NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came intro force on Tuesday midnight. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tweeted, saying Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming that the government will extend the lockdown. “There are […]
Shopian: In wake of two positive cases reported from district Shopian, the Deputy Commissioner has issued a final notice to people who have concealed their travel history to report to the authorities within a day or face strict action under law. Besides the warning, two villages – Sedow and Jamnagri, where the persons tested positive […]
SRINAGAR: In a week’s time since the first Covid-19 patient was detected in Kashmir, the J&K government has only managed to test less than 1 percent of the population. Doctors say they are not sure who are the primary carriers of the virus in Jammu & Kashmir and who the contacts of the primary carriers. […]
Srinagar: The J&K government on Monday revoked Public Safety Act (PSA) against 31 persons who were detained in August last year and all of them have been released from jails in J&K, including 14 persons from Central Jail Srinagar. According to CNS, the Home Department on Monday revoked the PSA of these 31 persons who […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday quashed five Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders because the grounds of detention were “vague and ambiguous, irrelevant and non-existent”. Justice Tashi Rabstan while overturning the detentions held that detention in preventive custody on the basis of such vague and ambiguous grounds cannot be justified. The judge said, […]
Srinagar: Authorities in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday said they heaved a sigh of relief after nearly 40 residents of Hajin suspected of having Covid-19 were found clear of the deadly virus, among the 54 persons from the district tested so far. Syed Shahnawaz, Official on Special Duty (OSD) for Coronavirus in Bandipora, told […]
KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Fond of styling his hair, 20-year-old Wajid Ahmad, a resident of Rambagh, is trying to find a hair-dresser for the past few days. He contacts the ones in his neighbourhood on phone and tries to convince them to come to his home to cut his hair and trim his beard, both of […]
Anantnag: Even as the district administration has been repeatedly assuring delivery of essentials to the doorstep, the LPG distributing agencies here in Anantnag district are once again avoiding home delivery, forcing people to come out and assemble in dozens. The government has been time and again assuring that essentials will be delivered to the people […]
Srinagar: Amid the Covid-19 lockdown, the School Education Department on Monday said that parents of students enrolled at private schools in Jammu and Kashmir can deposit their wards’ fees by April 30. An order issued by Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Asgar Hassan Samoon said that there had been complaints against many schools that they […]
Srinagar: 50 persons were arrested and scores of vehicles were seized across Kashmir on Monday for violating restriction orders, police said. These arrests were made in Handwara, Sopore, Awantipora and Srinagar. “Handwara Police in its efforts to ensure complete lockdown booked 30 persons for violating prohibitory orders in the jurisdiction of PS Handwara and Vilgam,” […]