BUDGAM: The sowing season has started across Kashmir valley amid the coronavirus lockdown. The sowing season in Kashmir usually starts in the month of April and the harvest takes place in September. In the month of April, farmers prepare the fields before sowing the seeds. The preparation involves, especially for rice sowing, the ploughing of […]
Dr Parvaiz Koul, Head of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SKIMS Soura, tells Kashmir Reader correspondent Junaid Nabi Bazaz that he expects a drastic surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in May and June. KASHMIR READER (KR): Based on how the novel coronavirus has so far behaved in the population, what change do you see […]
Srinagar: Over seventeen persons were arrested in Srinagar for defying Covid- 29 lockdown. Police said cases under relevant sections of the law have been registered in Police Station Sader and further investigations have been taken up. Police requested the general public to follow the restrictions imposed by the government in order to prevent the spread […]
KUPWARA : Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Anshul Garg on Saturday said that 85 FIRs have been lodged in the district so far against those who violated prohibitory orders. He said that lockdown is strictly being implemented across the district. He said that various shops were also sealed in different areas for violating lockdown. “The people were […]
SHOPIAN: Heerpora village in Shopian has been sealed after it was declared red zone by the authorities. District Magistrate, Shopian, Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin Saturday directed the concerned to seal all the exit and entry points of the village. He was informed that 1000 persons of the village were screened by 4 surveillance teams of Health […]
KULGAM: District administration Kulgam has distributed masks in all red zones of the district to contain the spread of Coronavirus infection and to break the chain. “The district administration has put in place a robust mechanism of home delivery of essentials for people living in the red zone areas and has also set up a […]
Srinagar: Karwan- e-Islami chief Ghulam Rasool Hami on Saturday urged the rich class of Kashmir to extend helping hand to poor in wake of Covid-19 lockdown. Hami in a statement said that it is high time that the people of Kashmir must follow the guidelines issued by the health department and advisories issued by the […]
Baramulla: Two militants killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Shopian were buried in Baramulla district on Friday night. The bodies were shifted to graveyard in Gantamulla on late Friday evening. Sources said that few people held the funeral prayers. Two families from Shopian have claimed that the slain militants are their kin […]
Shopian: Two families from Shopian on Saturday demanded the return of bodies of two militants labelled “unidentified” by the police and sent to burial in Baramulla. Family members of militant Asif Ahmad Dar of Bongam area of Shopian town told Kashmir Reader that their slain son called them on the phone when he was trapped. […]
Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway has been opened for vehicular traffic on Saturday after it was suspended due to shooting stones. Superintendent of Traffic Police Rural Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad Mir told Kashmir Reader that stranded essential commodities vehicles were allowed to move towards Srinagar. “Due to the fair weather condition and better road condition, only essential commodities […]