COVID-19: 12 more test positive in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: Twelve persons on Thursday tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.  Among them, five were confirmed at the viral diagnostic laboratory of SKIMS here, Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent of the tertiary care hospital told. Sources said that four samples returned positive for COVID-19 at a private laboratory […]

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COVID-19 claims one more life in Jammu and Kashmir, tally mounts to 11

A 75-year-old man from Jammu on Wednesday became 11th victim of the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. They said that septuagenarian died at his residence at Preet Nagar Digiana. However, the family took him to GMC Jammu where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival and decided to take his samples […]

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Restrictions on high-speed internet in Kashmir extended till 27 May

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday extended ban on high-speed internet till May 27 even as 2G service shall remain suspended in Pulwama and Shopian district for now. Among others, the government has cited use of high speed mobile internet for coordinating acts of militancy, both within and from across the border. “Over […]

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Govt to restore 2G internet in ‘most parts’ of Kashmir by tonight

Srinagar: Mobile internet services are being restored by tonight in most parts of Kashmir Valley, official sources said on Monday. A senior police officer said that the 2G internet services would be restored in “most places” by 10 p.m. Meanwhile, restrictions across Kashmir Valley continued on Monday even as mobile 2G internet and short messaging […]

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Hizb appoints Gazi Haider as Kashmir’s new operational commander

Srinagar: Hizbul-Mujahideen (HM) has appointed Gazi Haider as the new operation commander for Jammu and Kashmir after the killing of Riyaz Naikoo last week. On Sunday, as per a statement issued, the HM paid tribute to Naikoo in a command council meeting, held under the chair of United Jihad Council (UJC) chairman and the HM’s […]

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The Kashmir Walla was targeted in a coordinated cyber attack

On Wednesday, 6 May 2020, evening, a cyber attack was launched on our server immediately after we published stories about a gunfight.

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Pulwama gunfight: Civilian shot dead in protests

Srinagar: A civilian was killed during protests between youth and the government forces in Beighpora village of Awantipora in south Kashmir, after the killing of Riyaz Naikoo, the operational commander-in-chief of Hizbul Mujahideen. Sources in the district police and administration confirmed the killing to The Kashmir Walla. Due to the on going suspension of mobile […]

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COVID-19: 34 more test positive; J-K tally rises to 775

Srinagar: Thirty-four people tested positive for COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir as the tally of the Union Territory rose to 775. Among the total 710 are from Kashmir division and 65 from Jammu. As per the Department of Information and Public Relations, 445 among the total are active positive cases, while 322 people have recovered. Eight […]

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“Cruel and retrograde”: Omar after PSA detention of Mehbooba extended

Srinagar: Omar Abdullah, a former chief minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), has called the decision to extend Mehbooba Mufti, also a former CM of J-K, “unbelievably cruel and retrograde”. “Nothing she has done or said in any way justifies the way the Indian state has treated her and the others detained,” he said. “For […]

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One CISF personnel injured in Budgam militant attack

Srinagar: At least one CISF personnel has been injured in an attack by suspected militants in Wagoora Nowgam area of Budgam, central Kashmir. The militants had attacked a CISF patrol party in Nowgam this evening, ANI reported. The forces have cordoned off the area. Today, at least three CRPF personnel were also killed in a militant […]

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Handwara gunfight: Local among two slain militants, say officials

Srinagar: The two militants killed in an encounter with a joint team of army and police in Kupwara district on Sunday have been identified and one of them includes a local resident of Handwara, officials said on Sunday. A senior police officer told that slain duo includes Asif Reshi son of Mohammad Sultan Reshi of […]

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Two LD hospital doctors quarantined after pregnant woman from Anantnag tests positive

Srinagar: Two doctors and 8 other healthcare workers at the Lal Ded (LD) Hospital, Kashmir’s only tertiary care maternity facility, have been quarantined after a pregnant woman who was referred there in alleged violation of norms tested positive for novel coronavirus. Sources told here that the woman who hails from the COVID-19 “red zone” area […]

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Uri shelling: Two army men succumb to injuries

Srinagar: Two army soldiers who were earlier injured critically in cross-border shelling in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district succumbed to injuries in a military hospital on Friday late evening. Official sources told that four soldiers were injured in the shelling and were evacuated to nearby army’s health facility where two of them later […]

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