Covid-19: Three more deaths reported, toll touches 91
10 CRPF men, two cops among 127 test positive
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported three more death due to Covid-19, taking the fatality count due to the virus in J&K to 91. Among them, one is from Jammu and two are from Valley including a 65-year-old woman from Budgam and a 75-year-old, whose swab sample returned positive for the pathogen two days […]
Teacher dies in road mishap
Baramulla: A teacher was killed when a car he was driving met with an accident in Uri in this north Kashmir on Thursday, official sources said. They said a 42-year-old teacher identified as Zulfiqar Ali Khawaja was critically wounded when a car he was driving skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge […]
Land grab case: Former Minister Lal Singh to face CBI enquiry
New Delhi: The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to probe allegations of land grabbing and corruption by an educational trust run by ex-Jammu and Kashmir minister Choudhary Lal Singh, who had quit BJP following a row over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, officials said on Thursday. The officials […]
Five militant associates linked to LeT held
Srinagar: Five militant associates linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have been arrested in Budgam district, police said on Thursday. A police official said the five were arrested from Narbal area of the district. Incriminating documents, arms and ammunition have been seized from them. A case has been registered and an investigation is on, the official added. […]
Covid-19 casts shadow on annual fair at Chamliyal
BSF officers, locals offer 'chadar' at the shrine
Jammu: BSF personnel and a few villagers on Thursday offered ‘chadar’ at Baba Chamliyal shrine after the annual Indo-Pak fair organised on the two sides of the International Border (IB) in Samba district was cancelled amid the coronavirus outbreak. “There is no public function at the shrine of Baba Chamliyal Thursday in the wake of […]
Reinforcing security: Admin to establish seven police units in south Kashmir
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered strengthening of the security setup in south Kashmir by establishing seven new police units and upgrading three other with the deployment of over 271 additional police personnel. South Kashmir has become a hotbed of terrorism in the past few years and has seen large-scale recruitment by terrorist […]
Two LeT militants killed in Sopore gunfight
Operation at Tral halted for night: Police
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter at Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, while as another encounter broke out in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A police spokesman said that on a specific input generated by police regarding presence of militants in village Hardshiva area of Sopore, a joint cordon […]
Srinagar woman dies of coronavirus, toll rises to 88
11 cops, 4 paramilitary men among 186 test positive
Srinagar: A 48-year-old COVID-19 woman from Srinagar died at a hospital here on Wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities due to coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 88, officials said. The woman, a resident of Barzulla area of the city, passed away at SKIMS Hospital at around 5:19 am, they said. The patient was […]
Govt issues guidelines for de-notification of Red, containment zones
Govt issues guidelines for de-notification of Red, containment zones
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Government Wednesday issued guidelines for de-notification of red and containment zones. The orders were issued by Chief Secretary, B.V.R.Subrahmanyam, in exercise of powers conferred upon him, in capacity as Chairperson of State Executive Committee, under Section 24 of the Disaster management Act, 2005. The orders issued outline the guidelines to be […]
JK districts to have dedicated COVID burial, cremation ground
JAMMU: The government on Wednesday said that every district in the UT will have a dedicated cemetery or a cremation grounds for Covid-19 fatalities. Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while taking stock of efforts toward mitigating COVID-19 threat, directed Deputy Commissioners to adopt liberal release policy at administrative quarantine centres. He added that if […]
