Pakistan opens Kartarpur Corridor, but visitors stay away
Lahore: Pakistan on Monday reopened the Kartarpur Corridor more than three months after it was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but no Indian pilgrim visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, a top official said. India temporarily suspended the pilgrimage and registration for the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan on March 16 in view of […]
Children in JK not able to access healthcare services, says rights body
Srinagar: Seventy-seven per cent children below five years of age in Jammu and Kashmir were not able to access basic healthcare services like immunisation during the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, CRY said on Monday citing a study. The ‘Rapid Online Perception Study about the Effects of COVID-19 on Children’ was conducted […]
Coronascare: UAE suspends all flights from Pakistan
Islamabad: The UAE has temporarily suspended all incoming flights from Pakistan until it sets up a special COVID-19 lab to test the travellers from the country, according to media reports. On Monday, Pakistan’s coronavirus infection tally crossed the 2 lakh-mark after 3,557 fresh cases were reported during the last 24 hours. As the number of […]
Congress workers stage protest against fuel price hike in Jammu
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Monday staged a protest here against the rise in petrol and diesel prices and demanded that the government roll back the hikes immediately to relieve the people of the “extra burden”. Led by former minister and Pradesh Congress Committee vice president Raman Bhalla, scores of […]
JKRTC imposes penalty of Rs 1.7 lakh on 2 conductors
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation on Monday imposed a total penalty of over Rs 1.7 lakh on its two conductors and suspended the services of a driver for negligence of duty, an official statement said. Managing Director, JKRTC, Angrez Singh Rana issued these orders on the recommendations and reports submitted by general […]
COVID-19: Court seeks response from Tihar jail on Shabir Shah’s plea
New Delhi: A Delhi Court Monday sought response from Tihar jail authority on a plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, arrested in two separate cases of alleged terror financing, seeking a separate cell in Tihar central jail in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Special Judge Dharmendra Rana issued notice to the jail superintendent with […]
Three army porters detained for use of WhatsApp suspiciously
Poonch: Security Forces in border district of Poonch detained three persons working with the army as porters after they were found using social media platform WhatsApp in a manner which has been treated as ‘sensitive’. The three men belonging to Poonch district were working as porters in an army unit near Bhimber Gali area of […]