Govt issues guidelines for lockdown 5.0, almost everything to open
New Delhi, May 30 (PTI): The countrywide lockdown in containment zones has been extended till June 30, while hospitality services, hotels and shopping malls will be allowed to open from June 8, the Union home ministry said on Saturday. Termed ‘Unlock 1’, the Centre on Saturday issued fresh guidelines relaxing the nationwide lockdown, the fourth […]
VoIP exchange with JK link busted in Mumbai, one held
Mumbai, May 30 (PTI) The Mumbai Police has busted a racket involving an illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) exchange in suburban Govandi here and arrested one person in this connection, an official said on Saturday. Based on a specific tip-off received by the military intelligence, the Mumbai crime branch and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly […]
Gas agency, 09 shopkeepers booked for defying govt orders
Srinagar, May 30: Police Saturday sealed a gas agency and booked nine shopkeepers in various areas of Srinagar for defying lockdown orders. A police spokesman said that acting tough against the violators of prohibitory orders, police have booked 09 shopkeepers for defying restriction orders in Srinagar, besides seized Gas Agency at Hassanul Bannat Colony Umerhair […]
101,170 stranded JK residents arrive in their home state
JAMMU, MAY 30: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 101,170 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
10 pregnant women among 112 fresh cases, JK tally rises to 2333
Srinagar, May 30: Ten pregnant women were among fresh COVID-19 infections reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the overall case count to 2333. Sources said that 112 fresh cases were reported in J&K—67 among them from Kashmir division and 45 from Jammu division. They said among the fresh cases in Valley, 48 were […]
BSF jawan hangs self to death in Jammu
Jammu, May 30 (PTI) A Border Security Force jawan allegedly killed himself inside his camp in Jammu, police said on Saturday. Constable Rajeev Lohan, a resident of Sivasagar district of Assam, was found hanging in the bathroom of his residence at Paloura camp on Friday, a police official said. He said a preliminary investigation suggested […]
Prosecuting officer suspended for possessing contraband, was arrested earlier
Srinagar, May 30: Government has suspended a deputy prosecution officer (prosecuting officer), more than three weeks after his arrest by police after he was allegedly found to be in possession of contraband in Rajouri district. According to an order by JK Home Department said that the suspension shall be deemed to have been with effect […]
China says US action on Hong Kong ‘doomed to fail’
Beijing, May 30 (AP) The mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party said US moves to end some trading privileges for Hong Kong “grossly interfere” in China’s internal affairs and are “doomed to fail”. Saturday’s editorial in the newspaper People’s Daily was responding to an announcement from President Donald Trump, after China’s ceremonial Parliament bypassed Hong […]
Police station in Kathua declared ‘out of bounds’ after cop tests positive for COVID-19
Jammu, May 30 (PTI) A police station in Kathua district was declared ‘out of bounds’ on Saturday after a policeman posted there tested positive for coronavirus, officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Shailendra Mishra said the police station was closed for visitors and would remain out of bounds till the time all the personnel […]