Indian, Chinese troops clash near Naku La in Sikkim sector

New Delhi: Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off near Naku La Pass in the Sikkim sector of the Sino-India border, official sources said on Sunday. A number of personnel on both sides sustained injuries as they exchanged punches, they said, adding the troops disengaged after a dialogue at the local […]

7,740 dedicated COVID-19 health facilities in 483 districts identified: Health Ministry

New Delhi: A total of 7,740 dedicated COVID-19 facilities in 483 districts have been identified, the Union health ministry said on Sunday, asserting that adequate health infrastructure is in place to fight the pandemic. The public health facilities dedicated to COVID-19 management are categorised into three categories — Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH), Dedicated COVID Health […]

Udhampur readies to receive people returning to UT by special trains

Jammu: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday said all necessary arrangements have been put in place to receive thousands of local residents who are returning from various parts of the country by special trains. The first such train with 1,000 passengers left Chikkabanavara station in Bengaluru for Udhampur Railway Station this afternoon, […]

Return of stranded persons: Arrival through train starts in Jammu and Kashmir

Protocols framed; 100% to be tested, quarantined

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has given green signal to the arrival of trains in the Union Territory with its residents being evacuated from different parts of the country amid the Covid-19 lockdown. The inflow through trains was preceded by the regulated road transportation of the stranded persons via Lakhanpur. The trains entering the […]

Army man injured in cross border sniper fire

Srinagar: An army man was injured on Sunday when he was reportedly hit by a sniper fire apparently from across the border along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. As per officials the soldier was guarding a forward post in Balakote sector when he was hit by a bullet. The […]

Cytokine storm killed youngest coronavirus victim in Kashmir

Srinagar: Doctors in Kashmir Valley have now started believing that out of 9 deaths occurred in Kashmir Valley only one can be directly attributed to the lethal Coronaviurs infection while rest of the patients died not only of Coronaviurs but of other conditions-known in medical terminology as co-morbidities. Comorbidity in medical terminology means more than […]

COVID-19 tally in India crosses 60k

New Delhi: The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 60,000 on Saturday and the death toll neared the 2,000 mark after more people tested positive for the deadly virus infection across states, while worries mounted globally about re-emergence of the outbreak after reopening of locked down economies. The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said […]

IGP Kashmir stirs controversy with comments against CRPF

New Delhi: A comment made by Kashmir Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on the CRPF’s role in counter-terrorism operations has stirred a controversy among the forces deployed in the valley, officials said on Friday. They said IGP Kumar, during a meeting of joint forces at the district police lines in Baramulla on April 29 […]

Voice calls on mobile phones restored in Kashmir

Srinagar: Private cell phone operators resumed their services but mobile Internet continued to remain suspended on Saturday in the Kashmir valley, a move taken as a precautionary step after the killing of self-styled local chief of banned Hizbul Mujahdieen, Reyaz Naikoo, earlier this week. The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since […]