After month-long quarantine in Rajasthan, first batch of Kashmiri students return home
Srinagar: The first batch of fifty-two students, who were airlifted from Iran and were put under quarantine in an army facility at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, are expected to arrive in Srinagar today, officials said. The students are being brought to Srinagar in batches. “A first batch of fifty-two students will reach Srinagar today later in the day,” […]
Altaf Bukhari talks to LG Murmu, seeks shifting of J&K residents
Srinagar April 15 KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday took up the issue of J&K residents who are stranded in various states of the country with the Lieutenant Governor G.S Murmu. Talking to the Lieutenant Governor G.S Murmu on phone from Delhi, Bukhari sought his intervention in […]
Maudowbal residents appeals DC Kulgam
By: Javaid Ahmad Malik Kulgam Residents of Gujjar Basti in Maudowbal in Asnoor Pora of D.H Pora of Kulgam have appealed Deputy Commissioner Kulgam to send SDM and other officials to their villages as the land is sinking past endangering the lives of villagers. Villagers told this reporter that the house and cowshed of […]
45 PSA detainees & 159 other prisoners released from J&K jails due to Covid-19
Jammu: As many as 204 prisoners, including 45 who were arrested under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), were released this month to decongest jails across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a senior government official said on Tuesday. In addition, the Home department has also revoked the PSA of 41 prisoners who […]
Bring J&K residents stranded in different parts of India back: Omar to Centre
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)’s former chief minister and National Conference (NC) leader, Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday urged the central government to bring back hundreds of local residents stranded in other parts of the country because of the ongoing nationwide lockdown and even suggested the use of the Union Territory’s nine-seater Beechcraft aircraft for the evacuation. […]
COVID-19: Jammu and Kashmir issues SOP for red zones
A day after releasing a medical strategy for mitigating the spread of coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration Tuesday issued the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for areas classified as ‘red zones’ in the Union Territory. As per the SOP, a 100 per cent lockdown will be enforced in these red zones with “no outward/inward” movement allowed. […]
Authorities dug roads in Red Zone areas, people angry
Srinagar, April 14 (KNS): People are miffed with the Srinagar authorities for damaging the roads in the name of erecting barricades for sealing the Red Zone areas. A picture of Natipora area of Srinagar went viral on social networking sites. It shows road has been dug to erect barricades fitted with cross rods to prevent […]
Coronavirus: Kashmiris fear for safety of kin in ‘cramped’ jails
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Bilquees Shah, 50, a doctor in Indian-administered Kashmir, starts her day early these days and works till late night as hospitals in the region battle the coronavirus pandemic. But she remains troubled and restless about her husband, Shabir Ahmad Shah, 65, a senior separatist leader, who is lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar […]
COVID-19: Aggressive sampling picks up in all Kashmir districts
SRINAGAR, APRIL 14 (KNS): Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo today said that an aggressive sampling process has been launched in all the districts across Kashmir division stating that Directorate was aiming to take 800 samples per day. “The process will provide a big relief to the COVID-19 patients and we will also be […]
VC Cluster University Srinagar convenes meet; devises Action Plan amid Covid-19 outbreak
Srinagar, April 14 (KNS):A meeting of the officers of Cluster University Srinagar and Principals of constituent colleges was convened, here the other day, under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor, to devise an Action Plan in the backdrop of COVID-19 scare and advisories issued by various Government Agencies. After threadbare deliberations, it was unanimously resolved that […]
