Three more Covid-19 deaths reported, toll reaches 94
204 test positive, as JK inches towards 7K mark
Srinagar: Three more persons, two from Southern Kulgam and another from central Budgam district, died of Covid-19, officials said on Saturday. With these deaths, the fatality count due to the virus in J&K has risen to 94. Deputy Commissioner Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat said that a 70-year-old man from Mishipora died at CD hospital, one […]
Summer won’t stop Covid-19 spread: DAK
Srinagar: While early in the pandemic there was some hope that summer heat will stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said that does not seem to be the case. “Despite high temperatures, Covid-19 cases are rising in Kashmir,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. […]
29 militants hiding in upper reaches of south Kashmir: IGP
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police said on Saturday that 29 foreign militants are active in South Kashmir but assured that the security forces are experienced enough to deal with them and wipe out militancy from whole of South Kashmir. “There is a presence of foreign militants in the upper reaches of Kokernag, Tral and Khrew. […]
School fee row: Private schools, parents reach consensus
Srinagar: Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday announced 100 per cent fee waiver to the wards of the families who had no income during the lockdown period. Private Schools’ Association of J&K (PSAJK) after lengthy deliberations with Parents Association of Privately Administered Schools (PAPAS), trade bodies and representatives of tourism, transporters and […]
Condemn China publicly for incursions, Congress to PM Modi
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly condemn China for its “brazen incursions” into Indian territory and urged the government to take “strong and quick action” to resolve the Line of Actual Control (LAC) issue. Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said at a virtual press conference that the prime […]
China grabbed 45,000 sq kms of Indian land post-1962 war: Pawar
Satara: Amidst a war of words between the Congress and the BJP over the face-off with China, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said matters of national security shouldn’t be politicised and added one cannot forget China had captured about 45000 sq kms of Indian land after the 1962 war. Pawar’s comments came in response […]
Minor boys killing: Police files FIR against army driver
Srinagar: Police on Saturday lodged a First Information Report against an Army driver in connection with the death of a minor in Shadipora Kigam village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Identifying the driver as Naik Bagh Singh from 47 RR, Kigam Camp (B-Coy), an official said that FIR (151/2020) u/s 304A and 279 MVA was […]
Pandemic: Demand for dry fruit dries up
Qazigund: With a sharp decline in tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir, the dry fruit business in the Valley is facing a crisis like situation as the sale of dry fruits has witnessed a tremendous decline. Those associated with the trade claim to have suffered huge losses especially from the past three months. The popular […]
Safeguard land, jobs for permanent JK residents: NC leader to BJP
Jammu: National Conference leader Devender Singh Rana appealed to the BJP and the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday to come up with a road map for safeguarding land, job and seats in professional colleges for the permanent residents of the Union Territory. Rana said some of the recent moves, especially the new domicile rules, […]
NC hoodwinking people: BJP
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Saturday accused the National Conference of hoodwinking the people over the new domicile rules and said the campaign unleashed by the party over the issue is going to boomerang . It said the biased and discriminatory set of rules under the erstwhile separate Constitution of […]
