COVID-19: North Kashmir man dies in Srinagar hospital, toll 5 in J-K
Srinagar: A patient of COVID-19 has died at Jehlum Valley Hospital, Sher-i-Kashmir Institutue of Medical Science, in Srinagar on Friday. Now, the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir has reached to five; among them, four have died in Kashmir, while one in Udhampur. Medical Superintendent, JVC SKIMS, Bemina, Dr. Shafia Deval, told that a COVID-19 patient, […]
Body of elderly man found inside cowshed in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Dead body of a 56-year-old man was found inside a cow shed in Bandi Chechian area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Reports reaching here said that the body of Mohammad Sultan Magray, 56, was spotted lying inside the cow shed near the shrine at Kopra area of Bandi Chechian. A police […]
Two militants killed in Shopian encounter: Police
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces at Dairoo village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. Confirming the same, Kashmir Police tweeted, “Two unidentified terrorists killed. Further details shall follow.” #ShopianEncounterUpdate: Two unidentified terrorists killed. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/Fj6NSvOh8z — Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) April 17, 2020 Late on Thursday night, […]
Coronavirus: 80 containment zones declared in Kashmir
Restrictions on the movement of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus completed one month on Friday, even as the number of red zone areas in the valley has risen to 80, officials said. They said the security forces have sealed off main roads in most places in the valley and erected barriers […]
Kashmiri militant got away 25 yrs ago, caught with ISKP chief in Afghanistan
Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar from downtown Srinagar’s Nawa Kadal had been a wanted man in Jammu and Kashmir for more than two decades. He had been arrested once for terror links, and released. This was sometime in the mid-nineties. Aijaz Ahangar aka Abu Usman Al Kashmiri disappeared soon after his release from central jail, travelling to […]
Rajouri shows the way
The District Administration, Rajouri, operating under Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Nazir Sheikh, has successfully curtailed the spread of Covid after three people tested positive in the district three weeks ago. No Covid positive case has been reported in the district during the past three weeks. Industrial unit, 14 shop owners booked in Samba The police have […]
Shopian gunfight: One more militant killed, cordon laid in nearby village
Srinagar: Two militant were killed in an encounter which broke out between militants and goverment forces in Dairoo, Keegam of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. As per the sources two militant have been killed, however there identification couldnt be ascertained yet. Earlier Official sources told that a a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and […]
J&K’s 77 ‘red zones’ under increased Covid-19 surveillance, real-time tracking on
: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has heightened surveillance in 77 areas of the union territory designated as Covid-19 red zones, through interviews of residents and digital surveillance technologies. Red zones are areas with high number of cases and thus require greater containment and monitoring of the people’s physical movement and health. According […]
Govt not concerned about poor, as no free ration yet even after three weeks of lockdown – JKPCC
Jammu, April 16 (KNS): Congress has questioned the failure of the govt to provide free ration to the residents, as announced last month while expressing serious concern over the indifferent attitude of the authorities of JK UT administration towards the stranded people in different districts and regions within J and K besides those in other […]
J&K Govt planning mass level COVID screening; requisitions 80000 rapid testing kits from GOI
Srinagar, April 16(KNS): J&K administration has requisitioned for 80000 rapid testing kits from central government to speed up COVID-19 screening in J&K at a mass level. According to a top official of J&K Government who requested not to be named, the consignment was scheduled to be delivered today, but has been delayed reasons known to […]
