J&K Reports 655 New COVID-19 Cases, Tally Reaches 35135

SRINAGAR: The Government on Thursday informed that 655 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 158 from Jammu division and 497 from Kashmir division,...

Shantmanu Exhorts Stakeholders To Work In Tandem For Promotion Of J&K’s Handmade Carpets

SRINAGAR: Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles Government of India,  Shantmanu has asked all the stakeholders- J&K Handicrafts, Central Handicrafts and  Regional office CEPC...

Strict Restrictions To Continue On All Religious Processions, Gatherings In Kashmir: Div Com

SRINAGAR: In wake of Covid-19, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole on Thursday said that restrictions shall continue on all religious processions and...

Govt Directs Pvt Clinics To Report Positive, Suspected COVID Cases To Health Department

SRINAGAR:  In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (3 of 1897), the J&K Government, by the...

Apni Party Lacks Morals, Ethics, Says NC

SRINAGAR: National Conference on Thursday expressed shock over Apni Party’s statement wherein it had obliquely equated representing people’s aspirations with running a political shop...

Cabinet Secretary Reviews COVID-19 Related Strategies, Urges To Control Fatalities

SRINAGAR: In the backdrop of the recent surge in COVID related deaths, the Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba, while chairing a high-level meeting, asked all...

JKAP To Press For Early Hearing To Petition Challenging Abrogation Of Article 370, 35-A...

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Thursday concluded a two-day long meeting of its senior leaders that was presided by the party...

COVID-19 Taking Toll On Everyday Lives Of People: Study

SRINAGAR: Researchers have found that Covid-19 has severely affected people's daily lives and mental health, increasing their stress, fear of getting sick and financial...

Former MLC Among Nine Die Of COVID In J&K

SRINAGAR: COVID-19, a deadly virus on Thursday claimed nine more lives including a former MLC in J&K, taking the total number of deaths due...

BJP MP Tests Positive For COVID-19

SRINAGAR: BJP lawmaker from Jammu-Poonch, Jugal Kishore Sharma, has tested positive for COVID-19. "I had mild fever at night, I got myself tested for COVID,...

No Flood Threat, Right Now, Officials Say

SRINAGAR: Chief Engineer, Irrigation, Flood and Control, Kashmir, Iftikhar Ahmed Kakroo Thursday said that there is no threat of flood as of now and...

Rescue Operation Launched As Two Persons Trapped In Flooded River

SRINAGAR: Authorities in Poonch district Thursday launched a rescue operation after two men were trapped in a river in the district. Deputy Superintendent of Police...

Youth Stabbed To Death By Cousin In South Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A 22-year-old youth was allegedly stabbed to death by his cousin brother amid altercation between two families over some property issue in Pampore...

Srinagar-Jammu Highway Remains Closed For Third Consecutive Day

SRINAGAR: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third straight day on Thursday as heavy rains triggering landslides in Ramban district. After a brief...

Manifestations Of COVID Go Beyond Lungs, Affect All Organs: Experts At AIIMS

SRINAGAR: Manifestations of the SARS-Cov-2 virus go beyond the pulmonary complications that previous studies suggested, experts at the AIIMS asserted on Thursday. What started...