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, an official order said. “Shutdown of all establishments and services except essential commodities/services throughout J&K from 8:00 pm today till 6 pm March 31. Vehicles carrying essential supplies exempted; essential […]
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 16 services as Essential services and commodities within Jammu and Kashmir. According to the order, the Essential Services will include Supply of Groceries (wholesalers and retailers), Supply of Fresh fruits and […]
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 Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy fire on Sunday. The officials said that Mohammad Shoukat, 26, a local youth working as a porter with the Indian Army, was injured when the […]
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 guest in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said on Sunday. The hotel owner, Ajaz Ahmad of Kaskoot village, was arrested and booked under section 188 Indian Penal […]
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 fatality rate, demanding government to wake up and designate coronavirus hospitals in the valley and procure ventilators before it is too late. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said as on March […]
Srinagar: Strict restrictions continued for the third straight day in Kashmir to prevent spread of Covid 19 in the region. The drastic measures have followed a single positive case reported on March 18. Since then, the government has imposed lockdown and shut markets to contain transmission of the virus. In the Valley, shops, traffic and […]
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 on Saturday at their native places and kept in isolated quarantine for fourteen days. The Four PhD scholars from Kashmir had fled from AMU amid quarantine period without informing the […]
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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 they underwent proper screening and were found asymptomatic. They were not allowed to enter the valley following the directions of the J&K government, said a medical official posted at the […]
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 uneasiness and anxiety is visible on the faces of passengers as they go through the screening test, after passing Jawahar Tunnel. The travellers undergo thermal screening at the designated screening […]