Added on April 27, 2020  Press Trust of India

COVID-19: ICPS taking special measures to keep child protection services running in J-K

Jammu: The Social Welfare Department in Jammu and Kashmir has geared up its efforts to ensure that child care units do not face issues during the lockdown. An amount of Rs 40 lakh was released recently for District Child Protection Units in order to facilitate COVID-19 related measures at district levels, Mission Director Integrated Child […]

 Added on April 27, 2020  Press Trust of India

This Ramzan, girls in JK stitch free masks for distribution as ‘sadqa’

Bhadarwah: Fasting and charity are essential to Ramzan, and in this holiest month of Islam when the country is fighting coronavirus pandemic, 12 girls have come together in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir to stitch masks for free distribution. “All of us are on Ramzan fast. We have resolved to contribute in our own […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

Hope: China approves third COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

Hope: China approves third COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

Beijing: China has approved its third coronavirus vaccine for the second phase of clinical trials as it reported 12 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 82,816. China has approved three coronavirus vaccines, including the one developed by Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for clinical trials. An […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

Follow guidelines while attending mosques during Ramadhan: Pak govt to people

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has asked the people to follow the official guidelines while visiting mosques as the Muslims marked the start of the holy month of Ramzan on Saturday amidst the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 12,000 people in the country. The government on Friday extended the countrywide partial lockdown till May 9, […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

Fighting COVID-19: Prison inmates manufacture face masks

Jammu: Hundreds of inmates in prisons across Jammu and Kashmir have volunteered and joined efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic with mass production of face masks in jail premises, officials said on Saturday. They said the prisoners started manufacturing the high quality polypropylene masks last month after the prisons department’s proposal got the nod of […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

Pakistan Navy successfully test-fires anti-ship missiles

Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday successfully test-fired a series of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea, a spokesman said. The missiles were fired from surface ships, fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, the Navy’s spokesperson Rear Admiral Arshid Javed said. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi witnessed the firing of the missiles, […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

13 held in Samba for selling liquor illegally

Jammu: Eight FIRs have been registered against 13 people for illegally selling liquor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district during the ongoing lockdown period, police said on Saturday. The latest case was registered against Roshan Lal, who was arrested from his house for preparing and selling liquor at village Ratwana on Saturday morning, a police […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

Lightening kills shepherd in Rajouri

Jammu: A 30-year-old man was killed when he was struck by lightning in a forest area in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Saturday. Sajjad Hussain was grazing his sheep and goats in the forest adjoining his Pangai village in Thanamandi area when the incident took place, the official said. […]

 Added on April 26, 2020  Press Trust of India

Trade body hails move to revoke PSA detention of Yasin Khan

Srinagar: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday welcomed the Union territory administration’s order to revoke the Public Safety Act against business leader Mohammad Yasin Khan. “It is a welcome step especially on the first day of Ramadan. The whole Kashmir Inc welcomes it,” KCCI president Sheikh Ashiq said here. Ashiq said the business […]

 Added on April 25, 2020  Press Trust of India

Ramadan begins in Kashmir: Religious leaders call for prayers at home

Srinagar: The holy month of Ramazan begins in Kashmir from today. However, the month of fasting will be observed under the gloom as coronavirus has forced extensive changes to traditions. Ramadan is a time for Muslims to get closer to God, family and society, but under the pandemic people are living in stress as most […]

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