Four overground workers of LeT arrested

Srinagar: Security forces have apprehended four overground workers of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit from Handwara and Sopore areas of north Kashmir, officials said here on Friday. A cordon and search operation was launched in Shalpora village in Handwara area of Kupwara district late on Thursday night following information about presence of militants there, the officials said. Two […]

489 persons in quarantine test negative, walk home

Srinagar: At least 489 persons who were quarantined here in different hotels and other Government Buildings have tested negative. All these persons have been sent back to their homes with the suggestion that they should quarantine themselves in homes for next 14 days. District Development Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdary said that from past […]

Fighting coronavirus: Away from media glare many selfless people offer help

Srinagar: At a time when most of the NGO’s and groups help needy for seeking cheap publicity, various local groups have taken up the task to offer a helping hand that too without getting noticed. ‘Athwaas’ (Group of Humanity) is one such group that is trying to reach out to those in need. The group […]

Suspended cop Davinder Singh sent to further custody till April 10

New Delhi: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, was on Friday sent to further custodial interrogation by a Delhi court till April 10. Special Judge Munish Markan extended Singh’s custody after the Delhi Police said […]

LPG cylinders can act as carriers of Covid-19 virus, warn experts

Srinagar: The cooking gas cylinders can be carriers of deadly Covid-19 and that there is a dire need of following a proper mechanism while handling the LPG cylinders by both—supplying agency and the consumers, health experts stressed Friday. They said that since LGP cylinders are made of Iron and that the Covid-19 may remain attached […]

Chattabal locality in Srinagar declared as ‘red zone’

Srinagar: The authorities on Thursday declared Chattabal locality in Srinagar City as a “red zone” in view of a cluster of four positive cases of COVID-19 in the area, officials said. “Chattabal has been declared Containment (Red) Zone in view of cluster of four positive cases,” the Srinagar District Administration said in a tweet. The […]

COVID-19 death toll touches 53, total number of cases surge to 2,069

New Delhi: With 235 more people being confirmed positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,069 and the death toll to 53 in the country on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country is 1,860, while 155 people […]

Focus on testing, tracing, quarantine: PM tells CM’s

Asks them to frame strategy for 'staggered' exit from lockdown

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told chief ministers to focus on COVID-19 containment measures — testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine — with a common goal of ensuring minimum loss of life, and pitched for a joint strategy for a “staggered” exit from the ongoing lockdown. As the country witnessed a spike in […]

Jammu-Srinagar NH partially restored partially

Trucks carrying essential supplies allowed to move

Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was partially restored on Thursday after being closed for a week to facilitate passage of trucks carrying essential supplies to Kashmir valley, officials said. A single stretch has been cleared on the arterial highway to allow passage of the trucks carrying essential commodities which were stranded there for many days, […]