Fighting coronavirus: Abdullah, Masoodi release Rs 1 Cr each from MPLAD funds

Srinagar: NC president Farooq Abdullah and party leader Hasnain Masoodi released an amount of Rs one crore each from their MPLAD funds on Saturday to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir. “The party president and Srinagar MP released an amount of Rs one crore from his MPLAD funds today to combat […]
Employees resent putting up travelers for quarantine at Centaur hotel
We have 40 rooms already booked for guests
Srinagar: Centaur hotel employees and the guests who are already staying in the hotel since long that include three deputy inspectors’ general (DIGs) of police, Saturday staged a massive protest against the Srinagar administration’s decision of lodging passengers at the hotel “for quarantine.” A group of employees said that Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal […]
Coronavirus scare forces people in Leh to stay inddors
Roads, other public places present a deserted look
Neyaz Elahi Leh: Kargil and Leh towns are presenting a ghost look since the outbreak of Coronavirus. 13 people have tested positive in the twin towns among which one hails from Kargil while rest are from Leh. Most of the persons infected by the lethal virus are from Chechot Gompa village of Leh. Chechot Gompa […]
Coronavirus: Use WhatsApp to treat patients online, DAK to doctors
Appeals government to restore 4G
Srinagar: In view of COVID-19 scare, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Saturday requested doctors to volunteer for providing online consultations through WhatsApp so that people suffering from general ailments at home have a sign of relief. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik appealed people to use online phone numbers of specialist doctors without any hesitation. “But it […]
Two officials arrested for taking bribe
Jammu: Two government officials, including an executive engineer, have been arrested after they were caught accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 here, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) spokesperson said on Saturday. Executive Engineer Rajinder Kumar and an account officer of SAMAGRA (Education division, SSA-RMSA, division III-IV) Jammu were booked under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act […]
Corona scare: 16 people in Handwara put under observation
All six cases test negative in Tral
Handwara: 16 people have been kept under observation in Handwara here in north Kashmir after a woman from the town with acute infection was admitted at SKIMS. Reports said that a woman from Beeripora Handwara, having travel history to an affected country and with Coronavirus like symptoms has been admitted at SKIMS a couple of […]
Official suspended for violating govt order in Pulwama
Pulwama: District Magistrate Pulwama Dr Raghav Langer Saturday ordered the suspension of Functional General Manager DIC Pulwama for not complying to the directions of District Magistrate regarding mitigation measures ordered to check spread of coronavirus infection and has been attached with the office of ACR/ADM Pulwama. DM instructed enquiry officer to present chargesheet to the […]
Woman’s dead retrieved from Poonch river
Poonch: A dead body of a woman was recovered from a river in Poonch district on Saturday, police said. Reports said that a police team immediately reached at Nagalishaib soon after being informed about the body lying in the area. Confirming the incident, SHO Poonch Nishant Gupta said that the police party retrieved the body […]
Three PhD scholars from Kashmir flee quarantine in Aligarh, traced in Kashmir
Anantnag/Baramulla : Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have traced all the three PhD scholars who had earlier fled from Aligrah Muslim University (AMU) amid quarantine period without informing the varsity administration. Officials in north and south Kashmir said all the three scholars have been traced and shifted to Health Centers for examination. A letter issued […]