Students stranded in Jaipur demand evacuation
Pulwama/Anantnag: Dozens of Kashmiri students stranded in Jaipur Rajasthan due to the coronavirus lockdown have urged the J&K administration to evacuate them as they are facing various problems. A group of students told over phone that they have been stranded in Jaipur from last two months and now desperately want to return home. Josfeena Bashir, […]
Lack of facilities: People attempt to escape from quarantine centre in Anantnag
Anantnag: Dozens of people from different areas of Anantnag who have been kept in quarantine at Govt Degree College (boys) Anantnag on Tuesday tried to escape from the facility citing lack of facilities. Sources said that scores of quarantined persons came out of the centre on Tuesday and protested against the lack of basic facilities […]
Coronavirus effect: Artisans in JK hit hard by lockdown
Pulwama: The continuous lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus has severely affected livelihood of hundreds of weavers and artisans across Jammu and Kashmir. Unable to get the required raw material people associated with handicrafts are going through tough times. “We are not sure how long will this lockdown continue and after failing to earn […]
RReT grade-lll teachers demand release of pay, perks
Say that they have not received salary for past 14 months
Pulwama: Regularized Rehbar-e-Taleem Grade-lll teachers in Jammu and Kashmir are going through tough times as authorities have failed to release their salaries since the past 14 months now. “We are going through tough times given the delay in release of our salary and this has subject us to psychological torture,” said a Grade-lll RReT teacher. […]
Undue advantage: Illegal extraction of minerals goes unabated in Pulwama, Shopian
Pulwama: Illegal extraction of sand, stones and boulders from water bodies is going on unabated in Pulwama and Shopian districts of South Kashmir. Sources and witnesses said that when authorities are busy in dealing with Covid-19, various contractors and locals use machines to extract sand, stones and boulders during late evening hours from Ranbiara rivulet […]
Covid-19 turns a remote village in Shopian a ‘hotspot’
Shopian: A remote village in Shopian region, Hirpora is attracting attention these days. The village known for its potato crop has emerged as one of the hotspots for COVID-19 as eight more persons from the village tested positive for the deadly coronavirus on Tuesday. With eight new cases, Hirpora village which has a population of […]