Lockdown effect: Machil resident walk 40 KM to buy medicine
Srinagar, April 07 (KNS):The countrywide 21-days lockdown in wake of Covid-19 forced residents of Machil tehsil of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district to walk 40 kilometers to get life saving drugs. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Machil some 60 km away from district headquarter is lacking stock of eatables and medicines from couple of weeks […]
COVID-19: Srinagar’s Eidgah area declared red zone, seized by police
Srinagar: Amid growing number of postive cases for coronavirus , police on Tuesday sealed Eidgah area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district to prevent the disease from spreading. Reports reaching here said that after the authorities declared Eidgah area as Red zone, the police immediately sealed the area to avoid any further spread of the pathogen. Its […]
‘Kashmiris illegally detained since August 5 deserve freedom’: Iltija Mufti
Srinagar, April 07 (KNS):PDP cheif Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday urged authorities to release all prisoners detained since August last year and said the continuous incarceration undermines our democratic credentials. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Iltija who runs her mother’s twitter handler tweeted, “All Kashmiris illegally detained since 5th August deserve freedom.Their […]
Omar terms Mehbooba’s continous detention ‘cop out’
Srinagar,April 07 (KNS): Former cheif minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed the continous detention of PDP cheif Mehbooba Mufti as “cop out”. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), former CM tweeted, “@MehboobaMufti must be set free. Shifting her home while continuing to keep her detained is a cop out”. Earlier an order issued by Home […]
Govt orders mass promotion of Class 1 to 9 and class 11 students of Jammu division
Srinagar, Apr 07 : Government on Tuesday decided to mass promote students from classes 1st to 9th and for class 11th in Jammu division . The order was issued today by deputy secretary to the government, school education department, Jammu and Kashmir. The government has also directed that the students who were to appear in […]
Cancel Rs 20,000-Crore Redesign Of Heart Of Delhi, Sonia Gandhi Tells PM
New Delhi: Ban government ads, stop the “self-indulgent” Rs 20,000 Crore “beautification drive” in Delhi and suspend official foreign tours, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said today, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for suggestions in the fight against coronavirus. The letter came a day after the cabinet decided on a 30 per cent salary […]
Kyrgios offers to drop off food to hungry people during lockdown
Controversial tennis star Nick Kyrgios has offered to deliver food to people finding themselves hungry during the coronavirus lockdown, his latest charitable effort after spearheading sporting donations to help Australia’s bushfire crisis. The Canberra-based Kyrgios, infamously outspoken and known for his fiery on-court antics, said he would personally drop food on doorsteps after COVID-19 restrictions […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s Fairview Residence, Earlier Called Papa-2, Is Her Sub-Jail Now
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday shifted former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to her residence, Fairview, at the posh Gupkar Road in Srinagar, turning part of the residence into subsidiary jail. The authorities said her detention under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) will continue. The order issued by the home secretary Shaleen Kabra […]
World leaders who tested positive for COVID-19
1 / 12 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus on March 27 and was quarantined at his home. However, Johnson’s condition worsened and had to be hospitalised and moved into intensive care on April 6. The government said that the decision was a precaution and that he had been in good spirits earlier […]
‘Will Supply To Nations Badly Hit By Coronavirus’: India To Export Hydroxychloroquine After Lifting Partial Ban
India has decided to export anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to several countries including those in the neighbourhood on a case-by-case basis in sync with its commitment to the international community to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Tuesday. Hydroxychloroquine is an old and inexpensive drug used to treat malaria. Last month, India banned export of […]
