SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association on Thursday sought the release of its president Mian Abdul Qayoom, who is serving incarceration at Delhi’s Tihar jail under Public Safety Act. “As per the health condition of the President, who is in his advanced age surviving on single kidney and is suffering from various chronic […]
JAMMU: The Administrative Council on Wednesday cleared rolling out the Jammu & Kashmir Health Scheme to provide free of cost Universal Health Coverage to all Jammu and Kashmir residents in convergence with Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY. The council which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chander Murmu here said that 1.25 crore J&K residents will […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government of India and Jammu and Kashmir government to inform by next week if it is releasing former chief minister Omar Abdullah, who has been detained since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah […]
Two relatives of coronavirus patients test positive in Ladakh
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration on Wednesday banned the entry of passengers from Ladakh with immediate effect and suspended special aircraft services for them in the wake of the novel coronavirus threat. As per the order issued by Additional District Magistrate Srinagar Hanief Balki, under National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Act-2005, no passenger coming from […]
Srinagar: Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema Jammu & Kashmir, a conglomerate of religious bodies on Wednesday issued an advisory for containing spread of the virus. The amalgam in a statement called upon the Ulema, Khateebs and management of masajids to strictly follow the following guidelines and educate people about them. Here are the guidelines. Refrain from organising events […]
Total cases in India rise to 151
New Delhi/Leh: The Indian Army reported its first case of coronavirus after a 34-year-old soldier of Ladakh Scout regiment tested positive, prompting the force to strengthen its check and prevention mechanism and suspend war games and training activities, as the total number of cases rose to 151 in the country on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in a […]
Srinagar: Hopes of a tourism revival in Kashmir are getting dashed as tourists have started cancelling their bookings due to the coronavirus scare. Tourism operators and associations in Kashmir said they were expecting more than three lakh tourists in the months of March and April. Nasir Ahmad Shah, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Pilgrim […]
Anantnag: Putting people living in dozens of villages on either side of it to severe inconvenience, the Sadoora Bridge on the outskirts of Anantnag town is yet to be reconstructed after it was damaged in the devastating floods of September 2014. The fact that both government and the locals have spent hefty amounts on constructing […]
JAMMU: The government on Wednesday decided to suspend the yatra to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine besides suspending inter-state buses coming to and going from J&K till March 31, in view of the prevailing situation emerging due to COVID-19. This was stated by Principal Secretary Planning, Development and Monitoring, Rohit Kansal, who is also the […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said corruption has ended and things have become more transparent in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year. Replying to the debate on budgetary proposals and demand for grants for the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the […]