Srinagar: The medical fraternity in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir wants the immediate intervention of Lieutenant Governor (LG) Girish Chandra Murmu, to protect doctors from Covid-19 infection, as one doctor with his family has tested positive in Jammu. Medical Superintendent Dara Singh told this reporter that the doctor and his wife, who is also doctor, […]
Srinagar: Five militants and a soldier were killed in a gunfight in Kupwara woods of north Kashmir where army had been carrying searches from the last five days. Defence ministry spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said that the slain militants were infiltrators and the operation was still going on. “In ongoing anti-infiltration operation in Keran Sector […]
Bandipora: An army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday. Reports reaching GNS said Sepoy Satendra Kumar Tomar of Murena MP shot himself while he was on duty at 14 RR camp in Bandipora at wee hours of Sunday. Soon after the incident, […]
JAMMU, APRIL 04: Dr Sunanda Raina, Dean Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu, who is also the President of Jammu and Kashmir Paramedical Council, today presented a cheque of Rs 2 crores to the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu as a contribution to J&K Relief Fund. The amount has been contributed by the members of the […]
According to the latest reports coming from Jammu, the family of infected doctor of Jammu Medical College was forced to come on social media even as they also tested positive of Covid -19 virus. Top brass of hospital administration in Jammu first tried to hide the fact that infected doctor was on the frontline of […]
Following a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in India after members who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin tested positive, an official from the Ministry of Home Affairs Saturday said that close to 22,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts have been quarantined across India. Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, said […]
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh Saturday issued an order to manufacture triple-layer khadi masks in its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The order was issued during a high-level meeting, chaired by the chief minister, with ‘Team-11’ officials to review the state’s preparedness to tackle Covid-19 and also to take […]
With India reaching the halfway point in the 21-day lockdown, the government has started deliberating on the way forward at the end of the national coronavirus lockdown. From a common exit strategy to a phase-wise restoration of services, here is a list of options that are before the government once the lockdown ends at 11.59 pm on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called an all-party meeting on April 8 to discuss the situation arising out of the coronavirus. This is the first meeting of Modi with political parties on the outbreak of the deadly virus and comes days after the country has been put under a preventive lockdown. A letter from parliamentary affairs […]
In a special operation by Afghan security forces today, the so-called emir of Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) Mawlawi Abdullah aka Aslam Farooqui was arrested on charges of orchestrating the attack on Kabul Gurdwara on March 25. Pakistani national Mawlawi Abdullah, who was earlier associated with proscribed Lashkar-e-Tayebba (LeT) group and then Tehreek-e-Taliban terror group, replaced […]