High Court grants govt 2 weeks to consider NC leader’s release
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today granted the administration two more weeks to file a response to the petition, challenging detention orders under Public Safety Act of Ali Muhammad Sagar, General Secretary of National Conference. A single bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma granted two weeks time on seeking of the same by Senior Additional […]
Dozens of laborers from Kulgam, Shopain want government intervention to comeback
By: Javaid Malik Kulgam Few hundred laborers who migrate during the winter months to Himachal Pradesh, recently protested in Kangra district and other areas of HP as they are without food and money. Now these laborers from Shopain and Kulgam have uploaded videos and appeals to UT administration of J&K to arrange for their transportation […]
Srinagar-Leh highway remains shut for second straight day, essential commodity vechicles allowed on Srinagar-Jammu highway
Srinagar/April,16: The Srinagar-Leh highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir valley, remained shut on Thursday for the second straight day due to slippery road conditions after fresh snowfall on Wednesday this week. Only essential commodity vehicles were allowed on the highway last week after remaining shut for five months due to accumulation of several feet of snow.Meanwhile, […]
Amid lockdown, Korel village without electricity
By: Javaid Malik Kulgam Villagers of Korel of D.H Pora Kulgam have appealed executive engineer and other official of PDD to set right their damaged transformer as they are without electric supply from the past 10 days. Villagers told this reporter that they approached the ground staff of the PDD in the village and they […]
Kashmir halts sample collection after 5,000 test kits ‘mysteriously’ diverted to Jammu
The Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Kashmir, has stopped taking samples from potentially infected persons in the Valley after a senior health official bypassed directions and diverted a Srinagar-bound consignment of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) allotted five boxes, carrying 5,000 test kits, to Jammu. Official sources said the alarm was raised by top […]
Medical store owners face hardships in getting curfew passes in Samba district
A number of medical shop owners in different areas in Samba district are facing hardships to bring medicines stock for the visiting customers due to the ongoing lockdown amid Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Even though the Samba district administration has issued curfew passes to the chemist shop owners to purchase medical stock from Jammu but the […]
Staying away from families, Kashmir health care professionals soldier on in fight against Covid
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Jammu and Kashmir, the frontline workers — doctors, nurses, health care workers — are carrying out their duties amid the danger of exposing their families to the illness. So far, six doctors and a nurse have tested positive for the virus. Dr Mir Waseem is […]
Ladakh All Set To Become Coronavirus-Free Zone, Only 3 Cases Left
With just three Coronavirus positive cases left, the administration of Ladakh says the Union Territory has the potential to become one of the first Covod-19-free zones in the country. A health ministry document states that Ladakhs’s fight against Covid-19 serves as a model for other regions. It attributes the success to the hardwork of doctors […]
2G Services In Kashmir Extended Till 27 April
Srinagar :Authorities on Wednesday extended till April 27 ban on high speed internet, saying it has reduced incidents of misuse of social media and there is no hindrance to COVID-19 control measures due to 2G services. “Pursuant to the directions related to regulation of telecom services, issued on 3rd April 2020, the overall Security Scenario […]
PIL in SC on 4G: Fresh application includes accounts of doctors, students, teachers…
New Delhi: In an ongoing PIL in Supreme Court seeking restoration of high-speed internet in J&K, a fresh application has been filed to bring on record the hardships faced by different people in the society. The application included individual narratives of hardships faced by doctors, teachers, students and, a comparative technical analysis of functioning of websites […]
