Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday directed for continuation of agriculture operations in a controller manner besides allowing bi-annual movement of nomadic tribes in “small groups at a slow pace”. However, the administration directed the deputy commissioners and district police heads for strict implementation of restrictions in all the 77 COVID-19 ‘Red Zones’ […]
London:The UK could end up being one of the worst-hit European countries in the coronavirus pandemic, a senior scientific adviser to the government warned on Sunday. Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust who sits on the British government’s scientific advisory committee SAGE, said Britain is facing the highest death toll in the region […]
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday thanked the state-funded NHS medics and staff for their hard work through the coronavirus pandemic as he was discharged from hospital, saying he owed them his life after testing positive for the deadly virus over two weeks ago. Downing Street said that Johnson left St. Thomas’ Hospital […]
Srinagar: Twenty one COVID-19 cases were reported in J&K on Sunday taking the total tally of cases to 245. The new cases comprise 17 in Kashmir and 4 in Jammu, government spokesperson Rohit Kansal tweeted. Manzoor ul-Hassankashmirreader.com
Kabul: The Taliban announced Sunday it will be releasing 20 Afghan government prisoners the group has been holding, in the first phase of its commitment under its historic peace deal with the United States. The deal calls for the government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for 1,000 government officials held by the Taliban insurgents. […]
Bhadohi: A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi allegedly threw her five children into the Ganga following an argument with her husband, police said on Sunday. Efforts are on to trace the children, they said. Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh said the incident took place in Jahangirabad village under the Gopiganj police station area late […]
Srinagar: The organising committee of the upcoming annual Urs of Baba Dawood (RA) at Batmaloo Srinagar has cancelled traditional congregation this year in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. A statement issued by the committee asked devotees to observe religious austerity inside their houses instead of thronging the revered shrine from April 15-18, the annual […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader Mohammad Dilawar Mir on Sunday demande immediate shifting of J&K residents who are stranded in different parts of India since the COVID-19 lockdown was enforced in the country. In a statement issued here, Mir said: “It is heartening that JKAP’s continuous efforts and follow-up have borne […]
Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar on Sunday booked and arrested two mutton shop owners for violating lockdown orders amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The twitter handle of the administration said that the said shops at Nawakadal and Botakadal have been sealed. One of the shopkeepers, it said, has also been booked under the essential commodities […]
Srinagar: Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU),Rajouri has fixed the last date for the submission of admission forms for various programmes in the upcoming academic session as May 15. The programmes include B.Tech, Lateral Entry to B.Tech, Diploma Engineering, Lateral Entry to Diploma Engineering and other Diploma courses. A varsity spokesperson asked the aspirants to […]