COVID-19 contact person flees from red zone
Vigil intensified in Pulwama villages bordering adjoining districts
PULWAMA: After a Covid 19 contact person fled from the Red Zone declared village of Shopian district to a nearby bordering village of Pulwama, authorities in both the district intensified vigil to nab the person. On receiving the complaint, the District Administration immediately deputed a surveillance team to the place to trace all 16 probable […]
Two militants, associate killed in Awatipora gunfight
Trio buried in Sonmarg
Srinagar: Two militants and their ‘associate’ were killed in an encounter with the government forces in Goripora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, police said. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that two militants and a ‘hardcore associate’ were killed in the gunfight. The encounter had ensued after joint […]
Police gets ‘Drone’ support to keep watch on people
Abid Bashir Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police has pressed into service at least 25 drones in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Union Territory (UT) to keep a close watch on lockdown violation in times of Covid-19 pandemic which has already claimed six lives and affected over 490 people. Police said that use of drones […]
Containment measures, resumption of economic activities reviewed
JAMMU: Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba Saturday held video conference interaction with the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories to review implementation of lockdown restrictions in the country and resumption of economic activities as per the guidelines of the Government of India. While interacting with the Chief Secretaries, the Cabinet Secretary emphasized on an […]
Pregnant woman from red zone dies after treatment ‘delayed’
Family alleges negligence
Srinagar: Authorities have ordered a probe into the death of a woman and her twin babies after doctors allegedly delayed her treatment at a maternity hospital in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district over apprehensions that she might be coronavirus infected. The woman who hailed from Kharpora village, which has been declared a coronavirus “red zone” by […]
Darbar-Move opening: Div Com visits Civil Secretariat, inspects preparations
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, Saturday visited Civil Secretariat, Srinagar to inspect preparations and other measures, on spot, against current COVID-19 situation, for the upcoming Durbar Move which will partially open on May 04. The Div Com entered the building through decontamination tunnel and directed concerned to ensure that every person enters the […]
Fighting COVID-19: Prison inmates manufacture face masks
Jammu: Hundreds of inmates in prisons across Jammu and Kashmir have volunteered and joined efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic with mass production of face masks in jail premises, officials said on Saturday. They said the prisoners started manufacturing the high quality polypropylene masks last month after the prisons department’s proposal got the nod of […]
13 held in Samba for selling liquor illegally
Jammu: Eight FIRs have been registered against 13 people for illegally selling liquor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district during the ongoing lockdown period, police said on Saturday. The latest case was registered against Roshan Lal, who was arrested from his house for preparing and selling liquor at village Ratwana on Saturday morning, a police […]
Covid-19 pandemic: No let up in corona positive cases as 20 get infected
Srinagar: A five and a 8 year-old boy, besides a woman and her three minor daughters were among twenty people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir Valley on Friday, taking the number of the infected persons to JK to 454. All these cases were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab of SKIMS Soura […]
Abducted cop rescued, two militants killed: Police
Three CRPF men injured in grenade blast
Srinagar: Two militants were killed minutes after they abducted a railway policeman at Yaripora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir on Friday, police said. Meanwhile, three CRPF men were injured after militants hurled a grenade towards a CRPF camp in Chadoora Budgam. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Range, Vijay Kumar (IPS) said that militants abducted […]
