Digital Taxis to be rolled out in JK
JAMMU, Nov 20: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Friday chaired a meeting to review the preparations to roll out plying of digital taxi services in Jammu and Kashmir. The Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Housing & Urban Development, and Transport, Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Commissioners of Srinagar and Jammu, […]
JK reports 661 new Covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Nov 20: Jammu and Kashmir reported 661 fresh cases of novel coronavirus in last 24 hours, taking the tally to 105376, officials said Friday. Giving district-wise details, they said Srinagar reported 169 cases, Baramulla 63, Budgam 53, Pulwama 22, Kupwara 27, Anantnag 16, Bandipora 21, Ganderbal 28, Kulgam 6, Shopian 3, Jammu 98, Rajouri […]
SCERT reschedules 8th standard Kashmiri, Punjabi paper to November-22
Srinagar, Nov 20: The Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Trainings (SCERT) on Friday postponed elective Punjabi and Kashmiri paper of 8th standard. A notification issued by the department said that the papers was scheduled in the second meeting on November-21 “The examination of Punjabi and Kashmiri is rescheduled to be held […]
‘Gupkar Gang’ deceiving people, Article 370 can never be restored: BJP leader
Srinagar, Nov 20: Former Union Minister and National spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said that the Article 370 can never be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that the ‘Gupkar Gang’ is deceiving people by making promises over its restoration. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Hussain, who was […]
COVID-19 patients likely to be most infectious during first week after symptom onset: Study
London, Nov 20 (PTI) Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says. The research, published in The Lancet Microbe journal, noted that people […]
China will have to play by rules; US to rejoin WHO: Biden
Washington, Nov 20 (PTI) US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wanted to punish China over […]
Burglars strike at two shrines in north Kashmir, decamp with cash
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, Nov 20: Burglars struck at two Shrines in two separate burglary incidents and decamped with cash in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday night. Local sources said that burglars struck at the shrine of Hazrat Syed Nizam u din Bukhari in Delina Baramulla during the intervening night of Thursday-Friday, they broke the […]
COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 90-lakh mark
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the 90-lakh mark on Friday with 45,882 new cases, while the recoveries surged to 84.28 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.6 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,04,365 and the death toll climbed to 1,32,162 […]
19 persons rescued at Pir Ki Gali, Mughal road closed for traffic
Poonch, Nov 20: The Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, has been closed even as authorities rescued 19 persons including a minor who had got trapped amid fresh snowfall along the thoroughfare last night, officials said on Friday. “19 persons have been rescued by teams of police and Army from Pir Ki Gali area […]
Trump sending damaging message to the world by not conceding election results: Biden
Washington, Nov 20 (PTI) US President Donald Trump is sending an incredibly damaging message to the international community by not conceding the election results, President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday. Major news networks have declared Biden as the winner of the November 3 presidential elections, weeks ahead of their formal certification by the respective State […]
