Srinagar: The Metereological Department (MeT) on Tuesday predicted fresh spell of rain from 31 March to 2 April. Director MeT Sonum Lotus said that currently weather is generally cloudy in Ladakh and Kashmir and mainly clear in Jammu region. However he predicted fresh spell of rain from 31 March to 2 April. “A fresh spell […]
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A doctor in Jammu has tested positive for coronavirus and was among 11 persons who were confirmed to have contracted the dreaded disease in J&K on Monday. So far 49 people including 37 in Kashmir and 12 in Jammu have tested positive for the pathogen. Among them, eight tested positive for coronavirus in Kashmir and […]
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Srinagar: Invoking prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC, Disaster Management Act and The Epidemic Disease Act, District Magistrate Pulwama said that there would be no inward and outward movement of any person from the villages declared red zones and the people would stay in their homes to ensure complete lockdown. In this regard […]
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The death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 108 in Turkey. Meanwhile, number of confirmed cases increased by 1,704, bringing the total number to 7,402, the country’s health minister said on Saturday . He said on Twitter that 7,641 tests had been conducted in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests […]
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Srinagar: Two more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. “One is a family member of yesterday’s confirmed case, the other has a contact history with a confirmed (now deceased) case,” tweeted Rohit Kansal, the government spokesperson. Also Read: ‘What will we eat?’: Migrant workers in Kashmir’s COVID-19 lockdown […]
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Srinagar: Member of Parliament from Kashmir Fayaz Ahmad Mir Wednesday appealed to government to think about the Kashmiri students who are stranded between India Bangladesh border. He told that so many students are stranded and yet government of India is not taking any serious decision about it. “Students are calling thinking I am the hope. […]
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Srinagar: A group of PhD Scholars from Kashmir on Wednesday appealed J-K administration to facilitate their return from Indoor Madhya Pradesh in wake of COVID-19 outbreak. The PhD scholars of DAVV Indore told they are in distress as no one came to their rescue. They appealed authorities to ensure a special air service for Kashmir […]
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Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced 21 day lockdown beginning midnight amid the swelling in number of coronavirus cases in India. “The entire country will go on a lockdown from midnight. To save India, there will be a total ban on venturing out of your home. This is more stringent than the janata curfew,” […]
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Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have busted a module, which was tasked by handlers in Pakistan to revive Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit in north Kashmir region, by arresting six persons and recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in Keran sector near Line of Control (LoC) of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Acting on […]
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Srinagar: A Kashmiri youth lodged at Uttar Pradesh Jail has been brought back to Kashmir. Police sources told Kashmir News Trust a Kashmir youth from Bandipora who was arrested last year in August after the abrogation of Special Status and shifted to UP’s Ambedkar Jail has been brought back. Sources identified the youth as Adil […]
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Srinagar : Mayor of Srinagar Junaid Azim Mattu has questioned the government directive to quarantine students returning from Bangladesh and other countries. His remarks come after slew of posts on how unhygienic these facilities are. Since, yesterday those in the quarantine have posted photos and videos of their rooms etc drawing sharp criticism from every […]
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday appointed Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan overall incharge of coronavirus control efforts in Kashmir division. An order under number 416-JK (GAD)of 2020, dated 20-03-2020, reads that “Mr. Baseer Ahmad Khan, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor shall be overall incharge of Corona Virus control efforts in Kashmir division.” It […]
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Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday deported Italian couple and a citizen from United States of America. The ticket for remaining tourist from Russia is in transit and they are likely to be deported on Friday. Pertinently, despite ban on foreign tourists from entering Kashmir, the Government Wednesday allowed the entry of at least […]
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The news about second case testing positive in Kashmir is fake. Several social media handles had reported the development, however the authorities debunked the news. Government spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted “#COVID19 #JammuAndKashmir Friends stay calm. Do not circulate or believe rumours. There is only ONE positive case in Kashmir so far. NO RUMOURS PLEASE @diprjk […]
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Srinagar: Ever since the abrogation of Article-370 in Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 79 militancy-related incidents have taken place Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. However, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, no major militant attack took place in the hinterland of the country between August 5, 2019 and March 10, 2020. […]
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Srinagar: One more person on Monday tested positive for coronovirus, taking the number of such patients to four in union territory of Ladakh. A senior official told over phone that test report of the person was received today and it has come positive. He informed that there are now four patients who have tested positive […]
