Delhi airport to resume flights from Terminal 3
Will allot entry gates, check-in bays to airlines
New Delhi: Commercial passenger flights at Delhi airport will initially operate from Terminal 3 after the lockdown ends, said a senior official of its operator DIAL on Sunday, adding that entry gates, self check-in machines and check-in bays will be allocated to airlines to avoid overcrowding by air travellers. The airport will keep all food, […]
World Press Freedom Day: Media enjoys absolute freedom in India, says Union Minister
New Delhi: Asserting that the media enjoys absolute freedom in India, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said “we will expose” those surveys that tend to portray a “bad picture” about press freedom in the country. On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, Javadekar said the media has the power to […]
Kashmir Saffron gets GI tag: Geographical indication boosts export, helps farmers to get better prices
SRINAGAR: Department of Agriculture Kashmir has been granted Certificate of Registration by Registrar of Geographical Indication, Chennai, Government of India in respect of Kashmir Saffron. The Registered Proprietor of the G.I Kashmir Saffron is Director Agriculture, Kashmir, facilitated by SKUAST (K) and Saffron Research Station Dusso Pampore J&K. Highlighting the achievement the Director Agriculture, Kashmir, […]
BJP Ladakh party head resigns, protests UT admin’s ‘ failure’
Srinagar: Chering Dorjay, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s president for Ladakh, has resigned from his post and the primary membership of the party to protest the “utter failure of UT Administration Ladakh in evacuating passengers, patients, pilgrims and students stranded at different places throughout India.” “The UT Administration is utterly insensitive and callous about the pathetic […]
JK adds 27 fresh cases to its list of COVID-19
CoroFamily of prayer leader, elderly woman from Rainawari figure in the list Srinagar: Thirteen members of two families from Rainwari here were among 27 persons who tested positive for novel coronavirus in last 24 hours, pushing the number of Covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 666 on Saturday. Official sources said that among the […]
COVID-19: Face 21 day quarantine for entering JK without permission: Govt
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday warned all those who may try to enter the UT without permission from the authorities. The government warned them of 21 day quarantine at Lakhnpur in case anybody tries to sneak in. Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam Saturday held video conference interaction with the Deputy Commissioners to discuss […]
Patient tests positive at Super specialty hospital
Srinagar: A patient, admitted from the last seven days, in super-specialty hospital at Shreenbagh here, has tested positive for novel coronavirus, creating unease among doctors and other healthcare workers. The doctors fear that the hospital might have to be shut in worst-case scenario and blame administration for what some of them described as a ‘blunder’. […]
Positive cases swell to 176 in Anantnag, Shopian districts
Anantnag: Seven more cases tested positive in Anantnag and Shopian districts of southern Kashmir taking the toll of total positive cases to 176 in the twin districts. Among seven cases that were tested positive on Saturday, four belong to Anantnag and three to Shopian. Pertinently, Anantnag was the last district in Kashmir to register a […]
Two militants killed as Pulwama gunfight ends
Handwara gunfight rages on, CRPF man injured in grenade blast
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter at Dangerpora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Meanwhile, a gunfight is going on at Handwara in north Kashmir where two militants are believed to be holed up in a house. A senior police officer said that the bodies of the militants were recovered from […]
Coronavirus pandemic: UN Chief calls for calm between India, Pakistan
His office says Chief’s appeal is universal
United Nations: The ceasefire appeal by UN chief Antonio Guterres amidst the coronavirus pandemic is global and should be applied everywhere, including along the Line of Control, his spokesperson said, as Pakistani forces engaged in unprovoked firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir this week that killed an Indian national. India on Friday registered […]
