COVID-19: Search begins for Nizamuddin-linked suspected cases
New Delhi: Authorities launched a nationwide search on Tuesday for participants of a huge religious congregation held earlier this month in the national capital’s Nizamuddin area, which has become the new epicentre of the deadly virus pandemic amid fears that thousands present there could have carried the infection to the length and breadth of the […]
COVID-19: Ensure safety of Indians stranded abroad, JK HC tells MEA
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Ministry of External Affairs to look into the various aspects of evacuation of Indians who are stranded abroad due to COVID-19 pandemic and need to be evacuated to India. In a hearing conducted through video conferencing on Monday, a division bench headed by Chief Justice […]
J&K Bank loan fraud: Special CBI court rejects bail plea of former FM’s son
New Delhi: A special CBI court in Jammu on Tuesday rejected the interim bail application of Hilal Rather, son of a former Jammu and Kashmir minister, an accused in the Rs 177 crore bank loan fraud case, rejecting his fears of contracting COVID-19 in custody, with the court saying that he will be at more […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]