Coronavirus: Govt offices to remain closed till April 14, says Admin
Srinagar The administration on Wednesday decided to close all the government departments except those providing essential services across the Jammu and Kashmir till April 14, a top official said today. Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote: “#COVID19 #JammuAndKashmir #FightagainstCorona All government offices except those providing essential services closed till April […]
Driver killed as tractor turns turtle in south Kashmir
A driver was killed when a tractor he was driving over turned at Rajpora village of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The driver sustained critical injuries after the tractor skidded off the road and turned turtle in Rajpora village of Awantipora, when he was tilling land, reported wire news service, KNO. Tractor skidded off […]
Coronavirus latest update, March 25: Death toll reaches 18,883 today
Coronavirus latest global updates March 25: The death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic reached 18,883 while the total number of positive cases spiked to 421,792 across the world on Wednesday. While Italy has reported the maximum number of deaths at 6,820, 3,160 people have died in China so far followed by Spain at 2,991, Iran at 1,934, France […]
Pakistan Covid-19 positive cases rise to 1000, but PM Imran won’t impose lockdown
Pakistan announced halting of domestic flight operations after number of cases infected with coronavirus disease Covid-19 rose to 1000 in the country. The government said that seven people have died of the disease. The domestic flight ban will begin on Thursday, civil aviation spokesman Abdul Sattar Khokhar said on Wednesday. Islamabad had previously cut train service and […]
Gunmen Attack Sikh Religious Gathering In Afghanistan, Killing 4
Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan’s minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul’s old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said. Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said police responded promptly to Wednesday’s attack and were at the site, where shooting is still underway. The place of […]
Amid restrictions, people complained of police hurdles
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar Police and security forces on Wednesday in the continued lockdown have arrested several people for violating the restrictions. However common people have complained that the vehicles coming with essential commodities like milk and vegetables were not being allowed to enter Srinagar city. “We were beaten up by police when we […]
Mehbooba’s PSA to be revoked soon
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti who has remained allay of BJP is likely to be released after eight months of detention. She was arrested on August 5, last year along with several former chief ministers, ministers and lawmakers. Her release was being opposed by the local administration and intelligence agencies, […]
Wuhan, Epicentre of Coronavirus Pandemic, Resumes Bus Services; China Reports 47 New Imported Cases
Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday resumed bus services within the city for the first time since the nine-week lockdown even as 47 new imported cases were reported from the country, threatening a second wave of infections. China on Tuesday decided to lift the three-month lockdown on more than 56 million […]
Stocks rally in Asia; US equity futures drop
Stocks in Asia rallied after the best session for U.S. stocks in almost a dozen years, with investors rediscovering some appetite for risk as Congress negotiates an emergency-spending bill. Even so, U.S. futures declined; American — and global — equities haven’t posted back-to-back daily gains since the first half of February. For now, indexes in […]
“At A Time Like This…”: Omar Abdullah Slams Centre On Mehbooba Mufti
New Delhi: Omar Abdullah, released yesterday from detention in Kashmir after nearly eight months, urged the government to do the same for another former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, and scores of other politicians after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day total lockdown across the country to fight coronavirus. “It’s callous and cruel to […]
