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KU issues advisory, postpones events

Srinagar: The Kashmir University on Wednesday issued an advisory for combating the novel Coronavirus on campus in view of the guidelines from the University...

Face masks not suitable for everyone, spare them for patients, medical staff: doctors

Srinagar: Thousands of people have started wearing face masks to protect themselves from infection by the coronavirus, which has led to shortage of face...

Don’t panic due to coronavirus, health ministry tells people

NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Thursday asked people not to panic in the wake of increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country...

‘Initial focus to bring back Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran’

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,...

Show-cause notice to 7 officials for participating in public protests

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...

Army’s northern command chief meets LG

Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu here on Thursday and briefed him...

Coronavirus Scare: All educational institutes in JK shut till March 31

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered closure of all educational institutes across the union territory till March 31 as a precautionary measure...

One more tests positive in Jammu

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported one more case of Novel Coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total number of positive cases in the region to...

Mayor, Div com lock horns over closure of Srinagar schools

Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahamd Khan on Monday gave contrasting statements over closure of schools in...

GoI focusing on bringing back Indians from coronavirus-hit Italy, Iran

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...

J-K, Ladakh integral parts of India, fact conveyed to China on several occasions: MEA

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...

HC dismisses PIL seeking compensation for 2016 pellet victims

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...

Forecast of rain, snow in Kashmir today

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...

396 detained under PSA in Kashmir

New Delhi: The minister informed Parliament that 396 persons have been detained in Kashmir under the Public Safety Act (PSA) out of the total...

No sedition case against any person in JK since August 5: Govt

New Delhi: The Government of India (GoI) on Wednesday said that no case against any person under sedition law has been filed for using...

6 more coronavirus suspects test negative at SKIMS

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...

Army, paramilitary skip Holi events

SRINAGAR: There were no collective Holi celebrations this year at any of the government forces in Jammu and Kashmir, due to fears of the...

41 Budgam residents with travel history quarantined, tests negative: DDC

BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai Tuesday said that there is no need to panic as all the 41 Budgam residents...

Round-the-clock central control room established in Srinagar

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...

IAF brings back 58 Indians from coronavirus-hit Iran

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...

7 people put under home isolation in Samba

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...

4 children among 5 dead in Udhampur house collapse

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...

HC approves paid parking plan, calls for vehicle registration policy

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Ministry of Transport Government of India through its Secretary calling for a response on...

PSAs of 7 persons quashes

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday quashed seven Public Safety Act (PSA) detentions on the ground that detenues were not supplied with proper...

College teachers’ contract renewed for another year, many aggrieved

Srinagar: Highly qualified youth looking for an academic job have alleged “discrimination” in the Higher Education Department’s decision to continue the services of dozens...

CRPF constable injured in Kakapora grenade attack

PULWAMA: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable was injured on Tuesday evening after suspected militants lobbed a grenade towards a police station at...

2 LeT militants killed in Shopian

Shopian: In a brief encounter at Khojpora village of Shopian, government forces kill two LeT militants, both identified as locals. The gunfight raged when a...

2 laborers killed, 2 injured at army’s ammunition depot in Anantnag

Anantnag: Two laborers were killed and two of them were injured in an explosion at army’s ammunition depot in Khundroo area of anantnag district,...

Land, job to be protected for locals, says LG Murmu

Ahmedabad: The Jammu and Kashmir administration will ensure that jobs, lands and assets are protected for the people of the Union Territory as it...

Chairman J&K Co-operative Bank booked for corruption

SRINAGAR: Mohammad Shafi Dar, chairman of the J&K State Co-operative Bank, has been booked on charges of corruption along with other bank officials by...

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