Added on April 1, 2020  Press Trust of India

COVID-19: Govt sanctions Rs 10-cr special funds for CRPF’s ‘madadgaar’ helpline

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has granted a special Rs 10-crore fund to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), enabling it undertake relief works for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. The money, as per a March 30 home ministry order, accessed by PTI, is meant “to procure COVID-19 preventive items.” Officials […]

 Added on April 1, 2020  Press Trust of India

Police detain 33 labourers trying to enter JK

Bhadarwah/Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained 33 labourers and sent them to a hospital for check-up after they were found trying to enter Doda district despite a country-wide lockdown, officials said. Two groups of lobourers were trying to sneak into the the union territory’s Bhadarwah town from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, through […]

 Added on April 1, 2020  Press Trust of India

24 people who attended Nizamuddin West religious congregation test COVID-19 positive

New Delhi: Twenty-four people, who took part in a religious congregation in Nizamuddin West earlier this month, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters at his residence, he said that 1,033 people have been shifted to various places. The minister said, “700 people who […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

Some areas of Jammu city sealed

Jammu: The government has sealed three areas of Jammu and completely banned the movement of people in the city following the detection of coronavirus cases in these areas, officials said. Seven new COVID-19 cases were detected in the union territory on Monday, taking the total number of patients to 45. “With immediate effect and till […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

No plan to extend 21-day lockdown: Govt

New Delhi: The government on Monday said there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came intro force on Tuesday midnight. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tweeted, saying Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming that the government will extend the lockdown. “There are […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

Indians in foreign countries won’t face any problem, Centre assures HC

New Delhi: The Centre informed the Delhi High Court Monday that its nodal officers are making efforts to ensure no Indian citizen faces any problem in any country due to the coronavirus pandemic. A bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Navin Chawla was informed by the Centre’s counsel that he has received instructions from the […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

Family quarantined, burglars strike COVID-19 patient’s home in Bandipora

Srinagar: The house of a coronavirus positive patient in Bandipora district was allegedly robbed during the night as the entire family was in quarantine, police said on Monday. Burglars struck at a house in Saderkoot Bala area in Hajin area of the north Kashmir district during the night and decamped with some valuable including jewellery, […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

Suspended police officer Davinder Singh sent to further custody till Apr 3

New Delhi: 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, has been sent to further custodial interrogation by a Delhi court till April 3. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Jain extended Singh’s custody after Delhi Police said that he […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan rise to 1,625

Islamabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 1,625 while the death toll stood at 18, health officials said on Monday, underlining that local transmission of the deadly COVID-19 is increasing. The Ministry of National Health Services said that 54 more cases were reported during the last 12 hours, taking the total from 1,571 […]

 Added on March 31, 2020  Press Trust of India

Advisor Farooq Khan’s mother donates savings for Hajj to RSS-affiliate

Advisor Farooq Khan’s mother donates savings for Hajj to RSS-affiliate

New Delhi: A Muslim woman from Jammu and Kashmir has donated her savings of Rs 5 lakh, meant for the Hajj pilgrimage, to the RSS-affiliated ‘Sewa Bharati’ after apparently being “impressed with the welfare work” done by the outfit amid the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Khalida Begum, 87, who saved Rs 5 […]

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