COVID19: After closing schools, Ladakh UT shuts all collages, university till March 31
Leh/Jammu, Mar 11 (PTI) The Ladakh administration has closed all colleges and the university in the union territory from Wednesday until March 31 as a precautionary measure in consideration of the coronavirus outbreak. “In view of the prevailing circumstances and as a precautionary measure for containment of COVID-19, all the colleges and the university of Ladakh […]
Elderly woman COVID-19 patient in Kerala serious: Officials
Kottayam (Ker), Mar 11 (PTI) The health condition of an 85-year old woman being treated for COVID-19 at the isolation ward of the government medical college hospital here is serious, health officials said on Wednesday. In view of her chronic health condition like heart disease, she is serious while her 96-year old husband is stable, […]
95 Cong MLAs reach Bhopal airport, to leave for Jaipur
Bhopal, Mar 11 (PTI) Amid the political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, 95 Congress MLAs reached the Bhopal airport to leave for Jaipur on Wednesday after the ruling party decided to shift its MLAs out of the state in a bid to keep its flock together. The ruling party MLAs, who reached the Raja Bhoj Airport here […]
Srinagar Mayor orders closure of schools, Div Com says orders do not count
Srinagar, Mar 11: Hours after Srinagar Mayor, Junaid Mattu, made announcement regarding closure of all schools within SMC limits, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Wednesday said decision of “closing or keeping open” the educational institutions was administrative matter to be decided only by the government. Mattu, quoting special set of statutory provisions, had ordered […]
HC again dismisses PIL seeking ban on pellet use in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Kashmir lawyers Body, seeking a total ban on pellet guns as a means of crowd control and prosecution of those responsible for using the munitions during 2016 unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. So far as the constitutional tort was concerned, […]
Casual labour electrocuted in Zakura
Srinagar, Mar 11: A casual labour of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (erstwhile Power Development Department) died of electrocution in Zakura area of Srinagar city on Wednesday. A police official said that Tariq Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Rasool received an electric shock while repairing a transmission line in Zakura area today at around […]
CRPF troopers detects live grenade in Srinagar, destroyed
Srinagar, Mar 11: Paramilitary CRPF personnel on Wednesday morning detected a live hand grenade at Barbershah area of Srinagar city. Official sources said that the grenade was detected by paramilitary CRPF in the area and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was immediately summoned to the spot. After being detected, the device was destroyed without causing any […]
Army soldier dies of cardiac arrest
Srinagar, Mar 11: An army soldier died due of cardiac arrest in Rangreth area of Srinagar on Wednesday. A police official said that the soldier identified as M Paramaeswaran of 127 Light AD Regiment at Old Airfield Rangreth, was found dead today in the morning. He was immediately shifted to a nearby military health facility […]
UK health minister tests positive for coronavirus
London, Mar 11: British MP Nadine Dorries, a minister in the health department, has tested positive for coronavirus, she said in a statement on Tuesday. “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus… and have been self-isolating at home,” said the Conservative MP. Health officials are now trying to trace where she contracted the […]
