Parents of incarcerated youth stage protest in Tral
Appeal GoI to release detainees in wake of looming Coronavirus threat
Tral: Several parents staged a silent protest outside the office of Assistant Development Commissioner Tral here in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. The protesting parents assembled outside the office and demanded the release of their wards who arelodged in different jails of India. These parents were carrying placards and banners seeking immediate release of […]
COVID-19: Three persons booked for lockdown violations in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Police on Friday registered a case against three persons for violating the orders under section 144 Cr PC issued by the District Magistrate Ganderbal, in view of COVID-19 Pandemic in the district. A Police Official said that Police Station Ganderbal booked three persons under FIR No. 64/2020, 188 IPC for violating prohibitory orders in […]
Army reaches out to 5-year-old girl with severe burns
Uri: Amid the nationwide lockdown, the Army’s Dagger Warriors reached out to a five-year-old girl with severe burn injuries on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri sector and provided her timely treatment, officials said. The victim, Alia, had met with an accident that caused severe burn injuries to her recently in Kalgai […]
Drug peddler held in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Police on Friday arrested a dreaded drug peddler from Safapora area of Ganderbal district. An official said that a Police party led by SHO Safapora, Sajad Khanday apprehended one dreaded drug peddler identified as Maqsood Ahmad Ganaie alias Shoda son of Mohammad Maqbool Ganaie resident of Wakura Ganderbal while carrying a contraband of huge […]
Compliment efforts of administration, scale up activities: Lt Guv to IRCS
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Friday asked the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Jammu Region to collaborate with the local Municipalities and identify mentally unsound, homeless destitute in their jurisdiction on priority and take effective steps to provide them with a means of sustenance. He was chairing a meeting with the functionaries of IRCS, […]
Virtual classes being provided to students: Advisor Sharma
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma Friday directed for doubling the efforts to provide facility of virtual classrooms and digital platforms to the students of Jammu and Kashmir, so that their studies do not suffer due to COVID-19 lockdown. The Advisor made the remarks while interacting with the Directors of Education of both the […]
70 year old man from Sopore tests positive for coronavisrus
Whole area being sanitized, to be declared red zone
SOPORE: A 70-year-old man from Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. An official said that the person hailing from Arampora Sopore had travelled to Saudi Arabia. “He has recently returned from Saudi Arabia and tested positive on Thursday in a Srinagar hospital where he had been admitted after he […]
OP NAMASTE: RR assists police, admin in ensuring lockdown
Baramulla: A SVL team of Baramulla Rashtriya Rifles and ARTY BDE & JKPF jointly assisted district administration in maintaining lockdown amid Covid-19 pandemic. The Rashtriya Rifles Army Battalion at Bramulla in conjuction with the Svl Team of Artillery Brigade & JKPF assisted the district administration in maintaining the lockdown amid the pandemic by providing them […]
Two dozen sheep killed in leopard attacks in Pulwama, Anantnag
Pulwama: Around two dozen sheep were killed during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday in a leopard attack in South Kashmir’s Anantnag and Pulwama districts. Official sources said that wild animals barged into the cowsheds in Bellow Pulwama and Watnad Naibasti Anantnag and killed 9 and 15 sheep respectively. Locals from Bellow village said […]
Isolation facility for Covid-19 ‘mis-used’ by private hospital, admin lodges FIR
Pulwama: The authorities in Pulwama district have got an FIR lodged against the owners of a private hospital for carrying out routine functions including caesarean section despite it being acquired for isolation facilities for Covid-19 management in south Kashmir. While taking cognisance of violation of Government orders, District Magistrate Pulwama Dr Raghav Langer got FIR […]
