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The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has sought reports from the government about lack efficient internet facility and status of prisoners lodged in jails outside the Union Territory.

Government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued instructions to the concerned departments for regulating and facilitating the construction activities to be carried out during the lockdown period while following the norms of social distancing.

A COVID-19 patient died at JVC SKIMS Bemina here in Srinagar on Friday afternoon, taking the toll of patients who died of COVID-19 to five in Jammu and Kashmir.

Another militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Dairoo, Keegam area of Shopian district in southern Kashmir, taking the toll of killed militants to two.

As protection kits including masks vanish from the markets in the wake of growing demand, a self-help group in Pampore area of southern Pulwama district is making masks and distributing them in general public besides health department.

The medical experts in Jammu and Kashmir have advised people not to rush to barber shops and beauty parlours as they can be silent carriers of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday ordered the continuance of 2G mobile data services in the Union Territory till April 27.

No homework for students of classes upto 2nd standard and prescribed weight limit for each class are part of the rules unveiled by School Education department on Wednesday.