Admin orders complete lockdown till May 31 in Sgr
Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar on Saturday ordered complete lockdown across the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir till May 31. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr. Shahid Choudhary said that the restrictions are already in place from past few months to contain the deadly virus from spreading. “The people across the Srinagar district cooperated with […]
Flyers to undergo COVID-19 test, quarantine on arrival
Jammu: With domestic flights scheduled to resume from next week, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday said all inbound passengers would have to undergo a compulsory COVID-19 test and administrative quarantine till the time their report is out. The decision was conveyed by the department of disaster management, relief and reconstruction (state executive committee), […]
UN Chief calls for rejecting anti-Muslim bigotry, hate
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced his “total commitment” to rejecting anti-Muslim bigotry, hate and all forms of intolerance, urging all to draw from Ramzan the lessons of compassion, mutual respect and solidarity. Guterres, in his remarks on Friday to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states on “COVID-19 Solidarity: Promoting Co-Existence […]
Pak FM Qureshi calls UN chief, discusses Kashmir situation
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi telephoned UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday to convey its concern over India’s decision to change the domicile law for Jammu and Kashmir. Under the domicile rules, all those persons and their children who have resided for 15 years in Jammu and Kashmir or have studied for seven […]
Face off in Ladakh: Talks between Indian, Chinese troops fail to ease tension
New Delhi: At least five rounds of talks between Indian and Chinese troops this week have failed to de-escalate tension in Pangong Tso lake and Galwan Valley in Ladakh as the two sides maintained aggressive posturing in the disputed border areas, government sources said. The Indian Army has been matching up to the Chinese build […]
Filling of IPS vacancies: JK submits proposal to UPSC, MHA
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir government has sent a proposal to the Union Public Service Commission and Ministry of Home Affairs for filling 28 vacancies in promotion quota of the prestigious Indian Police Service. Highly placed sources disclosed that Home department of J&K government has submitted a detailed proposal to UPSC and MHA for induction […]
Reducing load on labs; JK adopts pooling of COVID-19 samples
Srinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have started ‘pooled testing’ to reduce the load on virology labs besides clearing the pending samples already collected for testing. As per official records around ten thousand samples collected for testing are still pending. “It is because of the aggressive sample collection but limited testing capacity in hospitals of […]
Amity: Muslims help perform last rites of Kashmiri Hindu in Pulwama
Tral: Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Muslims in South Kashmir’s Tral region arranged all necessary help to a family to perform last rites of a Kashmiri elderly Pandit. Jagan Nath Butt, a resident of Buchoo Tral village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district died at his native village today. As the news about his death broke in the […]
COVID-19 vaccine development at early stage in India: Experts
Breakthrough unlikely within a year
New Delhi: As Indian firms scramble to develop a vaccine for coronavirus, experts feel that research in the country is still at a nascent stage and any concrete breakthrough is not likely within a year. The Indian government and private firms have stepped up efforts to develop a vaccine to halt the spread of COVID-19 […]
Covid-19: Two bakers among 40 fresh cases reported, tally rises to 1489
Srinagar: Two bakers from Pulwama district were among 40 fresh cases of the COVID-19 infection reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, taking the overall tally closer to 1500. Official sources said that 18 cases were reported from Shopian, four from Samba, three each from Baramulla and Kupwara, two each from Anantnag, Srinagar, Pulwama, Rajouri […]
