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Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in many areas in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday with the imposition of the lockdown in the wake of an alarming surge in coronavirus cases, even as the restrictions were tightened in the Valley due to the death of separatist leader Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, officials said. Restrictions on the movement […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the administration to nominate adequate number of nodal officers to ensure supply of oxygen to the patients undergoing treatment at their homes. The court passed the directions on a suo motu petition admitted by it last year regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The division bench, comprising Chief […]
Added on May 7, 2021
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the administration to consider some additional budgetary allocation to its welfare fund to facilitate financial aid to the family of any lawyer needing assistance on medical expenditure or due to death amid the coronavirus pandemic. The directions were passed by the division bench of the high […]
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Jammu: The Border Security Force on Thursday shot dead an intruder along the Indo-Pak border in Samba district, officials said. Alert BSF troops observed movement of a person along the International Border (IB) in the forward area of Samba sector at 2.35 am, they said The person was challenged but he did not stop. Subsequently, […]
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New Delhi: New coronavirus cases and deaths in India hit a record daily high with 4,12,262 new infections and 3,980 fatalities being reported, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,10,77,410 and the death toll to 2,30,168, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases […]
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New Delhi: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are among 10 states that account for 72.19 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases reported in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. New coronavirus cases and deaths in India hit a record daily high with 4,12,262 new infections and 3,980 fatalities being reported, taking […]
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Lahore: The administrations of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) have announced to enforce a complete lockdown in their respective regions from May 8 to 15 to contain the spread of coronavirus during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in Pakistan, a media report said on Thursday. The announcements come as the country continues to witness […]
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Brussels: European Union leaders said Thursday that in the wake of the US backing for waiving patents on COVID-19 vaccine technology the 27-nation bloc will start discussing such plans immediately. Their first get-together to mould a common view will come as as soon as during their two-day summit in Porto, Portugal, starting Friday. While many […]
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Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was on Thursday laid to rest at his ancestral village in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir as per COVID protocol, officials said here. Sehrai, who was arrested and booked under the Public safety Act last year, died at a Jammu hospital on Wednesday while in custody. The separatist […]
Added on May 6, 2021
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United Nations: President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve the issue of Kashmir through peaceful means and said that he supports dialogue and diplomacy, recalling the 1972 Simla Agreement between the two countries. Bozkir, in response to a question on Kashmir during a press conference here on […]
