The first Eid to be celebrated amid strict restrictions was in August 2019, just a week after abrogation of Article 370 SRINAGAR – As Kashmir is readying to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, this will be the fourth festival in the Valley which has come amid severe restrictions. There are two major Eids in the Islamic calendar per […]
SRINAGAR – On International Nurses Day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday lauded the exemplary contribution of the nurses in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Hailing nurses for their selfless services and spirited fight against Covid, DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan said they have been working tirelessly since day one of the pandemic. “They […]
SRINAGAR – Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole Wednesday said that he will look into the matter as to in which context Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Baramulla resorted to beating people to enforce Corona-Curfew. “We will see in which context he (ADC Baramulla) has done it (thrashed people),” Pole told reporters. Earlier, a video had […]
SRINAGAR – Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday paid rich tributes to Jammu & Kashmir’s renowned journalist Shujaat Bukhari who was assassinated three years ago on the 29th of Ramadan. Lone in a statement to news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that Late Shujaat Bukhari Sahib will be remembered by […]
SRINAGAR – Authorities on Wednesday directed the Elementary Teachers Training (ETT) colleges to switch over online mode of education for three months in view of surge in COVID-19 cases. The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education has said that decision was taken after representatives of ETT colleges providing trainings of Diploma in Elementary Teacher […]
KUPWARA – Miscreants chopped off over 100 apple trees at an orchard at Gushi village of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The orchard belongs to one Ghulam Ahmed Bhat, a resident of Gushi Hathmulla village of frontier district Kupwara. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the victim Ghulam Ahmed Bhat son of Abdul Rahim […]
Demands for his suspension grow shrill Srinagar – ADC Baramulla is seen in a video thrashing and beating people in Baramulla town on the ruse of implementation of strict lockdown. The video has gone viral on social media today. Locals and netizens are aghast with the behavior of the senior civic officer seen beating men, […]
BARAMULLA – A youth was found dead mysteriously in an orchard in his native area in Sheepora Delina of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. An official told that some locals spotted the body in the orchard in Delina and accordingly informed the police. He said that a team of police from the concerned […]
NEW DELHI – Congress has set up a task force on Covid and one of the party’s top dissenting voices, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has been appointed as its Chairman. Others on the 13-member committee include Ambika Soni, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Mukul Wasnik, Pawan Kumar Bansal, K.C. Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, and Jairam Ramesh. The inclusion of […]
NEW DELHI – India reported 348,421 fresh infections of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 4,205 deaths due to the virus on Wednesday, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. With this, the country’s cumulative infections went up to 23,340,938 and the toll was pushed to 254,197. Meanwhile, 193,826,42 people have recovered from the disease till […]