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Police using multi-faceted approach to implement social distancing in Hajin

HAJIN: Police in Hajin Bandipora has been using a multi-faceted approach to implement social distancing and at the same time helping residents to get...

Civilian killed in Kulgam

Anantnag: Unidentified gunmen on Friday evening shot at and injured a civilian here in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. He later succumbed at a...

6 booked in Bandipora for violating restrictions

Hajin/Ganderbal: Six persons were booked in north Kashmir’s Hajin on Friday for violating Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. An FIR no 10/2020 under section 188 IPC have...

Vegetable prices soar amid corona lockdown

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: People across the Kashmir valley are complaining that they have to pay high prices to buy vegetables, of which only a few...

People begin to report persons with travel history

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Since three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kashmir valley on Tuesday, people have started reporting the arrival of persons who...

Khanyar woman recovers fully: Dir SKIMS

Srinagar: Director SKIMS Soura Dr AG Ahangar on Tuesday said that the Khanyar woman who tested positive for coronavirus last week has recovered from...

In Dooru-Verinag, circles drawn to make people stand at ‘social distancing’ gap

KALEEM GEELANI ANANTNAG: The municipal committee of Dooru-Verinag in Anantnag district has come up with a rather geometrical idea to spread awareness about social distancing....

One more test positive in Kashmir

Srinagar: One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of covid-19 patients to seven in Jammu and...

For the second time in history, Hazratbal sees no Shab-e-Meraj festivity

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Neither the throng of devotees nor night-long prayers followed by display of holy relics on the eve of Shab-e-Meraj took place at...

3 drug peddler arrested by police in Sumbal

SUMBAL: Police in Sumbal on Monday arrested three drug peddlers here and seized contraband substance from their possession. An official said that on the directions...

Publishing house donates 1,000 books to quarantine centres in Kashmir

Srinagar: A reputed bookshop and publishing house in Srinagar has donated 1,000 books to various quarantine centres that have been setup in Kashmir due to...

Locals demand screening at Jawahar Tunnel to block entry of non-locals

KALEEM GEELANI ANANTNAG: Non-local labourers and visitors are bypassing the screening point for coronavirus at Lower Munda, local residents and civil society members have alleged....

Militants hurl grenade at security forces in Pulwama

Srinagar; Militants hurled a grenade at security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday but it did not explode, police said. Around 7.50...

Govt announces lockdown across J&K from tomorrow 

Srinagar: The government on Sunday announced lockdown across Jammu and Kashmir from tomorrow and exempted 16 essential services. The shutdown will continue till March 31,...

J&K govt declares 16 services, commodities as essential services 

JAMMU: In view of the situation arising due to COVID-19, Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Simrandeep Singh today issued an order declaring...

Indian Pakistani troops exchange fire in Poonch, Kathua areas

   Jammu: An Army porter was injured along the Line of Control in Poonch and several houses were damaged in border areas of Kathua districts after...

Hotelier arrested for not providing info about British guest in Ramban

Banihal:A hotel owner was arrested and a case was registered against him for allegedly flaunting government order by not providing information about a British...

Designate coronavirus hospital in Kashmir, procure ventilators before it is too late: DAK

Srinagar: Taking a dig at poor healthcare facilities in Kashmir, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Sunday said COVID-19 is an impending threat with high case...

No let-up in corona lockdown

Srinagar: Strict restrictions continued for the third straight day in Kashmir to prevent spread of Covid 19 in the region. The drastic measures have...

Missing PhD scholars of AMU traced to their homes in Kashmir, quarantined

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Four scholars of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) belonging to Kashmir valley who had reportedly fled the quarantine facility at Aligarh were traced...

Australian tourist, Nepali labourer sent back from Qazigund

KALEEM GEELANI ANANTNAG: Two foreigners who arrived in Kashmir valley on Friday were sent back from the screening facility at Lower Munda, Qazigund, even though...

Prayers all the way to the screening point at Jawahar Tunnel

KALEEM GEELANI ANANTNAG: At the screening point established at Lower Munda, Qazigund, to check persons entering Kashmir valley for symptoms of COVID-19, the sense of...

Day of panic, restrictions in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: People in Srinagar went into panic buying mode on Thursday, swarming shops and medical. Rush was seen outside ATMs and petrol pumps across...

SMHS hospital closes OPD

SRINAGAR: Authorities on Thursday decided to close the OPD section at SMHS hospital here, amid growing threat of coronavirus in Srinagar where the first...

78 persons on flight from Leh quarantined

SRINAGAR: Seventy-eight passengers of an Air India Leh-Srinagar flight were quarantined on their arrival here on Thursday, officials said. However, a decision is awaited...

Drive held at Hajin

HAJIN: Municipal Council Hajin on Wednesday sprayed disinfectants in hospitals, bus stands, government offices in wake of coronavirus scare. The drive was carried under...

Now parks, gardens closed in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The government on Monday ordered closure of all parks and gardens in Srinagar till further orders as a precautionary measure and also suspended...

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