Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
33 new positive cases reported today, 216 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, APRIL 30: The Government Thursday informed that 33 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 614. According to the daily […]
Kashmiri girls stranded in Delhi evacuated
Srinagar: Kashmiri girls who were stranded in Delhi have been evacuated and sent to Kashmir with the help of civil society members. The girls had made a video that they were distressed and have no money and complained that their landlord had demanded rent from them and cannot bear more. The girls in the video […]
20 Covid-19 patients discharged from JLNM hospital
Srinagar: Twenty Covid-19 positive patients on Thursday were discharged from Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) hospital after their two repeated samples within 48 hours tested negative, hospital sources said. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Nodal Officer Dr Bilquies said JLNM hospital discharged twenty Covid-19 positive patients after all recovered while following due medical protocol. […]
COVID-19: 33 more test positive; J-K tally surpasses 600 mark
Srinagar: Thirty-three people tested positive for COVID-9 in Kashmir, pushing the overall tally of COVID-19 patients past 600-mark. Official sources told that among them, 13 were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab of SKIMS, Srinagar, and include 11 from Baramulla and one each from Budgam and Shopian districts. Twenty among them were confirmed at the COVID-19 testing […]
No drinking water for Tangmarg, Aharbal residents
By Javaid Ahmad Malik Kulgam: Hundreds of families living in Tangmarg, Aharbal area are without proper drinking water even as they have been appealing and protesting to authorities for the restoration of the water supply scheme in area. The water supply scheme including its filtration plant is defunct from the month of December, forcing people […]
Access to internet is not a fundamental right but an enabler of rights, J&K govt tells SC
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the right to access the internet is not a fundamental right, but an enabler of rights. In saying this, it indicated that high speed mobile internet is unlikely to be restored in the union territory anytime soon. The J&K government’s submission comes after the Supreme Court, […]
No Community Transmission Of Coronavirus In Kashmir: Official
Srinagar: There is no community transmission of the novel coronavirus in Kashmir, Divisional Commissioner K Pandurang Pole said on Wednesday, asserting the administration was ready to meet any exigency that may arise due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We know the source of every case that has been detected here. There is not a single case […]
PMO asks ministries to submit reform plans for next 6 months as Covid hits routine work
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has sought short-term action plans from ministries in the backdrop of several important routine government work taking a backseat amid the Covid-19 outbreak in India. According to sources, the PMO has asked the ministries to submit 10 reforms or initiatives that they would be able to implement in six […]
Knowledge about North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is limited, but crucial
New rumors about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he’s very ill. Or maybe he’s just recuperating in his luxury compound, or isolating himself from the coronavirus. As speculation about his health builds, an underlying question looms for professional spies, policymakers, academics and curious news consumers alike. What […]
Rishi Kapoor, Bollywood’s original chocolate boy, dies at 67, Amitabh Bachchan says ‘he’s destroyed’
Actor Rishi Kapoor has died at 67 after a two-year battle with leukaemia. Rishi breathed his last at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. His wife and actor Neetu Kapoor was by his side. “Yes, he is no more,” Rishi’s elder brother Randhir Kapoor told Hindustan Times. A statement from the family read: Our dear […]
