COVID-19: Positive cases continue to surge, toll touches 62
Srinagar: Seven more fresh Covid-19 cases were detected in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, prompting the administration to further tighten the restrictions on the movement of people. Seven more patients have tested positive for the coronavirus taking the total number of positive cases in J&K to 62. “Covid-19 cases have risen to 62 with 58 […]
NPPA sanctions establishment of price monitoring unit in J&K
JAMMU, APR 01: In order to monitor the availability of essential medicines in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir at affordable prices, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has accorded sanction to the establishment of Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU) in J&K. The Authority has identified Jammu & Kashmir as a Pilot location […]
8 villages in Udhampur declared red zones
Jammu, April 1 (PTI) Eight villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur have been declared as red zones after it was found that 10 people from the district had attended the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, officials said on Wednesday. They have been traced and sent to quarantine, officials said, adding that two of […]
LG to be Chancellor of IUST, BGSBU and two other varsities
Srinagar, Apr 1: The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory has replaced Chief Minister as chancellor of the Islamic University of Science & Technology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University and Cluster Universities of Jammu and Srinagar. According to Jammu & Kashmir Re-organisation (adaptation of state laws) order, 2020, the LG will be vice-chancellor […]
JK parties slam Centre’s new domicile rules
Srinagar, Apr 1 (PTI) Political parties in the valley on Wednesday criticised the Centre’s new domicile rules for Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was adding insult to injury of the people as there were none of the promised protections. While the National Conference termed the new rules as hollow, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said […]
Fake hand sanitizer unit busted in Sopore
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, Apr 1: Amid coronavirus scare, authorities in Kashmir are battling with fake hand sanitizers promising to help protect against the virus. The officials of drug department have sealed an industrial unit ‘U safe zone’, industries at industrial estate Sopore on Tuesday evening, for allegedly manufacturing hand sanitizer without holding a license for […]
221 persons quarantined in Srinagar hotels test negative, sent back to homes
Srinagar, Apr 1: At least 221 persons who were quarantined here in different hotels and other government buildings have tested negative. All these persons have been sent back to their homes with a direction that they should quarantine themselves in homes for next 14 days. These people were quarantined after they arrived in Srinagar from […]
Encounter breaks out along LoC in Kupwara
Srinagar, Apr 1: A gunfight broke out between militants and army in woods along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports said that the soldiers manning the fence near “Teen Behak” in the Jumgund area of the LoC at around 1:00 p.m. intercepted the movement of a group of […]
Lockdown: Three persons die trying to cross hills to reach home
Jammu, Apr 1: Three persons died and another was injured critically after they got trapped in the snow along a mountainous route adopted by them to reach their home in Banihal by evading restrictions amid a lockdown over coronavirus pandemic. Sources said that the initial investigation by police has revealed the seven persons, all residents […]
Clinging to hope amid despair
(Syed Mustafa Ahmad) Youth is a stage of life that falls between the childhood and the adulthood. This stage of life is a hub of creativity, energy, agility, etc. However, it also is the stage of emotional instability. For a nation to make a mark among civilization, it is youth that can play a vibrant […]