Coronavirus scare: Relatives of Kashmiri prisoners missing out on rendezvous
Abid Bashir Srinagar: The fast spreading deadly coronavirus has not just taken entire world by storm, but also added more to the miseries and pain of relatives of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar and other prisons across India. Majority of family members of Kashmiri prisoners lodged outside J&K have decided not to visit […]
Sopore residents decry water shortage, demand potable water
Sopore: Residents of various areas of this North Kashmir town are up in arms against the PHE department for failing to provide adequate water supply to their areas. Various residents including those from, Chankhan, Krankshivan colony, Naseem Bagh, Sofi Hamam, Khushal colony, Khankha Mohalla Noor Bagh, Batpora, and Ashpeer area of Sopore town complained that […]
Police recovers body of newborn in Kupwara village
Kupwara: Body of a male newborn baby was found abandoned near a forest area of Vilgam here in this north Kashmir district, officials said on Monday. This is the second male body of a newborn found in the area—Hafrada Shaldoora Vilgam—in as many as four days. They said that some passersby, who visit the forest […]
Coronavirus scare: Govt says no driving license test till Mar 31
Srinagar: The government on Monday asked all officials of the motor vehicle department to suspend the test for acquiring new driving licenses. The directives were issued as part of the directions towards stopping the transmission of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. The directions to be implemented by all regional Transport Officer, Assistant Regional Transport Officers, […]
Non-local domestic helper found dead
Srinagar: A 55-year-old non-local man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Bemina area of Srinagar City on Monday, police said. Reports said that Kaloo Kami (55) son of Saila Kaloo of Machpara, Kalchini, Alipora West Bengali, hanged himself inside a residential house at Iqbalabad area of Bemina where he was working as a domestic […]
Army Subedar dies of heart attack
Srinagar: An army soldier died of cardiac arrest in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police sources said Monday. They said that Subedar Omjeet Singh (JC-45231) suffered heart attack in the army camp at Trona Baramulla. He was shifted to nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Police has registered a case in this regard, the […]
Traffic restored on Jmu-Sgr highway after fresh landslides
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway was once again temporarily closed for traffic on Monday due to a fresh landslide in Ramban district leaving more than 2,000 vehicles stranded. Official sources said that fresh landslides along the highway were witnessed near Cafeteria Mode in Ramban district that resulted in the highway getting blocked. Due to closure of […]
Court quashes detention of Bar Secretary under PSA
Srinagar: State High Court Monday directed the government to release High Court Bar Association General Secretary Muhammad Ashraf Bhat. Bhat is currently facing detention under Public Safety Act at Srinagar Central Jail. He was arrested in October 2019 after Tehsildar issued his detention order vide number 107/151 and subsequently, PSA was slapped against him. Court […]
Coronavirus pandemic: Four patients admitted in SKIMS, Kulgam woman tests negative
1878 people enlisted for observation in JK, 164 complete surveillance period
Srinagar: Four persons, who were admitted to the isolation ward of the SKIMS hospital after being recognized as potential coronavirus (Covid-19) patients, have tested negative on Saturday. Nodal officer for coronavirus control at SKIMS, Dr G H Yatoo said that one more person was also admitted to the hospital and his sample has been sent […]
