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HC directs JKSSB to redraw selection list of teachers

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday directed Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) to redraw the final selection list of teachers by...

HC quashes two PSA detentions

Srinagar: The J&K High Court quashed Public Safety Act (PSA) against a former special police officer turned ‘militant worker/member’ and a fruit seller turned...

Daily Covid casualties soar to 25 in J&K

2135 fresh cases including 1344 from Kashmir and 791 in Jammu Srinagar: Twenty-five deaths and 2135 cases of fresh Covid positive were recorded in Jammu...

Pampore sees first Covid-19 death in second wave

PAMPORE: Pampore on Monday witnessed first death in the second wave of Covid. The 80-year-old from Pampore’s Kadlabal died at SMHS Hospital in Srinagar where...

After many months, 2 die of Covid in Shopian in 3 days

Shopian: After many months, Covid-19 is taking Shopian in its fold with two deaths and more than a dozen cases within three days. According to...

All courts to hear cases through virtual mode till May 15, orders HC Chief Justice

Srinagar: In view of the surge in Covid-19 cases, J&K High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal on Monday ordered that filing as well as...

CUK postpones all examinations from April 27, online classes from May 1

Ganderbal: Central University of Kashmir (CUK) has postponed all examinations scheduled from Tuesday (April 27) in view of rise in Covid-19 cases. The decision was...

Kashmir’s date with dates a more complicated affair this Ramadan

Srinagar: After bearing losses last year due to the Covid-19 lockdown, uncertainty stil looms large before dealers and sellers of dates in the valley,...

Hurriyat expresses concern over health of prisoners, demands their release

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday expressed concern over the health of Kashmiri political prisoners in jails across the country...

Family of Shahid-ul-Islam urges govt to release him after testing Covid positive in Tihar jail

Srinagar: Family of incarcerated leader Shahid-ul-Islam Monday, who is lodged in Tihar jail, has urged the government to release him on humanitarian grounds as...

Haj Houses to be utilised as Covid-19 care centres: Naqvi

New Delhi: The Minority Affairs Ministry has decided to give Haj Houses to the respective state government for utilisation as temporary care centres for...

Implement intensive, local, focused containment framework: MHA to states

New Delhi: With a large part of the country battling a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government of India Monday asked all...

Active Covid cases likely to peak at 38-48 lakh in mid-May: IIT scientists in latest prediction

NEW DELHI: Active cases in the ongoing second COVID-19 wave in India may peak at 38-48 lakh between May 14-18 and daily new infections...

No need to panic, India has enough oxygen stock: GoI

New Delhi: India has enough stock of medical oxygen, but the issue is its transportation from the producing states to high-demand areas which the...

21 deaths, 2381 Covid cases in J&K

1533 from Kashmir, 848 in Jammu Srinagar: Twenty-one deaths and 2381 cases of fresh Covid positive were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Ten deaths...

Over 3.49 lakh Covid-19 cases in single day

NEW DELHI: With a record single-day rise of 3,49,691 new coronavirus infections, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,69,60,172, while active cases...

Omar Abdullah takes to Twitter to amplify SOS messages from COVID patients

Srinagar: Amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah, who is popular on Twitter with 3.2...

Strict curfew imposed in Valley

9 arrested, 4 cases filed, 12 vehicles seized for Covid violations: Police Srinagar: Strict restrictions were imposed in Kashmir to prevent public movement on Sunday...

KU to remain closed till Wed, postpones exams till May 2

Srinagar: University of Kashmir has postponed all its offline PG and UG examinations till May 2, 2021, in view of the prevailing circumstances even...

In a fortnight, only 15 travellers recorded Covid positive at Lower Munda

Travellers screened at Lakhanpur allowed to enter Valley within 7 days Srinagar: Only 15 travellers entering Kashmir through Srinagar-Jammu highway in the past fortnight were...

As darker, deadlier Covid shadow returns over valley, people rush for cover

Srinagar: Sales of face masks, sanitisers, and rubber gloves have shot up once again in the valley, like they did last year when the...

Sprays of ‘growth regulators’ in vogue in Kashmir, without any clarity on their effects

Shopian: Though “growth regulators” at the flowering stage of fruit trees are not recommended by SKAUST university or by the horticulture department, thousands of...

Registration on CoWIN must for those between 18 and 45 years to get vaccine shot

NEW DELHI: Getting registered on the CoWIN web portal and taking an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine jab would be mandatory for those...

Pakistan offers relief materials to India to help fight Covid

Islamabad: Pakistan has offered to provide relief support, including ventilators, to India to help the country fight the deadly wave of COVID-19 and said...

15 deaths, 2030 Covid cases in J&K

Srinagar with 591 cases, Jammu with 530 cases top list of fresh cases Srinagar: Fifteen deaths and 2030 cases of fresh Covid positive were recorded...

In April, fresh cases more than twice the number of recoveries in Kashmir

In 'departure from trend', mortality rate down in the same month Anantnag: For every person who recovered from Covid-19 in the month of April, more...

Govt announces curfew from Saturday evening till Monday morning

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government announced a 34-hour curfew from 8 pm on Saturday amid a surge in coronavirus cases. "Complete corona curfew to...

23 hospitals turned into dedicated Covid-19 facilities

Jammu: Amid a spike in coronavirus infections, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Saturday turned 23 hospitals into dedicated COVID-19 facilities. According to an order...

LG announces free of cost Covid-19 vaccination for age group 18-45

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has announced that the government will provide free of cost Covid-19 vaccination for all people between the 18-45 age...

Govt starts tele-psychiatric, psychological services in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: With surge in Covid-19 cases, the Divisional Administration Kashmir has started tele–psychiatric and psychological services to dispel stress, fear and anxiety among the...

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