Kashmiris stranded in different parts of India plead for help
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Pulwama: Kashmiri Traders, fruit growers, students and others stranded in different parts of India have pleaded for help and demanded that they be evacuated safely from these areas. A group of fruit growers stranded in Kolkata said that their air tickets were confirmed for tomorrow (Wednesday) morning but have been informed by […]
India asks Kashmiri students in Bangladesh to stay put
Dhaka: India on Tuesday asked its students studying in Bangladesh not to panic and stay at their hostels after their colleges were shut due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that has left over 16,500 people dead worldwide. The Indian government’s advice came amid reports that group of 70 Kashmiri students studying in Dhaka […]
After release Omar sees a ‘different world’
Srinagar: ‘It’s a very different world’, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday after being released from nearly eight months in detention, adding that the first task was to fight COVID-19 and any discussion on political developments could come later. Abdullah, sporting a long, unkempt grey beard, drove himself to his […]
Concealing travel history: HC directs government to take action against those concealing facts
Concealing travel history HC directs government to take action against those concealing facts JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Tuesday directed the authorities of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to enforce their notifications/instructions/orders regarding all disclosures including travel history; quarantining and isolation stringently and take strict measures to ensure that […]
Bandipora youth tests positive for coronavirus
Srinagar, Mar 24: One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of covid-19 patients to four in Kashmir valley. A senior doctor at SKIMS said that test sample of one person, admitted in GMC Baramulla, came out to be positive. “His sample had been sent to SKIMS for […]
Two CRPF men killed in fratricide incident in Srinagar
Srinagar, Mar 24: Two paramilitary CRPF men were killed in a fratricidal firing incident in Dalgate area of Srinagar City on Tuesday. The incident took place inside water wing of CRPF at Dalgate, a police officer said. He said that the two paramilitary troopers of 144 battalion CRPF fired upon each other at around 04:05 […]
PM Modi announces a 21 day lockdown across India
Srinagar: For the second time in a week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown across the country starting midnight in order to stave off the menace of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “In the view of the current situation, the nationwide complete lockdown will be in place for 21 days,” the Prime Minister […]
Pak’s coronavirus cases rise to over 900; Railways suspend passenger trains
Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI) Pakistan’s coronavirus cases rose to over 900 on Tuesday as the government suspended all passenger train operations through the country till March 31 and deployed army to assist the civil administration to enforce a nationwide lockdown to contain the virus outbreak. Punjab province on Tuesday reported its first coronavirus death, bringing […]
COVID-19: Centre asks states to release funds to set up new hospitals, isolation wards
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) As coronavirus cases surge, the Centre on Tuesday asked all state governments to release funds for setting up of additional medical facilities like hospitals, clinical laboratories and isolation wards to combat the pandemic. The move came as the number of coronavirus cases in the country crossed 500. The central government […]
