Srinagar: The School Education Department is trumpeting about conducting “online classes” amid the Covid-19 lockdown, but for many students and parents in Kashmir these classes are creating more problems than they are solving. The online classes for students are being held through the mobile application ‘Zoom’, as well as on WhatsApp. The government is also […]
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen shot dead a youth in Bomai village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Official sources said that unknown gunmen this evening fired upon one Danish Nazir Najar near Edipora, Bomai in Zainageer, injuring him critically. He was rushed to nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, SSP Sopore […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported two more Covid-19 related deaths on Saturday, officials said. They said a 70-year-old man of Nowpura Shopian breathed his last at Chest Diseases Hospital today morning immediately after admission. The deceased was earlier admitted to the District Hospital Shopian for Covid-19 treatment where his condition deteriorated and he was shifted […]
J&K records 182 fresh cases
J&K records 182 fresh cases Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported another novel coronavirus related death after an elderly woman from Srinagar’s Batamaloo tested positive for the pathogen on Friday, a day after her death. According to officials, the 65-year-old woman from Danderkhah locality of Batamaloo tested Covid-19 positive on Friday, a day after her death. […]
Srinagar: The government on Friday issued guidelines for employees for attending offices on a regular basis from Saturday amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. An order issued by the General Administration Department directed officers and staff at all levels to attend office on a regular basis in all working days from Saturday (June 6). However, employees […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) will focus on sanitising hospitals, marketplaces and public offices as it prepares for a gradual easing of the lockdown in the next couple of days, SMC Mayor Junaid Mattoo said on Friday. In a tweet, Mattoo wrote, “The SMC will now shift its entire focus to hospitals, marketplaces, schools […]
Srinagar: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Friday convened a meeting of divisional administration and health officials here regarding the administrative and medical aspects for management of Covid-19. He laid emphasis on strict adherence to the guidelines issued by the Government of India and Department of Health and asked to make the wearing […]
Beijing: China on Friday said that it is committed to properly resolve the relevant issue with India ahead of the key talks between senior Indian and Chinese military officials on Saturday to end the border standoff. Both the sides are expected to deliberate on specific proposals to end the month-long bitter standoff in eastern Ladakh […]
New Delhi: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has operationalised its newly sanctioned twin commands in Chandigarh and Guwahati that supervise the deployment of its troops along the 3,488 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. An order issued from the headquarters of the force here on June 3 said “an imperative need is felt to […]
Beijing: China has appointed a new Army commander for its Western Theatre Command ground forces responsible for the Sino-India border, ahead of the key talks between senior Indian and Chinese military officials on Saturday to end the border standoff. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theatre Command, on its official website, announced that Lieutenant General […]