J&K records biggest jump with 620 Covid cases

13 doctors, 51 pregnant women among new cases; non-local tailor dies due to Covid-19 at SMHS

13 doctors, 51 pregnant women among new cases; non-local tailor dies due to Covid-19 at SMHS Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported one more Covid-19 related death after swab samples of a 38-year-old man from Kolkata detected positive for the novel coronavirus, a day after his death. The toll of Covid-19 victims has now […]

Kashmiri woman in NIA custody tests positive

Kashmiri woman in NIA custody tests positive

New Delhi: A Kashmiri woman, who was arrested early this year has tested positive for COVID-19 while in the custody of National Investigation Agency(NIA). The judge directed the NIA to admit Hina Bashir Beigh to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital with immediate effect. The court sent her husband Jahanzaib Sami and another accused Abdul Basith […]

Relaxations begin today in Kashmir but restrictions remain

Relaxations begin today in Kashmir but restrictions remain

Srinagar: The government in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday evening issued new guidelines to be followed during the lockdown period which will be effective from today. The government stated that instructions have been issued to regulate activities that are to be permitted during the extended period of lockdown (Unlock-1) in pursuance […]

Eight Kashmir districts declared as red zones

Eight Kashmir districts declared as red zones

JAMMU: In exercise of powers conferred under section 24 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, Chief Secretary, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, in his capacity as Chairperson of State Executive Committee, on Sunday ordered fresh classification of zones in Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of case reporting and the overall assessment by the Committee for implementation of […]

20-bed hospital in Anantnag earmarked for Covid positive pregnant women

20-bed hospital in Anantnag earmarked for Covid positive pregnant women

ANANTNAG: District Administration Anantnag on Sunday took over 20-bed John Bishop Memorial Hospital for conduct of surgeries and treatment of Covid-19 positive pregnant women. The District Administration Anantnag, headed by Deputy Commissioner (DC), K K Sidha said that the hospital will operate round the clock for conducting surgeries of the pregnant women testing positive for […]

Number of pregnant women with Covid-19 crosses 200 mark, most cases in Anantnag, Kulgam

Doctors say pregnancy should not be seen as something requiring clinical attention, visits to hospitals

Number of pregnant women with Covid-19 crosses 200 mark, most cases in Anantnag, Kulgam

Doctors say pregnancy should not be seen as something requiring clinical attention, visits to hospitals Anantnag: The number of pregnant women who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir has crossed the 200 mark, with south Kashmir’s Anantnag and Kulgam districts the worst affected in this category. The two districts have […]

Top commander among 5 Hizb militants killed in Shopian gunfight

Two houses, cowshed damaged in firefight

Two houses, cowshed damaged in firefight Shopian: Five militants including a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander were killed in an encounter with government forces at Reban village of south Kashmir’s Shopian on Sunday. Two residential houses were also destroyed during the encounter which lasted for 12 hours. Reban is situated some 17 kilometers from district headquarters […]

Support for militancy almost ‘wiped out’, people want peace: Lt Gen Raju

Srinagar: Recent “uncoordinated” acts of violence in north Kashmir are “signs of desperation” by militants which are not finding resonance among people who want to get out of the cycle of violence, a fact visible in the sharp dip this year in the recruitment of local youths in militant groups, a senior Army officer has […]

Indian, Chinese armies agree to resolve issue through talks: MEA

Indian, Chinese armies agree to resolve issue through talks: MEA

New Delhi: Indian and Chinese military commanders agreed to peacefully resolve the current border issue in eastern Ladakh in accordance with bilateral pacts as well as the agreement reached between leadership of the two countries, the External Affairs Ministry said on Sunday The two sides held high-level military talks on Saturday in an attempt to […]

Heavy fire along LoC in Uri, Keran; police station Uri hit

Heavy fire along LoC in Uri, Keran; police station Uri hit

Baramulla: The armies of India and Pakistan used machine gun fire and heavy mortar shells to target each other’s posts across the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri and Keran villages on Sunday afternoon. Sources in the police said that some mortar and bullets fired from across the LoC also hit main town […]