BARAMULLA: A hut of Gulmarg Cable Car Corporation was damaged in a fire incident on Wednesday in tourist resort Gulmarg in Baramulla district. General manager Gulmarg Cable Car Corporation Suhail Ahmad Wani confirmed that one of their hut was damaged in a fire incident and said goods worth lakhs were destroyed. He said the cause […]
SRINAGAR: Meteorological department Srinagar on Wednesday said that the weather will remain mainly dry for the next two days and there are chances of isolated rains in upper reaches of Kashmir valley. An official said that the weather will remain dry for the next two days and there are chances of light rains in upper […]
NEW DELHI: India could face between 100,000 to 13 lakh confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus by mid-May if the current trend in the growing number of COVID-19 cases continues, according to a report by an international team of scientists. The report, compiled by COVIND- 19 Study Group, an interdisciplinary team of researchers, said while […]
NEW DELHI: Parliamentarians can now use Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for medical testing and other facilities required to detect and contain coronavirus, according to recently amended rules. The move follows appeals by some MPs, including Vivek Tankha of the Congress. “I thank the prime minister and the government of India […]
UNITED NATIONS: The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top official at the world body’s health agency praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 21-day nationwide lockdown as a “comprehensive and robust” response to the raging COVID-19 pendamic. Globally, the death toll from the coronavirus has risen to 18,915 with […]
KABUL: At least 25 worshippers were killed and eight others injured when heavily armed suicide bombers blasted their way into a prominent gurdwara on Wednesday in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, in one of the deadliest attacks on the minority Sikh community in the strife-torn country. The Islamic State (IS) terror group, which […]
Srinaga,: Four people, hailing from Bandipora district, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the the number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 11, officials said. “Four more persons, all from Bandipora, tested positive today. Preliminary findings suggest they were close contacts of Srinagar patient who tested positive yesterday,” government spokesperson Rohit Kansal tweeted. He […]
One returned from Umrah last week with Khanyar woman, another had been to Deoband, Nizamuddin in Delhi; third admitted at GMC Baramulla
Srinagar: Three more persons in Kashmir tested positive of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 7. One of the persons is a resident of Natipora in Srinagar, another is a native of north Kashmir’s Sopore area but has been staying in Hyderpora in Srinagar for […]
Srinagar: Director SKIMS Soura Dr AG Ahangar on Tuesday said that the Khanyar woman who tested positive for coronavirus last week has recovered from the infection completely. “She has recovered fully from the coronavirus infection as she responded well to the treatment,” Dr Ahangar told Kashmir Reader. “We have still put her in isolation as […]
Police arrest 11 in Ganderbal for violating orders
Srinagar: Government authorities on Tuesday sealed a petrol pump at Gudoora village in Pulwama district for violating orders. At least 21 shops were sealed in Anantnag district for violating government orders. These shops were sealed by district police and Municipal Committee Anantnag. Revenue officials in Pampore seized keys from 30 shopkeepers for violating orders. In […]