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Expecting mothers in Srinagar to get special support from administration

SRINAGAR:In another instance of providing support to citizens as required in these times the Srinagar administration has put in place a mechanism under which...

8 recover from COVID-19 at SKIMS, discharged

Srinagar: Eight COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura in the last three days after "successful" treatment,...

Army chief arrives in Valley to review security situation 

Srinagar: Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane arrived in Kashmir on Thursday on a two-day visit to review the prevailing security situation. The army...

MHA warns govt officials against holding Zoom meetings

New Delhi:  Zoom meeting platform is not safe and it is not to be used for official purposes by government officials, the Home Ministry...

Record 22 million have sought US jobless aid since virus

Washington:  The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the US economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits...

Mask-wearing, social distancing should be enforced strictly: MHA on lockdown

New Delhi,: The Indian home ministry on Thursday asserted that rules such as wearing face masks, practising social distancing and no gathering of five...

J&K police books man who reached home from Maharashtra in truck carrying essential items

Jammu: A man was booked on Thursday for allegedly hiding information about travelling through various coronavirus red zones on his way home in Jammu...

Russia, US should help each other during pandemic: Kremlin

Moscow:  Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the global coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for his country to work together with the United States, the...

25 test negative for COVID-19 in Budgam

Srinagar: Amid a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kashmir, 25 persons have tested negative for the disease in central Kashmir's Budgam...

14 fresh cases in Kashmir take COVID-19 tally to 314 in J&K

Srinagar: Fourteen new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Kashmir on Thursday taking total tally to 314 across J&K. “14 new cases- all from Kashmir Division....

Body recovered from Sopore stream

Baramulla:  Police on Thursday recovered body of a person in Seelo village of north Kashmir's Sopore. Official sources said that police received a call from...

One more COVID-19 patient recovers in Ladakh, active cases reduce to 4

Srinagar: With one more COVID-19 patient recovering in the Union territory, the number of of active cases of the disease in Ladakh has come...

14 J&K residents on way back home after completing quarantine in Amritsar

Srinagar: Fourteen J&K residents, who had returned from abroad and completed their quarantine in Amritsar, are on their way home. The twiter handle of Srinagar...

Tharoor questions JK government move of terminating paramedics amid Covid-19 pandemic

Srinagar: Dozens of paramedical staff terminated by the Jammu and Kashmir government recently amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, saw a support from an unexpected...

COVID-19 death toll touches 414, cases climb to 12,380

New Delhi:  The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according...

Google launches ‘journalism relief fund,’ following Facebook

Washington: Google said Wednesday it will launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the...

South Korean ruling party wins vote held amid virus fears

Seoul:  The ruling liberal party secured a resounding victory in South Korea's parliamentary elections, which had the highest turnout in nearly three decades despite...

Medical intelligence sleuths tracked, warned of new virus

Washington:  In late February when President Donald Trump was urging Americans not to panic over the novel coronavirus, alarms were sounding at a little-known...

IMF backs India’s ‘proactive’ COVID-19 response

Washington:  The International Monetary Fund Wednesday said that it supports India's proactive decision of a imposing a nationwide lockdown in its fight against coronavirus. A...

China dispatches 650,000 medical kits to India to fight COVID-19: Indian envoy

Beijing:  China on Thursday dispatched 650,000 coronavirus medical kits to India to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri said. Over...

US has ‘passed the peak’ on new coronavirus cases, says Trump

Washington:  The US has "passed the peak" on new coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump has said and predicted that some states would reopen this...

Health Ministry identifies 170 districts in India as hotspots, 207 as potential hotspots

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has identified 170 districts as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts as potential hotspots, officials said on Wednesday, reiterating that...

41 arrested in Kupwara district for violating lockdown orders

Srinagar:Police on Wednesday arrested 41 persons in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district for violating prohibitory orders imposed to contain the spread of the novel...

Key points in MHA’s ‘consolidated revised guidelines’

New Delhi: Followingare the key points in the Ministry of Home Affairs' consolidated revised guidelines: *All health services, including AYUSH, will remain functional. These include...

No school bags, books for pre-primary students, no homework upto standard 2nd: J&K govt notifies new rules

Srinagar: In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir government has done away with formal textbooks and school bags for pre-primary students at the...

J&K starts easing out restrictions; brick kilns to operate in Jammu division

Jammu: Brick kilns will resume operations in Jammu as Lt Governor G C Murmu gave orders of easing out lockdown restrictions in the division,...

Italian virus hospital offers Fauci work if Trump fires him

Rome: The scientific director of Italy's leading infectious disease hospital says he'd like to hire Dr. Anthony Fauci should President Donald Trump remove him...

J&K’s COVID-19 tally touches 300

Srinagar: The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir touched 300 as 22 more cases were reported on Wednesday. The new cases comprise 18...

Kashmir Press club constitutes welfare fund for journalists in need

Srinagar: Kashmir Press Club (KPC) Wednesday announced creation of a relief fund for media persons operating in Kashmir. KPC in a statement issued here said...

FSSAI extends renewal date of food license, registration of FBOs to June 30 Annual, half yearly returns date extended to July 31

SRINAGAR: In a much needed respite to the Food Business operators operating in of J&K, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)...

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