COVID-19: Two more patients die in Kashmir; toll 178
Kashmir Valley reported two more deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 178. The patients, a 65-year-old man from Tangmarg in Baramulla district and a 40-year-old man from Habba Kadal of Srinagar, succumbed to illness at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital. So far […]
SAND EXTRACTION
While the sand blocks were auctioned and given to many outside firms in Kashmir valley, post easing of lockdown there has been a shortage of sand etc. for the construction work. The local sand diggers have been appealing the government to provide them short term permits so that they can survive with their families for […]
Owais Ahmad appointed as DC Bandipora in admin reshuffle
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday ordered several transfers and postings in the civil administration, making Owais Ahmad, an Indian Administrative Services (IAS), deputy commissioner of Bandipora. A local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), reported that awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Deputy Commissioner, Bandipore, relieving Mr. […]
Sopore gunfight: Second militant killed, operation continues
Another militant has been killed taking the toll to two in an ongoing operation in Reban area of north Kashmir’s Sopore on Sunday. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Agency, that one more militant body has been recovered amid searches, taking the toll to two. However, the identity of both the […]
Lockdown to be re-imposed in Sgr areas from Monday: DC Sgr
All departments put on high alert, all Lockdown to be re-imposed in Sgr areas from Monday: DC Sgr cancelled, no entry, exit without movement pass from red zones, massive fine, legal action to be initiated against violators, CMO asked to direct all BMOs, ZMOs to depute medical staff by order for respective red zones Srinagar, […]
COVID-19: Kashmir records four more deaths, J-K toll reaches 175
A 55-year-old woman, who had tested positive for COVID-19, from Ganderbal district died at a hospital in Srinagar on Sunday, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 175. Earlier in the day, three more people died due to the coronavirus at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar. “The […]
Sopore gunfight: One militant killed, operation on
One militant was killed in an ongoing gunfight that raged between the government forces and militants in Gulshan Abad Reban village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unnamed official sources told that a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces after contingents of Army’s […]
No buffer zone on LAC, only suspended patrolling to avoid flareup on border
Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army and Indian Army have moved back at least 600 metres from the four friction points in east Ladakh where they were in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, people familiar with the developments told Hindustan Times after an on-ground verification by the army. The PLA soldiers, who had maintained an aggressive posture, […]
Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek test positive for coronavirus
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan, announced in separate tweets on Saturday that they have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai with “mild symptoms”. Both of them are undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital, with an official confirming that they had “facilitated their tests” and that the two are “stable”. […]
Gunfight starts in north Kashmir’s Sopore
Srinagar: A gunfight breaks out between militants and government forces in Reban area of north Kashmir’s Sopore on Sunday. According to the reports reaching GNS, a joint team of Police, Army’s 22 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Reban. As the joint team encircled the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them. The […]