Searches, rains on Saturday amid covid curfew in Srinagar
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Amid covid curfew in Srinagar, very few people were seen on the streets. Public transport and shops were closed while as few auto rickshaws and private vehicles were seen on the streets of Srinagar especially around the Lal Chowk. On Saturday, police and CRPF were seen frisking the people and […]
Amit Shah says elections in J&K would be held soon
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Repeating the promise of holding early elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Home Minister on Saturday did not give any date but said that very soon both delimitation exercises would be completed and the elections would be held. Many news agencies have quoted Amit Shah on Saturday saying that […]
Militant killed in ongoing Shopian gunfight: Police
Shopian: A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight with government forces in Kilbal area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Saturday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that one unidentified militant have been killed, whose identification is being ascertained while as search operation is on in […]
Encounter breaks out in South Kashmir Shopian village
Encounter broke out between militants and joint forces at Kilbal village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, officials said. An official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a joint team of Police, 34RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He […]
Lt Governor reviews public health response to COVID-19; discusses steps taken to tackle surge
Calls for increasing testing in the areas where more cases are being reported Authorities on the ground should focus more on local containment to safeguard public health and momentum of economic activities: LG Vaccination will continue to be the most effective tool to fight pandemic. Our focus is to saturate precautionary doses to frontline workers […]
DC Kulgam inspects Covid Care/ Quarantine centers; takes stock of arrangements
KULGAM, JANUARY 21: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today visited various Covid Care/ Quarantine centers established in the district and took stock of arrangements put in place in these centers. On the occasion, the DC visited Quarantine Centres established at Government Degree College Kulgam, Polytechnic and GNM College and took stock […]
J&K Reports 5720 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 5 Deaths
Covid-19 cases continue to mount as Jammu and Kashmir reported 5720 new infections while five more persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that 1890 the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 3830 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 384381. Regarding the […]
Searches, security beefed in Lal Chowk on Friday
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar In Srinagar, police and security forces on Friday almost cordoned the area from Regal Chowk to Jahangir Chowk and held a massive parade. During this operation they searched all the pedestrians and passing by people including the two wheelers. All the people who were traveling in their private vehicles were […]
Friday prayers disallowed at Jamia Masjid Srinagar
Anjuman Auqaf demands release of Mirwaiz from house detention Authorities yet again disallowed Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid. Anjuman Auqaf said that keeping the historic Jama Masjid continuously closed seems deliberate being done intentionally as part of an agenda. Anjuman Auqaf also demanded the release of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from house detention. In a […]
Trooper dies of brain hemorrhage in Srinagar hospital
A trooper died of brain hemorrhage in Srinagar hospital today. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a CRPF Head Constable suffered a brain hemorrhage. He was taken to SMHS Hospital Srinagar where he expired. Sources identified the trooper as Vijay Narayan, a resident of Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. The deceased was affiliated with D/177 […]
