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Andaman & Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rises to 2,399

Complete lockdown on weekends in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

10:37 pm July 29, 2020

Port Blair: The Andaman and Nicobar administration has decided to impose a complete lockdown on weekends, beginning August 1, to contain the spread of coronavirus, an official said on Wednesday. The strict restrictions will be in force on Saturdays and Sundays till the COVID-19 situation improves in the Union territory, Chief Secretary Chetan B Sanghi said in […]

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

J-K records nine more COVID-19 deaths, 470 new cases

8:14 pm July 27, 2020

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more COVID-19 deaths on Monday, taking their number to 321 as 470 new cases of the infection took the tally in the Union territory to 18,390. Of the fresh cases, 161 are from Jammu region and 309 are in the Kashmir Valley, officials said. “Nine people, who were COVID-19 […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

NHRC tells UTs of J&K, Ladakh to intimate it about custodial, encounter deaths

5:51 pm July 2, 2020

New Delhi: The NHRC has asked the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to intimate it about any custodial or encounter death, in accordance with guidelines, officials said on Thursday. In case of custodial deaths, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should be intimated within 24 hours, and within 48 hours of the incident in case of an encounter […]

Woman dies in Kashmir after contracting COVID-19

12:24 pm June 11, 2020

Srinagar: A 62-year-old woman from Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Thursday, taking the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in the Union Territory to 52, officials said. “A COVID positive patient (62) from Kulgam passed away at 9:10 am of cardiopulmonary arrest at SKIMS […]

Religious places continue to remain shut in J-K

11:27 pm June 7, 2020

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration announced that religious places would continue to remain closed in the Union Territory as it allowed certain activities, including reopening of malls, barber shops, hotels and restaurants with new guidelines from Monday. The administration on Sunday also exempted private transport from the purview of the coronavirus-triggered lockdown outside containment […]