Srinagar: Several people are feared to have died after the vehicle they were travelling rolled down a gorge on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday evening. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Nazim Zia Khan confirmed to Kashmir Reader that a cab fell into Chenab river at Ramban. The exact number of passengers travelling in the vehicle could not be […]
Srinagar: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a fresh Coronavirus advisory to schools and other educational institutions following the increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India. However, most of the government and private schools in Jammu and Kashmir have failed to implement the compulsory recommendations. According to official sources, the Directorate […]
2 flee from Jammu hospital brought back
Srinagar: Five persons with a recent history of travelling to Coronavirus-affected countries have been admitted to SKIMS Hospital Soura after they showed symptoms of the disease, officials said. “We have kept the five persons in the isolation ward at the SKIMS hospital in Soura,” they said. The officials added that samples of the suspects were […]
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Thursday chaired a meeting to review preventive measures for Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat which are put in place by line departments in the valley. The meeting was informed that isolation wards have been earmarked in each district hospitals, SKIMS and other Health institutions. Maternity Home, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar […]
Srinagar: Broadband internet services were restored in Kashmir on Thursday, a day after the Jammu and Kashmir government lifted a ban on social media in the J&K, ending a seven-month information blackout in the valley, officials said. Internet services were snapped across all platforms on August 4 last year. The next day, the government of […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said it will hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act after arguments in the Sabarimala reference matter are over. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said this after senior advocate Kapil Sibal sought urgent hearing of CAA matters while stating that the […]
WASHINGTON: Members of a Congress created federal body that monitors violation of religious freedom abroad on Wednesday expressed concern over India’s amended citizenship laws, saying it could result in the “wide-scale disenfranchisement” of Muslims in the country. Members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) along with an invited panel of experts convened […]
Tehran: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday asked the Indian government to confront what he called “extremist Hindus and their parties”, saying the hearts of Muslims all over the world are “grieving” over the recent communal violence in Delhi. His remarks comes two days after India summoned Iran’s Ambassador Ali Chegeni in New […]
Gurgaon: NSA Ajit Doval on Thursday told young police officers heading district force to be “credible and fair” and warned them that if they fail, democracy would also fail. During his lecture, organised by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) under the Union Home Ministry, Doval laid special emphasis on police and policing […]
Srinagar: The School Education Department has put lives of more than 200 students and of their teachers at risk by cramming them into a decrepit building that is about to fall apart. Students of Government Primary School, Channa Mohalla, and Government Primary School, Watakullo, in Chrar-i-Sharief zone of Budgam were clubbed in 2015 and housed […]