Schools In Jammu And Kashmir To Remain Closed Till June 15
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday announced that all educational institutions in the Union Territory will remain closed till June 15. Jammu and Kashmir had earlier shut all institutions from March 9 onwards. The closure of educational institutions was then extended twice, on April 17 and May 8, as the nationwide lockdown […]
JK reports 139 new positive cases, 1007 recovered so far
Srinagar, June 03 (KNS): The Government on Wednesday informed that 139 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 30 from Jammu division and 109 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 2857. Moreover, 54 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from […]
US to ship 100 ventilators to India next week, Trump tells PM Modi
New Delhi: The United States of America, which has announced to donate 200 ventilators to India, would be ready to ship the first tranche of 100 machines next week. President Donald Trump said this during his phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday. The decision to donate 200 ventilators was taken by the US administration last month when President […]
12 members of Quarantine Staff in Tral tests Positive
Pulwama 03 June. After the influx of returnees led to surge in number of positive cases in pulwama , the quarantine Staff in Hamdard Grammar School surfaced positive after Adminstration adopted the aggressive random sampling of all the quarantine staff . All the officials associated with quarantine duties were sampled which include team of Nodal […]
No decision taken yet to re-open schools in J&K from June 15: Advisor Sharma
Jammu, June 03: The Government today said that it has not taken any decision to re-open the schools on June 15 in Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma, who is also in charge of School Education Department. He, however, said that instructions have been issued to schools to […]
Two notorious drug peddlers arrested in Srinagar: Police
Srinagar, June 03 (KNS) Srinagar Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested two notorious drug peddlers along with drugs. A police statement issued to KNS reads, in its continuous offensive against menace of drug abuse under the command of SSP Srinagar, Srinagar police continues its war against drugs. Police Station Kralkhud Srinagar during naka checking […]
Shah Faesal, two PDP leaders released after over ten months
Srinagar: Authorities have released former IAS officer and head of J&K People’s Movement (JKPM) party Shah Faesal besides two other PDP leaders, Sartaj Madni and Peer Mansoor, booked under Public Safety Act in August last year. Taking to twitter, former Chief Minister and NC leader Omar Abdullah hailed the released even as he demanded setting […]
In Crime Branch charge-sheet in Delhi riots case, a reference to Tablighi Jamaat
Faisal Farooque, a key conspirator in the Delhi riots case, was in close contact with Abdul Aleem, described as a close associate of Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Mohd Saad when the February riots were taking place, the Delhi Police has said in its chargesheet filed in a Delhi court. According to people familiar with the […]
Reopening of schools amid vortex of Pandemic may prove disastrous for Children: Qayoom Wani
Srinagar, June 03 (KNS): Former EJAC President and Civil society member Qayoom wani cautioned the Government to reconsider it’s intention of reopening of schools in mid June as this would be an ill-advised and harmful step anyway. Wani said that in Kashmir the COVID-19 scenario as the experts say and the observations tell us are […]
J&K nod to media policy ‘to reach out to people’
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday approved a Media Policy-2020, saying it “aims to put in place a Standard Operating Procedure for reaching out to the people in situations of crisis like health issues and natural disasters”. A statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said the policy will help […]
