Covid-19: Elderly Budgam Man Tests Positive Day After Death, J&K Toll 62
Srinagar- A day after a 70-year-old man from Budgam district died at a hospital here, his swab sample returned positive for the Covid-19 on Monday, taking the death toll due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 62, officials said. “A septuagenarian patient from Chadoora area of the central Kashmir district with sepsis and bilateral […]
Pakistan origin Kashmiri brides stage protest, demand travel documents
SRINAGAR: A group of Pakistani origin Kashmiri brides who had returned under the J&K government’s rehabilitation programme for surrendered militants on Monday staged a protest in Srinagar seeking their rights and travel documents to visit Pakistan. A group of Pakistan origin Kashmiri brides held a protest at press colony Srinagar on Monday, June 15, 2020. […]
Pakistan Rejects Rajnath Singh’s Remarks About Situation in PoK
Pakistan on Sunday rejected Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks about the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and alleged that it was an attempt to divert attention from Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a virtual Jan Samvad rally for Jammu and Kashmir, Singh said on Sunday that when people of PoK will want to be freed of […]
J&K Police warn of ‘One Ring Phone Scam’ as missed calls rob residents of phone balance
Srinagar: The cyber cell of the Jammu & Kashmir Police has warned residents against answering late-night missed calls from unknown numbers following hundreds of complaints that point towards a racket aimed at robbing unwitting users of their phone balance. In what is being referred to as the “One Ring Phone Scam”, alleged racketeers make phone calls […]
88 persons test positive at SKIMS on Sunday
Srinagar, June14 (KNS): Eighty eight persons were tested positive today at SKIMS Bemina. Those who tests positive belong to 39 From Shopian, 16 From Kulgam, 14 From Anantnag, 08 From Kupwara, 03 From Srinagar, 02 From Baramulla,03 From Bandipora, 02 From Pulwama and 01 From Budgam According to reports a total number of 581 Coronavirus […]
PCI seeks response from J-K govt for summoning journalists
The Press Club of India (PCI) has sought response from the Jammu and Kashmir government after Kashmir Press Club (KPC) filed a complaint on the summoning of journalists by Jammu and Kashmir police. Taking cognizance of the KPC’s complaint, the PCI has written to Chief Secretary of the government of Jammu and Kashmir and to […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,37,864 stranded JK residents; 95,792 via Lakhanpur, 42,072 through special trains
JAMMU, JUNE 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,37,864 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
One killed, three injured in gas cylinder blast in Pulwama
A blacksmith was killed and three others were injured in a gas cylinder blast inside a workshop at Ghat Tokuna Reshipora in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon. Superintendent of Police, Awantipora, Tahir Saleem, told a local news agency, Global News Service, that the owner of the workshop died while three […]
Congress blames BJP for sarpanch’s killing
Panchayat members angry with the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir, seek measures to protect them. Srinagar: After the killing of Congress sarpanch in his Larkipora village of Anantnag, the UT administration is facing severe criticism for not protecting him. Lieutenant Governor (L-G) G.C. Murmu met his family and provided Rs 20 lakh compensation. He assured […]
COVID-19 Unlock 1.0: DC Inspects Several Locations at Sopore, B’la; Reviews Implementation of SOPs, Guidelines
Baramulla, June 13(KNS): With an aim to get the first appraisal of the implementation of SOPs and guidelines that have been issued in the wake of administration’s decision of unlocking COVID-19 lockdown, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Dr G N Itoo accompained by various concerned officers today inspects several locations at Sopore and main town Baramulla and […]