5 persons with travel history to coronavirus-hit countries kept in isolation in Srinagar hospital
The divisional commissioners of the Kashmir and Jammu regions have been made in-charge of the programme in their respective areas of jurisdiction. Health authorities in Kashmir have kept five persons with a recent history of travelling to coronavirus-affected countries in the isolation ward of the SKIMS hospital here after they showed symptoms of the disease, […]
SC hears Sara Pilot’s plea challenging brother Omar Abdullah’s detention; to be taken up on March 17
The PSA was invoked last month against Omar Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti, also a former chief minister, six months after they were taken into preventive detention in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The Supreme Court heard Sara Pilot’s plea Thursday challenging the detention of his brother and National Conference […]
Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar dead at 100
Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, who was known for his peace-making efforts including brokering a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war, died Wednesday in his native Peru, aged 100, his son said. Perez de Cuellar served as UN secretary general from 1981 to 1991, when he was often described as a “pacifist by vocation […]
India to set up lab in Iran to test citizens for coronavirus before evacuation
India is preparing to set up a make-shift laboratory in Iran to test 1,200 of its citizens stuck in the country before evacuating them, officials said on Wednesday. Those stranded in Iran are mostly students and pilgrims. Four scientists from the Indian Council of Medical Research have reached Tehran, the Iranian capital, with equipment and […]
Rugby Sevens test event cancelled due to coronavirus concerns
TOKYO: The Japanese Rugby Football Union announced on Wednesday that next month’s Asia Sevens Invitational, which doubles as a test event for rugby sevens at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The tournament, due to be held April 25-26, is the latest Tokyo 2020 test event to […]
Jamkash Vehicleades Kashmir launches new Vitara Brezza
The unveiling was done by the Chief Guest of the occasion ArunGandotra President, Credit J&K Bank in presence of Irfan Ahmad (Managing Director Jamkash Vehicleades (Kashmir)Pvt Ltd.), along with Syed Rayees Maqbool (Zonal Head Central 1), Farhat Abbas (Cluster Head 1), Zaffar Akeel (Branch Head Residency Road). According to the statement, all top management of […]
Growing threat
Administration in UT in Jammu and Kashmir is trying to sort out the growing threat of corona virus. Recently dozens of people were suspected to carry this virus in Jammu and Kashmir but so far none of them has been reported as positive. Many such cases are still under the watch list of medical authorities […]
Kashmir’s special police officer, civilian killed in Sopore attack
A special police officer and a shopkeeper were killed in a militant attack in Warpora village in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Wednesday evening. Locals said that unidentified gunmen fired at Special Police Officer Wajhat Ahmad at Warpora market on Wednesday evening. In the shoot-out, Ahmad and a shopkeeper Omar Subhan recieved bullet injuries and […]
DC Bandipora inspects ongoing works at District Hospital complex
BANDIPORA, MARCH 03: The Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza inspected ongoing works at new complex District Hospital Bandipora, here today. He was accompanied by Assistant Commissioner Revenue Reyaz Ahmad Beigh, Joint Director Planning, Imtiyaz Ahmad and other concerned. The DC took stock of various ongoing works of the complex including landscape and fencing works […]
Steps afoot to strengthen Sericulture sector: Manzoor Lone
PAMPORE, MARCH 04: With the purpose to inculcate know-how of latest practices in the field of Sericulture among the farmers, a day-long Resham Krishi Mela was today organized at Central Sericulture Research and Training Institute (CSR&TI), Pampore. Inaugurating the mela, Secretary Agriculture Production, Manzoor Ahmad Lone, who was chief guest on the occasion, said that […]
