Spike in Covid-19 cases: Travellers constitute around 45% of patients in JK

Srinagar: Around 45 percent of positive Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir constitute the travellers entering the region from different countries and various other states. As per officials, among 2857 cases 1266 are travellers which constitute 44.47 percent of the total cases detected positive in J&K. In Kashmir out of 2185 total cases 737 are […]

‘Covidshame’: With half burnt body family of Covid-19 victim flees cremation place

Jammu: A mob on Tuesday disrupted the last rites of a Covid-19 victim and forced his family members to flee with the half-burnt body in Jammu, prompting intervention by the administration which later ensured the cremation at another place as per protocol. A 72-year-old man, hailing from Doda district, became the fourth victim of coronavirus […]

Pulwama encounter: Top JeM commander among three militants killed

Srinagar: Security forces on Wednesday killed militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad’s (JeM) top IED expert Abdul Rehman alias ‘Fauji Bhai’, who was an Afghan war veteran, besides two local militants during an encounter in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, police said. “The killing of Abdul Rehman alias Fauji Bhai alias Fauji Baba, a Pakistani national, is a […]

Faceoff on LAC: China says no need for third party intervention

Says situation at Sino-India border stable

Beijing: China on Wednesday emphasised that there was no need for the intervention of a “third party” to resolve its current standoff with India as the two neighbours have full-fledged border-related mechanisms and communication channels to sort out their differences through dialogue. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that China’s position […]

Wazwan, political meetings prove ‘not-so-tasty’ for BJP leaders

Police registers FIR for violating lockdown norms

Srinagar: At a time when authorities are urging upon people to maintain social distancing norms while police face tough time in implementing lock-down, Bhartiya Janata Party is overruling all the directions and violating all rules by convening political meetings, joining functions, arranging Wazwan in different parts of Kashmir Valley. Reports said that BJP district president […]

Stay away from ‘unapproved’ educational institutions in PaK: Govt to students

Srinagar: The Centre has advised students of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh union territories against taking admissions in colleges or universities in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) as the educational institutions there were not recognised by India. In a public notice, published in local dailies here, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) cautioned the […]

223 crore loan scam: ACB arrests former chairman of Cooperative Bank

Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) on Wednesday arrested Muhammad Shafi Dar, former chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Cooperative Bank, who is one of the main accused in Rs 223 crore loan scam. The arrest took place a day after the ACB issued a look-out notice and announced a reward for giving tip-off about his whereabouts. “Mohammadd […]

After flowers health workers showered with ‘brickbats’

Doctor beaten by CRPF men at Chadoora in Budgam

Budgam: There seems to be no end to violent attacks on health workers in Jammu and Kashmir as a senior Epidemiologist on Wednesday said he was allegedly thrashed by CRPF men in Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The senior doctor was later rescued after the intervention of locals. “What was his crime? Doctors […]

No decision taken to re-open schools in JK: Govt

College principals told to consult all stake holders on re-opening

JAMMU: The Government Wednesday said that said that it has not taken any decision to re-open the schools on June 15 in Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma, who is also in charge of School Education Department. He, however, said that instructions have been issued to schools to […]