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Srinagar: Two teenaged boys drowned in river Chenab in Ramsu area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Station House Officer (SHO) Ramban Javid Iqbal told over phone that the boys namely Abid Ahmad Manhas (15) son of Mushtaq Ahmad Manhas and Towqeer Ahmad Manhas (15) son of Rafiq Ahmad Manhas slipped into […]
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Srinagar: A five-year-old minor girl from central Kashmir’s Budgam district was killed in a road accident on Saturday evening. Officials said that a speedy tipper bearing registration number JK03D-6687 driven by Ghulam Hassan Ganie, son of Ghulam Ahmad of Nasoou Bandipora hit and injured a minor girl identified as Rutba Jan daughter of Abdul Rashid […]
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Srinagar: As former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), Farooq Abdullah was released from seven month-long detention today, Iltija Mufti, the daughter of another former J-K chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, took to Twitter to demand once again the release of her mother and other Kashmiris whom the government has detained since stripping the region’s […]
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Spain’s equality minister Irene Montero has tested positive for coronavirus along with her partner deputy prime minister and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias and has been quarantined a government statement said Thursday. “This morning, all members of the government will undergo testing,” it said, indicating the results would be published later in the day. As the […]
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Srinagar: One more person on Wednesday test negative for coronavirus disease (COVID 19) in Kashmir where along with Jammu 1211 people have been put under surveillance. Also, officials told test reports of 35 persons are awaited across the union territory of J-K where 968 persons are in “home quarantine”, 12 in “hospital quarantine” and 81 […]
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Srinagar: Orchardists in south Kashmir are worried at present as they are yet to receive the compensation for the damage caused to the fruit and other crop due to last year’s lock-down followed by unseasonal snowfall. Figures available with Horticulture department suggest that about Rs 10,000 crore Kashmir’s economy is dependent on apple industry and […]
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Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, GC Murmu that the administration will ensure that jobs, lands and assets are protected for the people of the Union Territory as it invites investments after abrogation of the special status, its The LG was addressing businessmen at a roadshow organised for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Global Investors’ […]
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The ‘Aurat March’ was held today in various cities across Pakistan to mark International Women’s Day. The marches were attended by women, children, men, transgender people and others. The first Aurat March was held in 2018 in Karachi. Last year, it was extended to more cities, including Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Larkana and Hyderabad. This year […]
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With three former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir detained since 5 August 2019, former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari is all set to launch his new party later today. Bukhari will launch the party named as Apni Party in a bid to change the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir where politics has taken a […]
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Srinagar: The Srinagar administration Friday reached out to the managements of major mosques and shrines in the district as part of its efforts to spread awareness about precautions that ought to be followed to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus. The managing committees of major mosques and shrines were invited to a meeting where senior […]
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Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Thursday asked private hospitals to set up isolation wards in the Valley, underlining need for adopting collective approach against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat. An official spokesman here said that Baseer Khan chaired a meeting to review preventive measures for Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat which are put in […]
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Srinagar: Police on Wednesday said it arrested a person working as an operative of the Pakistani intelligence agencies. Acting on a specific input, a team of Special Operations Group (SOG) Jammu detained Pankaj Sharma, resident of Tarore, Samba who was working as an operative of Pakistani intelligence agencies, a police spokesman said in a statement. […]
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“Free Kashmir” graffiti has surfaced in Karnataka with the slogan seen on the compound wall of a defence enclave colony at Shivajinagar area pf Bangalore. The graffiti was erased by painting over it, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) S D Sharanappa said a case has been registered in this regard, investigation was on […]
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has said that the country is anxiously following the news coming from India where communal violence has killed over 40 people. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi expressed deep sorrow over the recent violence against Muslims in the Indian capital that was the worst since 1984. “Iran is anxiously following […]
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The police on Friday booked 22 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students of Jammu and Kashmir for “instigating and participating in anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests” in Aligarh. The students were booked for protests and blocking an important link road in the district, a police officer was quoted saying by the Hindustan Times. As per the […]
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