarg area of Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district and it is believed that militants have managed to give a slip to forces, leaving behind a Pika LMG […]