Only stranded vehicles to move on highway from Jammu towards Srinagar
SRINAGAR: The Meteorological Centre in Srinagar has forecast light rain in plains and snowfall in the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley on Thursday. Deputy Director of the Meteorological centre, Mukhtar Ahmad told Kashmir Reader that the weather will remain cloudy for a day and there are chances of light rain in the plains and […]
New Delhi: The minister informed Parliament that 396 persons have been detained in Kashmir under the Public Safety Act (PSA) out of the total 451 detained in Jammu and Kashmir. Among those who have the PSA slapped on them include three former chief ministers, Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah. The government said that […]
New Delhi: The Government of India (GoI) on Wednesday said that no case against any person under sedition law has been filed for using social media platforms since abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year. This was stated in a written reply to a question in Rajya Shaba by Union Minister of State […]
SKIMS calls police as miscreants throw stones at isolation facility
Srinagar: The six individuals admitted to the isolation facility of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura due to symptoms of novel Coronavirus, have been tested negative of the deadly virus, officials said on Tuesday. Medical Superintendent Dr Farooq A Jan said six persons having travel history to Coronavirus affected countries had been tested negative of […]
SRINAGAR: There were no collective Holi celebrations this year at any of the government forces in Jammu and Kashmir, due to fears of the deadly coronavirus. Army, CRPF and BSF, the three main establishments that control streets in Jammu and Kashmir, had instructed its personnel not to celebrate Holi. Holi is an ancient Hindu festival […]
BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai Tuesday said that there is no need to panic as all the 41 Budgam residents who arrived from China and Iran have been quarantined and tested negative with no symptoms of infection of Coronavirus. DDC made these remarks during his visit to various isolation wards established […]
SRINAGAR: The round-the-clock control room established in Srinagar as part of arrangements put in place to prevent spread of novel coronavirus has made and received some 400 calls since Monday afternoon after it was activated. While most of these calls were dialled out from the control room a significant number of these calls were those […]
NEW DELHI: Fifty-eight Indians were brought back home from coronavirus-hit Iran in a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday. The aircraft, a C-17 Globemaster, was sent to Tehran from Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad on Monday evening. IAF spokesperson Group Captain Anupam Banerjee said the aircraft evacuated 25 men, 31 women […]
Jammu: Four people with travel history to coronavirus-hit countries and three more who had a guest from Italy stay with them have been put under home quarantine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. Two persons each in Vijaypur and Swankha areas and three in Samba area of the district have been […]
Udhampur/Jammu: Five family members, including four children, died and another was injured when a boulder hit a house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district early on Tuesday, officials said. The incident occurred at Barmean village in Ramnagar area, following which the house totally collapsed and five family members were buried, according to officials. Locals and […]