Corporator living with his infected brother was involved in many sanitation drives
Srinagar, May 2: A Corporator whose brother concealed travel history and was declared positive for Covid-19 has put people including top officials of Srinagar Municipal Corporation in danger. There is panic in the Corporation after the news spread that the Corporator who was living with his infected brother was also part of the multiple sanitation […]
Pulwama encounter: Two militants killed, search ops continues
Pulwama May 02: Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Dangerpora area of main town Pulwama in South Kashmir on Saturday morning. A senior police official confirmed that two militants have been killed in the gunfight, adding that search operation is on in the area. […]
FDA allows emergency use of drug for coronavirus
Washington, May 2 (AP) US regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide. The Food and Drug Administration acted after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study […]
Uri shelling: Two injured soldiers succumb
Baramulla, May 02: Two army soldiers who were earlier injured critically in cross-border shelling in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district succumbed to injuries in a military hospital on Friday late evening. Official sources said that four soldiers were injured in the shelling and were evacuated to nearby army’s health facility where two of […]
Gunfight breaks out in Pulwama village
Srinagar, May 02: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Dangerpora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday morning. Reports said that a joint team of Police, army’s 55 RR and 182BN, 183BN of CRPF launched cordon search operation in Dangerpora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected […]
Evacuation: JK Govt issue online registration, Helpline numbers to facilitate stranded persons
JAMMU, MAY 01: Jammu and Kashmir Government today issued online registration and Helpline numbers to facilitate Migrant Workers, Students & other Persons stranded outside Jammu & Kashmir for their evacuation. A day after the centre gave the go-ahead to return of migrant workers, stranded persons & students in different parts of the country to their […]
GoI announces extension of lockdown by two weeks from May 4
Srinagar, May 01: The Union government today decided to extend the lockdown period by two more weeks in a bid to contain the pandemic Covid-19, official sources said. They said decision has been taken after taking a feedback from all the states and UTs across the country. This is the third phase of the lockdown […]
Arrangements for regulated movement of stranded persons reviewed
KATHUA, MAY 1: In order to make arrangements for regulated movement of stranded people, students, tourists, pilgrims and other persons stranded at different places due to lockdown, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K. K. Sharma and Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today visited Lakhanpur and took stock of preparations being made by the Kathua District […]
Lockdown: MHA allows movement of stranded migrants, students, pilgrims by spl trains
New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday allowed the use of trains for ferrying people stranded due to the nationwide lockdown to their respective states, an official said. Addressing a press conference, Joint Secretary in the MHA Punya Salila Srivastava said stranded people such as migrant workers, tourists, […]
