Srinagar: Hours after a 65-year-old man from Baramulla district died at a hospital here, his sample for covid-19 returned positive on Wednesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 146 in Jammu and Kashmir A resident of Nadihal area of the north Kashmir district, the sexagenarian was admitted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh […]
Srinagar: Authorities at Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Wednesday announced that elections for the post of Mayor Srinagar will be conducted on 14 July. Secretary SMC Wednesday issued a notification, a copy of which lies with news agency reads, “The Election of Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Srinagar will be conducted as per the given programme: a) Forms […]
A 60-year-old woman was killed and another injured as Pakistan rained mortars on Indian posts and forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Poonch district police chief SSP Ramesh Kumar Angral said, “there was ceasefire violation by Pakistan and at […]
In the past several decades, Ladakh region was witnessing a healthy tourist season as more and more foreigners were coming to this area during the summers. The current summer is the first summer after so many years when Ladakh region has zero tourism. The region is witnessing a growing pandemic and also has hovering clouds […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Srinagar Wing, shall remain closed for two days after some paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel deployed there tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to an order by the Registrar General. “As informed by the in charge CRPF High Court of J&K at Srinagar, some CRPF personnel […]
A 70-year-old woman from Shopian died at a hospital in Srinagar two days after she was admitted here, officials said on Wednesday. Her death has taken the fatality count due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 145. The septuagenarian with Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) died last evening at SMHS hospital, Medical Superintendent Dr […]
Senior Hurriyat leader and Chairman of Tehreeki Hurriyat(TeH) Muhammad Ashraf Sehari today denied operating any twitter handle. Speaking to KNS, TeH Chief said that he doesn’t own any account on twitter. ” Twitter handle operating on my name is fake. I don’t own the account.” ” We don’t fear to talk on any issue, we […]
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said people in Kashmir valley are ignoring recommended precautions which is responsible for surge in cases and deaths due to the novel coronavirus “People are showing complete disregard to health guidelines,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “They are mingling freely and are not wearing […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday urged the J&K government to follow the revised COVID-19 guidelines which allow home isolation of mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir observed that in the background of the rising number of COVID […]
The Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 256 covid-19 infections, taking the number of cases to 8931 in J&K. The new cases— 74 from Jammu division and 182 from Kashmir Valley—include at least 29 paramilitary CRPF and SSB men besides eight men from Beacon (109 RCC Kupwara) and minor who tests returned positive at SKIMS […]