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Top hotelier Mushtaq Chaya booked for leaving red zone in Jammu to reach Srinagar

Srinagar: One of the top hoteliers of Kashmir, Mushtaq Chaya, was booked for violating the nationwide lockdown after he left his residence in Jammu's...

Kangan family put into home quarantine after relatives visit from red zone

Sheikh Abu Talha Kangan: Nine family members from Kangan in Ganderbal district were put on home quarantine on Wednesday after relatives visit from Bandipora’s Covid-19...

3 houses damaged in Srinagar blaze

Srinagar: Three residential houses were partially damaged in a fire incident at Noor Bagh area of Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon. As per the eyewitnesses,...

Aggressive testing begins in Kashmir as health dept plans to lift 800 samples daily

SRINAGAR: About 800 samples for COVID-19 infection will be collected as aggressive testing has been launched in Kashmir, according to Director Health Services Kashmir,...

PSA detention of 41 J&K residents lodged in UP jails revoked

Srinagar: The J&K government has revoked Public Safety Act detention of 41 persons lodged several jails of Uttar Pradesh. On the eve of abrogation of...

Gurez running short of essentials, say residents  

Srinagar: Amid the prevailing COVID-19 lockdown, residents from several villages in north Kashmir’s Gurez valley said there is an acute shortage of essentials in...

Biasakhi: No throng witnessed at Srinagar Gurdawara

Biasakhi eve: No throng witnessed at Srinagar Gurdawara amid Covid 19 Pandemic | Photo: Faisal Khan

Srinagar-Leh highway opens partially to replenish essential supplies

Sheikh Ab u Talha Sonamarg: Leh highway, a strategic road that connects Ladakh with Kashmir, was thrown open partially on Saturday to carry essential commodities...

17 COVID-19 cases reported in J&K, tally 224

Srinagar: Seventeen COVID-19 cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday taking the overall tally of cases to 224. The cases comprise 12...

No Friday prayers for third straight week

SRINAGAR: No congregational Friday prayers were offered in Kashmir for third straight week in view of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Strict restrictions were imposed in...

Srinagar-Leh highway reopens today, a month early, for essential supplies

Sonamarg: The lifeline of Ladakh and Kargil, the National Highway from Srinagar to Leh will be thrown open on Saturday, but only for vehicles...

Mehbooba sent home to be detained there under PSA

Srinagar: Former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti walked into her residence at Gupkar Fairview, after it was declared as a subsidiary jail, to continue...

Amendment to domicile law questioned by all political parties, except Bukhari’s

SRINAGAR: Except the newly formed Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party of Altaf Bukhari, all major political parties in Kashmir have questioned the Government of...

Police evacuates pregnant woman to hospital in Hajin

Hajin: Police on Saturday evacuated 35-year old pregnant woman to hospital after she was held up due to lockdown. Police said that after getting...

Altaf Bukhari meets Amit Shah

Srinagar: J&K Apni Party president Syed Altaf Bukhari on Friday met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to apprise him of “shortcomings” in...

Altaf Bukhari meets Amit Shah   

Srinagar: J&K Apni Party president Syed Altaf Bukhari on Friday met Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Friday to apprise him of...

Denied passage at Jawahar Tunnel, 3 labourers die trying to reach home in Banihal

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: The lockdown on public movement turned fatal as three labourers slipped to death while trying to reach Banihal through the Pir Panchal...

Kashmir newspaper distributors to suspend circulation of dailies from today

SRINAGAR: A body of newspaper distributors on Tuesday said that they will not circulate newspapers from Wednesday after the demand dwindled due to fear...

Villages out of municipal jurisdiction left without sterilisation

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Many villages located in areas which do not come under any municipality’s jurisdiction have been left out of sterilisation measures even as...

COVID-19: 20 Kashmir villages declared red zones

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday declared twenty villages in Kashmir as red zones in a bid to prevent further transmission of...

Kashmir newspaper distributors to suspend circulation of dailies from tomorrow

SRINAGAR: A body of newspaper distributors on Tuesday said that they will not circulate newspapers from Wednesday after the demand dwindled due to fear...

Barbers maintain ‘social distancing’, customers feel ‘burden upon head’ and ‘beard growing weird’

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Fond of styling his hair, 20-year-old Wajid Ahmad, a resident of Rambagh, is trying to find a hair-dresser for the past few...

Burglars strike at Coronavirus patient’s abandoned home in Bandipora Decamp with cash of 3 lakhs

Hajin: Burglars decamped with cash and valuables worth over Rs 3 lakh from Covid-19 patient’s abandoned house at Saderkook Bala in north Kashmir’s Bandipora....

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan rise to 1,625

Islamabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 1,625 while the death toll stood at 18, health officials said on Monday, underlining that local...

Newspapers seen as carriers of corona; circulations plummet, editions suspended

SRINAGAR: Fears of contracting coronavirus has made a good chunk of populace to say goodbye to newspapers, a move that has begun to disrupt...

Covid-19 watch: Amid crisis, PHC Kapran without staff for last 2 weeks

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: In south Kashmir’s Verinag area, Primary Health Centre (PHC) Kapran has been without staff for the last two weeks in time of...

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