Srinagar: Restrictions on movement imposed in Kashmir to prevent the spread of coronavirus were tightened on Wednesday and strict action initiated against violaters, following Narendra Modi’s announcement of a 21-day nationwide lockdown, officials said. Security forces sealed off several roads and erected barriers across the Valley to enforce the lockdown, they said. Police vehicles fitted […]
SRINAGAR:Traffic movement on the Srinagar- Jammu highway resumed on Wednesday after remaining suspended due to the landslides on the highway. Superintendent of Traffic Rural Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad told the Kashmir Reader that the landslides have been fully cleared upon the highway and traffic movement has been restored. “Only vehicles carrying essential commodities are allowed to ply […]
Srinagar: Only government essential services will remain functional in Jammu and Kashmir. “All government offices except those providing essential services closed till April 14,” said government spokesperson Rohit Kansal. KR Desk
AWANTIPORA: A driver was killed when a tractor he was driving over turned at Awantipora area of Pulwama. SHO Awantipora Madasir Naseer told Kashmir Reader the driver sustained critical injuries after the tractor skidded off the road and turned turtle in Rajpora village of Awantipora. He was immediately shifted to PHC Awantipora where doctors declared him brought […]
Islamabad:Pakistan has suspended all domestic flight operations until April 2 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus after the country reported nearly 1,000 cases from the COVID-19 infection, authorities said on Wednesday. The nationwide tally of the COVID-19 patients has soared to 990 with 410 cases in Sindh; 110 in Balochistan; 296 in Punjab; […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Traders & Manufacturers Federation(KTMF) has sought immediate release of its President Mohammad Yaseen Khan who is languishing in Agra Central Jail since August 5 on health grounds. Khan who also heads Kashmir Economic Alliance(KEA) is a senior citizen and underlying with multiple illnesses like hypertension, asthma & breathlessness issues which makes him susceptible […]
New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 562 on Wednesday while the death toll due to COVID-19 in the country was revised down to nine, according to Health Ministry data. The ministry in its updated figures on Wednesday morning, stated the second death reported in Delhi was COVID-19 negative, thus bringing down […]
Washington: Expressing “deep concern”over the rising number of the novel coronavirus cases in New York and its metropolitan area, members of the US Coronavirus Task Force have urged all those who have left the city in the last few days to self-quarantine themselves to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. New York saw at least […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he hoped the government would release politicians detained in Jammu and Kashmir, including PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, as it was cruel to continue their detention with the country entering a three-week lockdown period. Mufti, Naeem Akhtar, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Peer Mansoor and Shah Faesal are some of […]
New Delhi: Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting that this is necessary for a decisive battle against the coronavirus outbreak. In his second address to the nation on the pandemic raging across much of the world, Modi said the decision will have an […]