COVID-19: Panic after barber tests positive in Handwara
Srinagar: Panic has gripped the residents of Gonipora area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after a barber tested positive for novel coronavirus. Sources told that the barber who tested positive on Friday was regularly attending the customers and would visit different places to make hair and beard of people. “He had come in contact […]
Lone rues closure of agriculture Sub-sale centers
Srinagar, 02 May: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Senior Leader , and Member of Parliament from Baramulla Muhammad Akbar Lone on Saturday expressed dismay over closure of Sub-sale centers of the Department of Agriculture at different locations in Kashmir division saying the measure will cause inconvenience to the farmers and affect the annual agriculture produce. […]
25000 stranded persons expected to reach Kashmir
DC Budgam finalizes tests, quarantine arrangements for those arriving Budgam BUDGAM, MAY 02: As many as 25000 persons stranded in many parts of the country are expected to reach Kashmir, in coming days. The District Administration, Budgam finalized arrangements with the Health department to ensure proper testing, quarantine and other facilities are put in place […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
27 new positive cases reported today, 254 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, MAY 02: The Government Saturday informed that 27 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 02 from Jammu division and 25 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to […]
Gunfight rages in Handwara
Srinagar, May 02 (KNS): Gunfight rages between government forces and militants in north Kashmir’s Handwara town on Saturday afternoon. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), joint team of 21 RR, 09 Para, 92 Bn CRPF and SOG of J&K Police launched a Cordon & Search Operation (CASO) on special inputs about the presence of militants […]
Two militants killed in Pulwama encounter: IGP Kashmir
Srinagar, May 3 (KNS): Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter in Dangerpora area of Pulwama. The encounter broke out between government forces and militants in Dangerpora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday morning, police said . Police official said that after receiving input about the presence of militants in the area, […]
COVID-19 sampling, testing of returnee people, Div Com reviews preparedness
Asks for increase per day testing capacities SRINAGAR, MAY 02: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today chaired a high level meeting to review preparedness and other arrangements of COVID-19 Sampling and Testing for stranded persons, who are returning to valley (Returnee-People) from different states of the country, in coming days. Threadbare discussion was […]
“We borrowed money”: Families struggle to bring Kashmiri prisoners home in lockdown
Srinagar: After nine months, when Mudasir Ahmed Wani was released from jail in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, the country was locked down to contain the spread of COVID-19. He couldn’t come home. An auto-rickshaw driver by profession, Wani was arrested in August 2019 as the government cracked down on Kashmir before and after repealing the region’s special […]
Grand Mufti urges police to work in a compassionate manner
Srinagar, May 01 (KNS):Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam Saturday urged J&K Police to behave with the people of Kashmir in a very compassionate manner at a time when pandemic Covid-19 is holding its tight grip on the J&K. According to a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Mufti Nasir said that he has been receiving lot […]
J&K administration announces Rs 350 crore grant to support people affected due to lockdown
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has announced a Rs 350-crore package to mitigate hardships of people, particularly labourers and the destitute, during the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. The administrative council, in its latest meeting under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu, has approved the relief package for various categories of people, Principal Secretary of Planning, […]
