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17 more test positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh; 46 patients cured
Leh: The Union Territory of Ladakh recorded 17 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the tally in the twin districts of Leh and Kargil to 990, officials said. However, the number of active cases in Ladakh dropped to 295 — 183 in Kargil and 112 in Leh — after 46…
Read More »New Domicile rules will usher in an era of discrimination against permanent residents of J&K: Dr.Mustafa Kamal
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday reiterated the new domicile rules will usher in an era of systematic discrimination against the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir and that it will also strangulate the employment avenues of the local youth. In a statement, Party’s Additional General Secretary Dr. Sheikh…
Read More »Covid-19 Lockdown: Govt evacuates 1,77,922 stranded JK residents; 1,20,868 via Lakhanpur, 57,054 through special trains
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,77,922 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in…
Read More »NC condemns civilian killing in Sopore, demands time-bound judicial probe
National Conference on Wednesday condemned the killing of a civilian hailing from HMT Srinagar and expressed grief over the civilian and police casualties in a gunfight in Sopore earlier today. The party sought a time-bound judicial probe into the circumstances which led to the barbaric incident. In a statement issued…
Read More »CRPF personnel, civilian killed in militant attack in Sopore
A CRPF personnel and a civilian were killed in a militant attack in North Kashmir’s Sopore on Wednesday morning. Three other CRPF personnel were injured in the attack and have been shifted to a hospital. A three-year-old boy was also rescued during the attack. The family of the civilian who…
Read More »Separation from Hurriyat doesn’t mean separation from self determination movement: Geelani
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Senior Hurriyat leader, today took a gibe on Indian media for ” fake propaganda”. The official handle of Geelani tweeted, ” It is in response to the fake propaganda of Indian Media and conscious less elite, let me clarify that my separation from APHC doesn’t mean…
Read More »Farooq, Omar express grief over demise of wife of NC functionary
Jammu: National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Mr. Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed grief over the passing away of the wife of Mr. Pyare Lal Sharma, a senior party functionary of District Kishtwar and conveyed condolences to the bereaved family. Dr Farooq Abdullah and Mr. Omar Abdullah…
Read More »India’s first COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for human trials
The Drug Controller General of India has approved Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine for human trials, making it India’s first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government’s drug regulator as cases surge in a country with more than 1.3 billion people, Reuters reported. The company in a statement…
Read More »Over 100 infected after attending wedding ceremony in Bihar
A wedding ceremony in Patna appears to have set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar so far, the state health department said, as per PTI. The officials said the groom was running a high fever and two days after his wedding, he died and his body was cremated without…
Read More »52-yr-old Baramulla resident succumb to Covid-19, J&K toll 98
A 52-year-old man from Baramulla district of north Kashmir died at JVC hospital in Bemina on Tuesday after he was found positive for COVID-19, taking the death toll due to the virus in J&K to 98. Dr. Shifa Deva, Medical Superintendent at JVC Bemina told the local news agency that…
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