DAK Advocates home isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 positive cases;
Srinagar, June 07 (KNS): Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Sunday in an e-meeting expressed serious concern after 20 doctors turned Covid positive in past couple of days. DAK Presdent, Dr Suhail Naik expressed worry over this burning issue and said that even though health care workers are adhering to various guidelines issued by ICMR for their […]
Bear attack left one injure in Boniyar Uri
Uri, June 07 (KNS): A youth was njured after a bear attacked him on Sunday morning at Nowshera area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS) a youth Mohammad Yaseen Chowdary son of Mohammad Yaqoob Chowdary was attacked and injured him at nearby forest area. However he was rushed to PHC […]
Kashmiri woman in NIA custody tests positive for COVID-19
Srinagar: A Kashmiri woman who is in the National Investigating Agency (NIA) custody has tested positive for COVID-19 in New Delhi on Saturday. Hina Bashir Beig, 39, was arrested along with her husband Jahanzaib Sami Wani by Delhi police for “having links with Islamic State” on 8 March 2020. Mr. Sami, who is an IT […]
India China Ladakh standoff talks to continue at Brigadier-Colonel level
India and China, after a “cordial and positive” meeting between military commanders at Chushul-Moldo region on Saturday, have taken incremental steps towards resolution of the troop standoff at four points in eastern Ladakh. The Leh-based 14 Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh met South Xinjiang Military District Commander Major General Liu Lin and had detailed […]
Amid spike in Covid-19 cases, J&K prepares for Amarnath Yatra via shorter route
With Jammu and Kashmir witnessing a spike in Covid-19 cases, authorities are considering holding Amarnath Yatra only through the shorter Baltal route this year. The 41-day yatra was to begin on June 23, but owing to Covid-19, authorities are yet to make an announcement. In April, the UT administration and Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board said the yatra would […]
Line of Actual Control: Marathon meeting between Indian and Chinese commanders
Indian and Chinese army commanders sat across the table for more than three hours Saturday to find ways to resolve the tense situation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. Lt General Harinder Singh, XIV Corps Commander, led the Indian delegation to the Chinese border meeting point at Moldo near Chushul. The Chinese army team […]
‘J&K bureaucracy divided into two camps’
There is alleged ‘tussle’ between LG’s office and Chief Secretary, and this is affecting governance. Srinagar: Internal rumblings in the Jammu and Kashmir administration have roots in the alleged tussle between Lieutenant-Governor Girish Chandra Murmu’s office and J&K Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subramanyam. Highly placed sources told this newspaper that this tussle has impacted different wings of […]
With new WHO guidelines on face masks, what are rules for wearing them around the world?
WHO Friday changed its guidelines on using face masks, advising that face masks should be worn in public to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has over 6.7 million cases worldwide with a death toll that is nearing 400,000. In a statement, WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the body has updated its guidance keeping […]
Psy Ops: In Ladakh standoff with India, China’s PLA replays Doklam tactics
Psychological operations against the adversary is the key ingredient in the Chinese War Zone Concept (WZC) doctrine. Although Psy Ops, as it is called, is an age-old concept since the times of Chanakya and Sun Tzu, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has refined it by influencing the influencers among the adversaries, on and off social […]
Div Com reviews functioning of Geology & Mining deptt
SRINAGAR, JUNE 06: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P.K Pole today presided over an officers meeting convened to review the functioning of Geology and Mining department besides availability of construction material in Kashmir province in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. The meeting was attended by Chief Engineers of PHE, R&B and PMGSY departments, Managing Director […]
