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Unending Quarantine In Jaisalmer For Kashmiri Students Evacuated From Iran

Unending Quarantine In Jaisalmer For Kashmiri Students Evacuated From Iran

As India continues to fight the coronavirus, Kashmiri students, who were evacuated from Iran, have completed their third week in quarantine in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Although the government has warranted a 14-day quarantine period for anyone returning from abroad, Kashmiri students have been lodged at the quarantine facility for more than 21 days, with no sign […]

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JKP Cyber cell warns against misuse of social media

JKP Cyber cell warns against misuse of social media

Srinagar, April 16 (KNS): Cyber Police Station Kashmir on Thursday said that they have receives lot of reports regarding misuse of social media sites particularly Facebook, Twitter and Instagram besides other by the miscreants with fake and anonymous names. According to statement issued to KNS,the Cyber Police Kashmir is monitoring all the profiles and the content […]

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Shopian gunfight: One more militant killed, cordon laid in nearby village

Shopian gunfight: One more militant killed, cordon laid in nearby village

Srinagar: Two militant were killed in an encounter which broke out between militants and goverment forces in Dairoo, Keegam of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. As per the sources two militant have been killed, however there identification couldnt be ascertained yet. Earlier Official sources told that a a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and […]

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Take immediate steps to facilitate return of stranded J&K residents: Tarigami

Take immediate steps to facilitate return of stranded J&K residents: Tarigami

Srinagar, April 16 (KNS): While any attempt to combat COVID-19 is appreciable,CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami has said that there is no doubt that the lockdown has further increased the sufferings of the poor and marginalized sections of the society. The government must focus and address the emerging problems from the lockdown. A statement issued […]

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Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real

Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real

Meerut: Tek Narayan and Shyam Kishore Singh are migrant labourers who were employed at a construction site earning Rs 300 a day. Since the lockdown was announced, they have been stranded at the site, which is located on the outskirts of Meerut. Their homes are over 1,200 kilometres away in Latehar, one of the most backward districts of […]

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J&K: Over 1,000 FIRs filed for lockdown violation

J&K: Over 1,000 FIRs filed for lockdown violation

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday registered 1,012 FIRs, besides seizing 1,295 shops and vehicles for violating the lockdown orders across the Union Territory. A total of 2,303 number of persons were arrested for defying the government orders, said a police spokesperson. Of them, 1,691 were arrested in Kashmir zone, he said, adding that […]

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ED files money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief

ED files money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad based on Delhi Police’s FIR seeking answers related to the religious gatherings in mid-March at the group’s six-storey headquarters in Nizamuddin Basti, which has emerged as the largest hot spot of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country. The Delhi […]

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Is Ordering Food Online Safe? Doubts Grow After Pizza Delivery Boy Tests Positive

Is Ordering Food Online Safe? Doubts Grow After Pizza Delivery Boy Tests Positive

After a pizza delivery boy tested positive in South Delhi, Outlook visited several food joints and found that many of them were not following the guidelines to maintain proper hygiene. This reporter found food delivery partners crowding at several food joints instead of practising social distancing. In the picture above, about half a dozen delivery boys have gathered, without […]

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Higher Education Deptt orders promotion of 200 Associate, Assistant Professors

Higher Education Deptt orders promotion of 200 Associate, Assistant Professors

Jammu, April 16 (KNS): Department of Higher Education today ordered promotion of 200 Associate and Assistant Professors serving in various Government Degree Colleges across the Jammu and Kashmir. “Department promoted 54 Associate Professors as In-Charge Principals while as 30 Assistant Professors were promoted in the Academic Grade pay of Rs. 7000 and 109 Assistant Professors […]

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30 fresh Covid-19 suspects from Uri referred to GMC Bla

30 fresh Covid-19 suspects from Uri referred to GMC Bla

Baramulla, April 16 (KNS):Thirty more suspects of COVID-19 from Uri of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district were referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla on Thursday. Officials told Kashmir News Service (KNS), that thirty persons who were kept at JNV Shahkote Boniyar Baramulla for Quarantine were shifted to GMC Baramulla where their samples will be taken […]