News Topic:Lockdown

Eid-ul-Fitr though is believed as the day of contentment but in 2020, the world-wide lockdown seems a bit harsh to keep few sectors deprived of such happiness in Kashmir this Eid.

State owned telecommunication company BSNL shocked its consumers when it disconnected phones and internet connections due to non-payment of bills amid current Coronavirus pandemic.

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to provide one-time financial assistance to private school teachers out of State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF), who got impacted due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Hundreds of people from Jammu and Kashmir stuck in Union Territory of Pondicherry (official called Puducherry) have appealed for their evacuation.

Hardeep Singh Puri, the Union Minister for Civil Aviation (I/C), on Wednesday announced that domestic flight operations will resume in “a calibrated manner” from May 25 (Monday).

The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday declared all districts of Kashmir valley except Ganderbal and Bandipora as Red Zone.

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) said that in these severely difficult times of a global pandemic which the world is struggling to deal with-like elsewhere there is a lockdown in Kashmir, in such a time Government of India is sneakily speeding up new ordinances to effect demographic change in Jammu and Kashmir and turn its residents into a minority in due course of time.

Inquiry has been started after a policeman allegedly thrashed an ambulance driver to pulp in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.