Implement complete lockdown restrictions in all Red Zones: Chief Secretary to DCs, SSPs
Stresses for capacity enhancement by increasing isolation/quarantine facilities Agriculture operations to continue in controlled manner JAMMU, APRIL 12: Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, today directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Heads for strict implementation of restrictions in all 77 Red Zones declared in Jammu and Kashmir. To control the further spread of coronavirus, he also stressed […]
Woman killed in cross border shelling in North Kashmir
Kupwara, Apr 12, KNT: A woman was killed in Cross Border shelling between the armies of India and Pakistan in Chowkibal area along Line of Control in Kashmir Valley. Official sources told KNT a 36 year old woman identified as Shameema Bano was killed after massive shelling in Tumina Chowkibal area. They said two residential […]
COVID19: 21 more tested positive, toll climbs to 245 in J&K
17 fresh cases were reported from Kashmir and four from Jammu. “21 new cases of Covid-19 reported in J&K today. 17 from Kashmir Division and 4 from Jammu Division. Total number of positive cases now 245,” Government spokesperson, Rohit Kansal said in a tweet.
Anxiety, fear loom large as virus count sees spike in Jammu district
It has been a little over a month since Jammu district reported the Union Territory’s first case of Covid-19. The woman tested positive for the coronavirus on March 8. She is from Kargil district in Ladakh, but had been putting up in the heart of Jammu city and had a foreign travel history. Since then, […]
COVID19: 65 prisoners released in J&K
ixty-five prisoners, including 22 who were arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), were released to decongest jails across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The information was given by the director general of prisons in a written report submitted to the division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court here. The bench, […]
Mother, daughter drown in river at Doda
Mother and her daughter drowned in a local rivulet in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. “A woman, identified as Sameena Begum (41), wife of late Mohammad Hussain resident of Bhatholi, Doda alongwith her daughter Zaira Banoo drowned today,” He added that the woman and her daughter slipped while crossing river […]
Valley entrepreneurs donate Covid testing booths to hospitals
Srinagar, April 11 (KNS): Director Industries Kashmir on Saturday handed over two Covid 19 testing booths to Director SKIMS Soura Dr A G Ahangar and one more booth to Head CD Hospital, Srinagar Dr Naveed Nazir to prevent the spread of infection and to ensure minimal exposure to doctors at the hospitals. According to KNS,Proprietor Himalayan […]
DARBAR MOVE HALT
After about 150 years, there would be no Darbar Move from Jammu to Srinagar for the first time due to COVID-19 virus threat. Whatever the real motive behind this order of administration, it is a decision having far reaching consequences. Started in 1872 by then Maharaja Ranbir Singh, a Dogra king, who made Jammu and […]
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, […]