Internet clampdown takes a hit on education
Students from Pulwama, Shopian worst hit
Pulwama: Online education that was being imparted to students due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has come to a grinding halt in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts after authorities suspended internet services in Kashmir division after the killing of Hizb operational commander on May 6. The services were restored in Kashmir excluding Pulwama and […]
MP’s from NC and BJP to be part of delimitation commission
Nasir Azam Srinagar: As the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is presently without a Legislative Assembly, members of Lok Sabha from National Conference(NC) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) would be nominated as associate members of the delimitation commission empowered to fix boundaries of Assembly segments in the newly carved out UT. Going by statutory […]
Covid-19: 13 recovered patients discharged from hospital in Sopore
Sopore: Doctors at SDH Sopore on Monday discharged 13 covid-19 patients from the hospital following their successful recovery, officials said here. Block medical officer Sopore Dr. Asif Khanday said it was a satisfying moment that we have relieved 13 covid-19 patients for home quarantine as they all are recovered from the deadly covid-19 disease. He […]
Centre, JK justify suspension of 4G network
Say high speed internet can be used to track troops
New Delhi: The Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration justified in the Supreme Court on Monday the restriction on 4G service in the UT saying high speed internet might be used for sending information about troop movement, and referred to Saturday’s “tragic” deaths of security personnel in an encounter with militants. The top court, […]
Lockdown woes: Families borrow money to bring their loved ones back to home
Srinagar: Relatives of three Kashmir youth who were recently released from Agra Jail borrowed money to get them back to home. A couple of days back, government revoked the detention of two Kashmiri youth under Public Safety Act while court on 16 March also quashed the detention of an auto driver booked under the act. […]
Ramadhan first Friday: Mosques, shrines remained locked as Covid threat looms large
Srinagar: For the first time in the holy month of Ramadan, Mosques and shrines across Jammu and Kashmir witnessed no buzz with all the religious places remaining closed for over one month now in wake of deadly Coronavirus outbreak. No mandatory congregational prayers were witnessed in any Mosque or shrine on the first Friday here, […]
Spread rate slows greatly in JK: Rohit Kansal
Says situation still demands extra watchfulness
JAMMU: The government on Thursday announced that the spread rate of COVID-19 has slowed to a great extent in Jammu and Kashmir. Announcing this Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring and Information, Rohit Kansal, who is also the J&K Government Spokesperson said that the COVID 19 pandemic spread rate has significantly slowed down in Jammu […]
Bizarre: Even during lockdown JK records 16 rape, 64 molestation cases
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Government has informed the High Court that 16 cases of rape and 64 incidents of molestation were reported during the lockdown period in the Union Territory. According to report submitted by the Social Welfare department,16 cases of rape, 64 cases of molestation and one case of eve teasing have been […]
Lack of facilities: People attempt to escape from quarantine centre in Anantnag
Anantnag: Dozens of people from different areas of Anantnag who have been kept in quarantine at Govt Degree College (boys) Anantnag on Tuesday tried to escape from the facility citing lack of facilities. Sources said that scores of quarantined persons came out of the centre on Tuesday and protested against the lack of basic facilities […]
Lessons on radio for children in Kashmir from next week
Srinagar: To reach out to maximum students amid the coronavirus lockdown, the School Education Department in Kashmir is starting audio classes from next week in collaboration with the All India Radio, officials said. The educational broadcast will enable students to learn through the medium of radio while sitting in their homes and the idea behind […]
