Milkman tests positive for COVID-19, authorities tracing contacts
Srinagar: Authorities are conducting door-to-door operation to locate those people especially females who have come into contact with a milkman, who tested positive for Covid-19 in Naidkhai area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Yesterday, two positive cases surfaced in Bandipora among them one was a milkman reportedly hailing from Shallpora Naidkhai. Sources said that authorities […]
Three houses damaged in Noorbagh blaze
Srinagar: Three houses were damaged housing six families during a blaze at Noorbagh area of Safa Kadal in old city area on Wednesday. Officials said that three houses belonging to Ghulam Muhammad Kaloo, Mushtaq Ahmed Dar and Habibullah Wani got completely damaged in the fire incident. “Six families were residing in these houses,” they said. […]
Non-local labourer found dead
Kulgam: Police on Wednesday recovered a dead body of a 33-year-old non-local laborer from a village in Mir Bazar area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Officials said that locals spotted a body lying in a rented room in Gassipora village and informed the concerned Police Station on Wednesday. A police officer said that […]
One more tests positive in Ladakh, figure reaches 19, 13 discharged
Srinagar: One more person has been tested positive for coronavirus in Leh district of Ladakh, taking the total number of active positive cases in the Union Territory to five, a senior government official said on Wednesday. The new patient is from Chuchot Yokma area of Leh, which has been already notified as a ”containment area” […]
Ten shops sealed in Bandipora for violating lockdown orders
Bandipora: Authorities on Wednesday evening sealed ten shops in Bandipora for violating the government orders on lockdown in the district as restrictions under section 144 as a precautionary measure against spread of coronavirus continue to remain in place. An official said that ten shops were sealed by the first class magistrate Bandipora for violating the […]
J&K govt revokes PSA detentions of 41 persons lodged in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana jails
Asks DGPs of 3 neighbouring states, Delhi UT to facilitate their transit; families to get passes from concerned district magistrates in Kashmir
Srinagar: In a significant development, the Jammu & Kashmir government on Tuesday morning revoked detention orders of 41 persons lodged in different jails of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Details gathered by news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), reveal that Home department of J&K Union Territory today revoked detention orders of 41 persons lodged in central jail, […]