Srinagar : Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, R K Mathur has said he will donate 30 percent of his salary for one year in India’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic. “Sh. @R_Mathur, Hon’ble Lt. Governor of #Ladakh to #donate 30% of salary for 1 year as his contribution in the nation’s fight against […]
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is urging governments around the world to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. “Violence is not confined to the battlefield,” said Guterres in a statement and a video released in multiple languages, reminiscent of his call for a ceasefire in […]
New Delhi: Millions of Indians across the country switched off lights at their homes and lit candles, diyas or turned on mobile phone torches at 9pm on Sunday, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to show nation’s “collective resolve and solidarity” in its fight against coronavirus. This is the second time Modi has sought to […]
Srinagar: Two persons were arrested in Kashmir for allegedly circulating fake news on social media aimed at creating law and order disturbance, police said on Sunday. The Cyber Police Station here received information through reliable sources that some miscreants with criminal intention and to create panic among public have circulated fake information and videos having […]
Srinagar : Day after 16 COVID-19 cases were detected in the valley, 14 more persons were tested positive for the disease in Kashmir on Sunday taking the J&K tally to 106. Jammu and Kashmir government spokesman, Rohit Kansal, who tweeted about the development, further informed that a total if 100 cases comprising 82 in Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Two more army soldiers were killed in an ongoing operation against militants in Kupwara on Sunday. Five militants who army said were infiltrating through Line of Control into the Valley were killed in Keran village of Kupwara today morning. One soldier was also killed while two were injured. But army spokesperson in the afternoon […]
Jammu: A 100-year-old man has died in a quarantine centre in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir but his COVID-19 test report has come negative, a senior government official said on Sunday. The man and his brother were shifted to a quarantine facility a few days ago as a precautionary measure after it came to […]
New Delhi: Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) A P Maheshwari said on Sunday that he has gone into quarantine as part of his responsibility to break the coronavirus transmission chain after a doctor of his force tested positive for COVID-19. Maheshwari (59), the chief of the country’s largest paramilitary force with […]
Srinagar: Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah on Sunday showered praise on Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, apparently for the way the latter is handling the COVID-19 situation in his state. “UddhavThackeray has been a revelation,” Omar tweeted. The Maharashtra chief minister, the first Thackeray to rule the state, has been lauded […]
Banihal/Jammu: A massive landslide struck the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district early Sunday, disrupting the movement of vehicles carrying essential commodities to Kashmir. The landslide blocked the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Maroog near Ramban town, at 3 am, officials said. The road clearance agencies pressed […]