All airport arrivals to face 14 day quarantine in UK
London: The UK is planning to bring in compulsory 14-day quarantine for all travellers arriving in the country from any part of the world, except the Republic of Ireland, as part of measures to track the spread of coronavirus, according to media reports. The new restriction, which means travellers including Britons arriving in the UK […]
COVID-19: Pakistan eases nationwide lockdown
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday began easing the month-long lockdown despite a steady rise in the number of coronavirus cases which has now crossed the 28,000-mark with 618 deaths. Doctors have warned against easing restrictions. The Representative of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) have demanded that the government observe World Health Organisation protocols and implement strict lockdown. […]
Expats in Gulf nations seek more flights
Muscat/Riyadh: As India began to evacuate its stranded citizens from the Gulf nations due to COVID-19 linked travel restrictions, the country’s envoys have assured the worried expatriates that there would be more flights in the coming days for people with compelling reasons to return home. India began evacuating stranded nationals in Oman and Saudi Arabia […]
SBI complains to CBI after Rs 411 crore loan defaulter flee country
New Delhi: Three promoters of Ram Dev International, recently booked by the CBI for allegedly cheating a consortium of six banks to the tune of Rs 411 crore, have already fled the country before the State Bank of India reached the agency with the complaint, officials said on Saturday. The CBI had recently booked the […]
365 Kashmiri students to return home from Bhopal in 18 buses
Bhopal: Over 360 Kashmiri students stranded in parts of Madhya Pradesh due to the lockdown will be sent back to their native places in air-conditioned buses from Bhopal on Saturday, an official said. As many as 365 Kashmiri students stuck in different districts of the state will return home in 18 AC buses from Bhopal, […]
Truck carrying fodder damaged in fire
Jammu: A truck carrying fodder was damaged in a fire on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The truck reached Pla-Morh from Punjab and was being unloaded when it suddenly caught fire as the driver tried to move it forward, a police official said. He said fire and […]
Fogging off corona: Young women go on ‘mission fogging’ in Udhampur
Udhampur: Joining the efforts of the government to combat coronavirus, a group of young women equipped with a latest hi-tech machine is conducting fogging in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. The five women, aged between 18 and 22, have already covered six villages in the district and are also distributing masks and educating people about […]
After movement of vehicles on roads Bhaderwah witnesses strict curbs
Bhadarwah: Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in greater strength on Saturday to curb free movement, a day after some people under quarantine were caught in a traffic jam in Bhadarwah’s Doda district, officials said. Out of the total 20 districts in the Union territory, Doda and Poonch in Jammu division are coronavirus free with […]
