Treating Covid-19 patients: Official panel recommends use of plasma therapy

Srinagar: Fifteen days after a 10 member high level advisory panel was constituted to review the protocol, guidelines and other related issues about the treatment of Covid-19 patients and their implementation, the committee has submitted their views based on research to the government. Head of the committee Dr. Mohammed Sultan Khuroo said that several meetings […]

PM announces free ration for 80 cr people for five more months

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), a programme to provide free ration for over 80 crore people, mostly poor, by five more months till November end. In a televised address to the nation, the prime minister said over Rs 90,000 crore will […]

Domicile law row: Do not mix facts with fiction, says Lt Guv

Jammu: Has any Gujarati become “a problem” if some of them set up an industrial unit in Mumbai, Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu asked on Tuesday as he sought to allay apprehension that outsiders will settle in Jammu and Kashmir following the nullification of Article 370 and the framing of new domicile rules. Requesting the […]

Authorities mulling to hold offline exams for 5th-9th Class students

Srinagar: The School Education Department is mulling to hold offline Term-1 examinations of elementary and secondary standard students in Kashmir Valley. An official said that a meeting was held on Monday wherein it was decided to hold offline exams of elementary and secondary standard students in Kashmir Valley. “We held a meeting yesterday with regard […]

LAC standoff: India, China hold third round of Lt Gen-level talks

New Delhi: Indian and Chinese militaries on Tuesday held another round of Lt General-level talks with a focus on finalising modalities for disengagement of troops from several friction points in eastern Ladakh, government sources said. The talks took place at a meeting point in Chushul sector on the Indian side of the Line of Actual […]

Two ISJK militants killed in Anantnag

Infiltration bid foiled in Kupwara

Srinagar: Two militants affiliated with the Islamic State of J&K were killed in an encounter that broke out today in Waghama area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district Tuesday morning. Police said the two slain militants killed in an encounter are Zahid Dass, of ISJK, who was involved in the recent firing incident at […]

Govt extends guidelines on COVID 19 till July 3

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday extended guidelines cum restrictions issued vide Order No. 59 & 61-JK- (DMRRR) of 2020 dated 07.06.2020 until 03.07.2020 saying the Center’s fresh guidelines on some relaxations require a detailed assessment and consultations on the spread of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. In an order issued here by the […]

Geelani’s disassociation from Hurriyat reflective of frustration: DGP

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday said the dissociation of Syed Ali Shah Geelani from the separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference was reflective of his “frustration and the negative approach”. He also said the security agencies are working hard to make more areas terrorism free to relieve people of the […]

India increases surveillance in Indian Ocean

New Delhi: The Navy has increased its surveillance missions and beefed up operational deployment in the Indian Ocean region in the wake of India’s seven-week bitter border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the development said. The Indian Navy is also ramping up its operational cooperation with various friendly naval forces like […]