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COVID-19 Pandemic: Kashmir records another death, toll rises to 28

COVID-19 Pandemic: Kashmir records another death, toll rises to 28

9 members of a family, 4 expecting women among 185 new cases reported

Srinagar: A day after his death, swab samples of a 70-year-old man from south Kashmir’s Shopian district turned positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the death count due to the deadly disease in Jammu and Kashmir to 28. Meanwhile, nine members of a family and four pregnant women were among 128 COVID-19 infections reported in […]

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NC snubs delimitation exercise, announces to stays away

BJP says will proceed with the exercise

Srinagar: The National Conference on Friday rejected the process of setting up of a Delimitation Commission by the Centre for redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, saying its MPs will not participate in the exercise as the party is unwilling to accept the events of last year’s August 5. It said the […]

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Edu institutions closed till Jun 15

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered that all educational institutions and training institutions in the Union Territory shall remain closed till June 15. The educational institutions were closed almost three months back in wake of Coronavirus outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed 29 lives and infected over 2000 people across the […]

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Explosive fitted car: Police traces owner, says he is associated with Hizbul

Srinagar: A after aborting a major militant attack on parallel lines with the fatal Lethopora blast last year, Police on Friday said it has identified the owner of the vehicle who happens to be an active militant of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen from Shopian district. “The Santro car which was used for IED belongs to Hidayatullah Malik, an […]

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ITBP personnel dies due to cardiac arrest

Rajouri: An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel died due to cardiac arrest in Rajouri district last night, officials said. Reports said the personnel from ITBP’s 2nd battalion identified as Ram Singh Meena, posted at Adhoc 10 Palma, died due to cardiac arrest. A police officer confirmed the incident and said that his body has been […]

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Army requisitions District Admin Bala for 129 kanals of land

Baramulla: The Army has requisitioned the district administration Baramulla to sell 129 kanal of lands to it at Tapperwari, Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district for accommodating soldiers. In an official communiqué, the army has written to district administration Baramulla to sell 129 kanal land at Tapperewari, Pattan to it citing “some of its troopers […]

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Girl sets herself ablaze in Bandipora, dies

Srinagar: An 18-year-old girl from Cheva area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora has set herself ablaze and later succumbed to burn injuries. Sources said that an 18-year-old girl from Cheva area of Bandipora set herself ablaze on Wednesday afternoon. Following the incident, she was immediately rushed to Srinagar’s SMHS Hospital. Sources at SMHS hospital said that […]

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Petrol, diesel to be costlier in JK

Petrol, diesel to be costlier in JK

JAMMU: The government Friday increased the rate of tax on sale of petrol and diesel in J&K by Rs. 2 per litre and Rs 1 per litre respectively. The new rates will be effective from Ist June 2020. The tax increase on petrol and diesel in J&K follows a similar move by the neighbouring states […]

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Crucial developmental works to restart from June 1: DDC Srinagar

Crucial developmental works to restart from June 1: DDC Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The administration in Srinagar has permitted restarting execution of developmental works put on hold since late March after outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent restrictions enforced in the district. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has directed all concerned departments and agencies to restart execution on all infrastructure-based developmental works forthwith. Instructions in […]

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KU refutes rumors on fee hike, says working on fee reduction

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir refuted the rumours of fee hike carried by some sections of media in their News and Opinion pages. The University has not hiked any fee, examination or otherwise, during the lockdown period. An anomaly of higher fee, which had inadvertently happened online due to wrong linking in a particular course, […]