Pulwama villagers violate lockdown, assemble in mosque
Pulwama, Apr 24: Scores of people pelted stones on police when they tried to disperse them after they had gathered in a mosque to offer Friday congregational prayers in South Kashmir’s Pulwam district. Sources said that over 100 people gathered at a mosque in Qasbayar Drabgam area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district to offer Friday […]
20 more test positive in Kashmir, JK’s Covid-19 tally jumps to 454
Srinagar, Apr 24: Twenty people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday, taking the number of the covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 454. A senior doctor at SKIMS said that they have received fresh twenty positive cases from COVID-19 testing laboratory SKIMS Soura today. Among the cases, he said that nine […]
Restrictions tightened in Kashmir after reports of lockdown violations
Srinagar, Apr 24 (PTI) Curbs to contain the spread of coronavirus were intensified in Kashmir on Friday after reports of lockdown violations at several places, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir has recorded 434 cases of the virus, even as five patients have died and 92 recovered. Officials said there have been reports of people violating […]
JK has emerged ‘as good as Kerala’ in fighting coronavirus: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi, Apr 24 (PTI) Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir has emerged “as good as Kerala” in fighting coronavirus and appreciated the medical fraternity for effectively dealing with the disease in the union territory. He reviewed the preparedness of J-K in combating COVID-19 through video conferencing with senior J-K union […]
Soldier killed in accidental fire
Srinagar, Apr 24: An Army soldier was killed in an accidental fire after his service rifle went off accidentally inside an army camp at Hirri area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, police said. The soldier identified as Havaldar Rakesh Kumar of 8 JAT Regiment posted with army’s 160 TA headquarters at Hirri sustained […]
50 militants killed in JK in 2020; 18 during lockdown
Jammu, Apr 24 (PTI) Fifty militants, including several top commanders of Jaish-e-Mohmmad (JeM) and Lashker-e-Tioba (LeT), were killed in counter terrorism operations by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir this year so far, officials said on Friday. Seventeen security forces personnel lost their lives while fighting the militants in the union territory, they said. The […]
Pak Army shells forward areas along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu, Apr 24 (PTI) The Pakistan Army on Friday shelled forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army, a defence spokesperson said. “At about 1130 hours, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars […]
Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since Depression
New York, Apr 24 (AP) Unemployment in the US is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of a job by the coronavirus, according to new data released Thursday. In response to the deepening economic crisis, the House passed a nearly USD […]
4-month old COVID-19 positive baby girl dies in Kerala
Kozhikode, Apr 24 (PTI) A four-month-old baby girl, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and suffering from congenital heart disease, died in a hospital here in Kerala early Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest, officials said. This is the third COVID-19 death and the first infant fatality in the state where two elderly people had […]