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Panic buying in Srinagar amid coronavirus scare

DC Srinagar, experts urge people to stay home, avoid crowds

Srinagar: Ignoring calls of avoiding assemblies amid coronavirus threat, hordes of residents in many of parts of Srinagar are swarming shops, mostly general stores and those dealing with groceries, to stock up supplies. Reports said that people in large numbers are seen at shops in many parts of Srinagar, notwithstanding calls of health officials and […]

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Fellow passengers on board with Coronavirus patient will be probed: Dir Health

Srinagar: A day after a Coronaviurs case was detected in Kashmir, the Directorate of Health Service Kashmir has decided to take samples of all those people who travelled with the said patient in the plane that landed in Srinagar Airport on March 16. Director Health Service Kashmir, Dr Samir Matuu said that all the passengers […]

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Ruckus at Srinagar Airport: 110 students quarantined after landing in Srinagar from Bangladesh, Ladakh

Srinagar: Srinagar Airport witnessed ruckus after the arrival of people mostly students from Ladakh and Bangaldesh landed at the Airport. Scores of parents were waiting for to take them to their homes but they were disappointed after all the people who had landed at the Airport were whisked away and quarantined at a private hotel. […]

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Two SSB personnel put under observation in Handwara

Handwara: Two personnel from Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) after returning from their native states have been quarantined in North Kashmir’s Handwara town. These two SSB personnel who arrived in Handwara from Madhaya Pradesh and Bihar were taken Handwara hospital after which they were put under observation for 24 hours at PHC Nathnusa. Block Medical Officer, […]

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Kashmiri students in Pakistan

Many students cross Wagah border, kept in quarantine

Srinagar: Dozens of students who were stranded at Wagah border since Wednesday were allowed to cross over to this side while as another batch that reached the border were not allowed to proceed. The students said that they were allowed by Indian authorities on Wednesday night and have been kept in quarantine which according to […]

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Flight from Leh allowed to land in Srinagar

Despite orders of quarantine for Leh, Kargil residents authorities unmoved

Srinagar: Airport authorities at Srinagar have refuted the reports that it did not allow a flight from Leh to land at Srinagar Airport on Wednesday. Director Srinagar Airport, Santosh Dhoke said that AI 448 flight from Leh to Srinagar landed at Srinagar Airport on Wednesday. He said that no flight has been diverted. The Director […]

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Coronavirus scare: Clerics to decide on holding or suspending congregational prayers

Srinagar: Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul Islam on Wednesday said that he has invited heads of all the religious bodies and organizations of Kashmir for a crucial meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday for evolving a consensus whether congregational prayers need to be banned in Valley in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Islam said that […]

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Corona scare: Court tells litigants to stay away from hearings

BARAMULLA: In consonance with the advisories on COVID-19, Principal District and Sessions Judge (PD&SJ) Baramulla, Sanjay Parihar Wednesday said that the litigants need not to come to the courts till March 31, except in the matters of bail, succession and other related matters, instead the lawyers shall remain present on behalf of the litigants. He […]

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Non-development expenditure acts spoilsport

62 % allocations for salary, pension, interest and other components

Nasir Azam Srinagar: The non-development budget continues to overshoot the development expenditure in Jammu & Kashmir, budgetary documents reveal. According to the documents, a whopping 62 percent funds of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory’s budget for 2020-21 would be utilized for non-development expenditure like salaries, pension, interest payment and other components. The remaining 38 percent […]

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Lawaypora shootout: Police arrest youth from Budgam

Srinagar: Over a month after Lawaypora shootout here in Srinagar, police arrested a youth from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Official sources said that police personnel from Parimpora Police Station arrested a youth from Arth Budgam in connection with Lawaypora shoot out that occurred on 5 February last month. Two militants Zia-ur-Rehman of Arth […]