OP NAMASTE: RR assists police, admin in ensuring lockdown
Baramulla: A SVL team of Baramulla Rashtriya Rifles and ARTY BDE & JKPF jointly assisted district administration in maintaining lockdown amid Covid-19 pandemic. The Rashtriya Rifles Army Battalion at Bramulla in conjuction with the Svl Team of Artillery Brigade & JKPF assisted the district administration in maintaining the lockdown amid the pandemic by providing them […]
Fighting corona: J&K Bank to support BCs to ensure banking services

Srinagar: Taking a step to ensure the safety of Business Correspondents (BCs) J&K Bank has announced certain measures to ensure continuity of the services of its 985 Business Correspondents (BCs) for providing essential banking services to its customers in the UT during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “A lump sum of Rs 1500 shall be provided […]
Isolation facility for Covid-19 ‘mis-used’ by private hospital, admin lodges FIR
Pulwama: The authorities in Pulwama district have got an FIR lodged against the owners of a private hospital for carrying out routine functions including caesarean section despite it being acquired for isolation facilities for Covid-19 management in south Kashmir. While taking cognisance of violation of Government orders, District Magistrate Pulwama Dr Raghav Langer got FIR […]
Villagers in Kulgam beat Leopard to death
Kulgam: Villagers in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district beat a leopard to death with sticks after it attacked seven persons among which two were shifted to hospital in a critical condition. Official sources said that a leopard emerged in Khudhanjipora village of Kulgam and attacked people on Thursday. Seven persons were injured in the attack while […]
324 persons quarantined at multiple locations test negative, sent back to homes
281 to complete quarantine tomorrow: ADC Srinagar
Srinagar: At least 324 persons who were quarantined here in different hotels and other Government Buildings have been 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. Out of these 324 persons, 103 are from Srinagar, 6 from […]
35 FIR’s registered in Kupwara against lockdown violators
Srinagar: District Administration Kupwara has created 14 quarantine centres at different places. “Though Kupwara is Coronavirus free zone as on date but, yet we have established quarantine centres at 14 different locations. We have total bed capacity of 900 out of which 85 have been occupied by those who have a travel history and are […]
Aggressive contact tracing campaign helping to contain spread of coronavirus in JK: Govt
Srinagar: An aggressive contact tracing campaign is underway in Jammu and Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus with nearly 2000 contacts of positive cases identified so far, officials said. Hot spots have been isolated and sealed and all movements in those areas have been fully restricted, the officials said. On Wednesday, chief secretary, BVR […]