Srinagar, June 19 (KNS):Following a spike in Covid-19 deaths, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Friday said most of those who died were above 60 and had been suffering from comorbidities including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and COPD. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said elderly people are at high risk of coronavirus infection due […]
Antagonisms between Indian and Chinese troops high in the Himalayas are taking a dire toll on traditional goat herds that supply the world’s finest, most expensive cashmere. This week, a deadly brawl between Indian and Chinese soldiers caused the deaths of at least 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley, an achingly beautiful landscape that […]
SRINAGAR, June 19: Expressing serious concern over the loss of precious lives due to frequent skirmishes along the Line of Control in Uri sector in district Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Mohammad Hussain Jugwal on Friday demanded immediate construction of underground bunkers in order to save the civilian lives of forward areas […]
Srinagar, June 18: Chairman People’s Democratic Front (PDF) ,Hakeem Yaseen has flayed the decision to bifurcate civil Secretariat departments, instead of full Darbar Move , terming it against the wishes of the people of both jammu & Kashmir provinces. He said bifurcation of darbar move departments , at the whims of some bureaucrats, has no […]
Srinagar An army man was injured on Friday in a gunfight with militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The forces launched a cordon and search operation in Bandpawa village after receiving information about the presence of militants in the area. “As the cordon was tightened, the militants fired at the security forces, triggering an encounter, […]
Srinagar: An Army porter was injured in a blast triggered after he accidentally stepped on a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, official sources said. They said that the porter, Mr. Bashir Ahmad (30) son of Mr. Noor-ud-Din Jeendar of Charunda, received injuries in […]
Srinagar: A 15-day-old baby with underlying health conditions died with covid-19 at a hospital here on Friday. The baby, from Bemina area of Srinagar, is youngest to die with the disease in Jammu and Kashmir. “The baby was a case of aortic stenosis with CCF. He died in the Infectious Disease Block at 10:55 a.m. […]
Srinagar: The death toll due to covid-19 rose to 74 in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday as one more elderly person died at SKIMS Soura here. An 80-year-old man from Sopore was confirmed as the latest fatality due to the virus and according to Medical Superintendent SKIMS, Professor Farooq Jan, he died two days after […]
Shopian, June 19 (KNO): One more militant was killed in a gunfight that broke out on Thursday in Bandpawa area of Chitragam Tehsil in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official told News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that one more militant was killed in the gunfight. With this killing, the death toll of the militants in […]
Srinagar, June 19 (GNS): Two militants who had taken shelter inside a mosque have been killed at Meej Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Friday. “Two (militants) hiding in the mosque have also been neutralised by the operation party. With this, all three (militants) trapped at Meez Pampore are neutralized,” Director […]