NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Thursday asked people not to panic in the wake of increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country saying the focus is on preventive approach and there are adequate facilities available for testing. It said there is no instance of any community transmission, adding there has been only local […]
New Delhi: Coronavirus outbreak is a matter of “great concern” and the government’s initial focus is to bring back Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. Speaking on the situation arising out of the spread of the coronavirus, he said there are over 6000 Indian nationals in various provinces […]
JAMMU: The J&K Government on Thursday issued show-cause notice to seven officials who were working on probation period in different departments for violation of service conduct rules. According to the order issued by the General Administrative Department (GAD), the probationers who were appointed under Jammu and Kashmir Special Recruitment Rules 2015 (notified under SRO-202 of […]
Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu here on Thursday and briefed him about the security situation along the International Border, an official spokesman said. The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Northern Command met the LG at the Raj Bhavan and briefed him […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered closure of all educational institutes across the union territory till March 31 as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus scare. Cinema halls in all the 10 districts of Jammu division will also remain closed till March 31, officials said. While only one person has tested positive for […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported one more case of Novel Coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total number of positive cases in the region to two. A male patient in Jammu who tested positive for the virus is now among two patients undergoing treatment at Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu. The fresh case prompted the district […]
Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahamd Khan on Monday gave contrasting statements over closure of schools in the Srinagar. While Mattu said that closure of the schools was the domain of the elected body, Khan opined that closing or keeping open the educational institutions was an administrative matter […]
New Delhi: The government is focusing on bringing back Indians stranded in coronavirus-hit Italy and Iran after screening them, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. He said a medical team will leave for Italy tomorrow for screening Indians. Making a suo moto statement on the Indians stranded in Iran due […]
New Delhi: India’s consistent position has been that Arunachal Pradesh and the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are its integral parts and it has been clearly conveyed to the Chinese side on several occasions, the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. Responding to a query in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for […]
‘State has fulfilled its obligation; violent mobs had attacked security forces’
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday dismissed the J&K High Court Bar Association’s petition seeking compensation to those injured by pellets in the year 2016. The court held that if a protest is not peaceful and if security forces are attacked by huge and violent mobs, they have to necessarily use force in their […]