Police Station Kathua declared out of bounds after cop tests positive
Women PS shall take complaints till all personnel of PS Kathua test negative : SSP
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police has declared police station Kathua as out of bounds after a police personnel deployed in the station tested positive. The women police station Kathua has been ordered to take complaints till all police personnel of main station are tested negative Sharing details, Senior Superintendent of Police Kathua Shailendra Mishra […]
Two militants Killed in Kulgam encounter
Kulgam: Two militants were killed in an encounter that started between government forces and militants at Wanpora in Qaimoh area South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday morning. An official told , that two militants were killed in exchange of fire whose identification is being ascertained, while as search operation is under way in the area. […]
Another COVID-19 patient dies, death toll rises to 28
With 128 fresh cases number of infected rise to 2,164 in J&K
Srinagar: A 70-year-old man from Shopian district of south Kashmir died due to COVID-19 raising the death toll in the Union Territory to 28, officials said on Friday. The man from Aliarpora, Bagander area of Shopian, in south Kashmir, was admitted to SMHS Hospital on Wednesday as a patient of pneumonia with underlying hypertension and […]
More than 99 K stranded persons return to J&K
70,706 reached via Lakhanpur, 28,911 through COVID special trains
Jammu, May 29: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said it has brought back 99,617 people stranded in other parts of the country due to the coronavirus lockdown. Thirty-six special trains ferried back the stranded persons to Jammu and Udhampur railway stations, according to an official data. A total of 99,617 persons stuck in […]
Amid lockdown, petrol and diesel are dearer by Rs. 2/1 per litre
Adding insult to injury…
Jammu: As people face severe economic crisis in the wake of prolonged lockdown necessitated by the spread of Covid-19, the government today increased the rate of tax on petrol in diesel in Jammu and Kashmir troubling more the troubled lot. In the backdrop of lockdown, almost all the economic activities in J&K, like rest of […]
NC refuses to participate in delimitation exercise
Says participating in the commission will be like accepting the events of August 05, 2019, which the NC is unwilling to do
Srinagar, May 29: The National Conference on Friday announced that it will not participate in the delimitation exercise to redraw parliamentary and assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir because the party was unwilling to accept the events of August 05 last year when the special status of the erstwhile state was abrogated. The Union Law […]
Amid surging Covid-19 cases, CS stresses for aggressive contact tracing, surveillance
“17.2 days doubling rate, 44% recovery rate in the Union Territory more than the national average”
JAMMU: With a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country following substantive relaxations in movement of people via air and rail routes under Lockdown 4.0, it has become all the more imperative to be aggressive in contact tracing and surveillance, Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam said this while reviewing the COVID-19 mitigation efforts […]
Army commanders discuss existing security challenges at 3-day conference
New Delhi, May 29: The top leadership of the Indian Army deliberated on various aspects related to existing and developing security challenges, the Army said on Friday at the end of a three-day conference of its top commanders here. Issuing a brief statement, the Army did not mention the specific issues discussed at the biannual […]
Operations in social sector to be permitted from June 1 in Srinagar
Departments asked to submit relevant details and plans of operation
SRINAGAR, MAY 29: The Srinagar administration is looking to permit more sectors to operate after the end of the current phase of the lockdown enforced in the district in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To begin with it has decided to allow the social sector of the district to start operating from June 1. […]
DAY 5: 16 flights with 1652 passengers land at Jammu, Srinagar Airports
Domestic Flights operation; Day 5
JAMMU, MAY 29: On Day 5 of resumption of operation of domestic flights in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 16 flights with 1652 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 303 passengers aboard 6 regular commercial flights and 01 Pawan Hans flight arrived at the Jammu Airport […]