Suspended cop Davinder Singh sent to further custody till April 10
New Delhi: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, was on Friday sent to further custodial interrogation by a Delhi court till April 10. Special Judge Munish Markan extended Singh’s custody after the Delhi Police said […]
COVID-19 death toll touches 53, total number of cases surge to 2,069
New Delhi: With 235 more people being confirmed positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,069 and the death toll to 53 in the country on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country is 1,860, while 155 people […]
Focus on testing, tracing, quarantine: PM tells CM’s
Asks them to frame strategy for 'staggered' exit from lockdown
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told chief ministers to focus on COVID-19 containment measures — testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine — with a common goal of ensuring minimum loss of life, and pitched for a joint strategy for a “staggered” exit from the ongoing lockdown. As the country witnessed a spike in […]
Jammu-Srinagar NH partially restored partially
Trucks carrying essential supplies allowed to move
Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was partially restored on Thursday after being closed for a week to facilitate passage of trucks carrying essential supplies to Kashmir valley, officials said. A single stretch has been cleared on the arterial highway to allow passage of the trucks carrying essential commodities which were stranded there for many days, […]
SMC installs ‘sanitizing tunnel’ at CD hospital
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Thursday installed and operationalised its first decontamination and sanitation tunnel at a hospital here in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu said. The decontamination and sanitization tunnel, manufactured and commissioned by the SMC, was installed at the entry of the Chest […]
Pak protests new JK domicile rules
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday accused India of “illegally changing the demographic structure” of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the new domicile rules were in “clear violation of international law”. The Indian government on Wednesday laid down rules for domicile which can now be given to anyone who has resided in the Union Territory for 15 years. […]
Restore internet with full speed: Human Rights Watch asks India
New Delhi: The Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged four countries, including India, to immediately lift the restrictions on internet usage and restore data transmission at full speed as it said they violate multiple rights and can be deadly during a health crisis like coronavirus. The international human rights body, in a statement, said, “Governments […]
Don’t communalise coronavirus crisis: CPI(M)
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Thursday said that the coronavirus crisis should not be communalised and slammed both the Tablighi Jamaat as well as state authorities for allowing a mass gathering during the pandemic. Six people who died in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir had attended the religious congregation in Nizamuddin area here. […]
95% of Europe’s virus dead over 60 but young not immune, says UN
Geneva: More than 95% of those who have died of coronavirus in Europe have been over 60 but young people should not be complacent, the head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said age is not the only risk factor for getting a severe case of the virus […]
SC asks Centre to consider repatriation of 250 pilgrims from Iran
Scores of Ladakh residents, students from JK stranded
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to actively consider repatriation of 250 Indian pilgrims, who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are stranded in Qom of Iran, at an appropriate stage as it commended the proactive steps taken by the Indian embassy there. The top court noted that Centre had made […]
