A five year old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

A five year old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

Kulgam, June 10: Locals told news agency KNT that a leopard pounced upon a child and badly wounded him. The leopard dragged the child but the locals chased it away and shifted the body immediately to Primary Health Centre Manzgam where from doctors referred him to Sub-District Hospital Damhal Hanjipora.  The boy succumbed to his […]

New media policy for UT: J&K officials to rule on ‘fake news’, take legal action

New media policy for UT: J&K officials to rule on ‘fake news’, take legal action

The new media policy announced by the J&K administration on June 2 gives it powers to decide what is “fake”, “unethical” or “anti-national” news, and to take legal action against the journalist or media organisation concerned, including stopping government advertisements and sharing information with security agencies. “J&K has significant law and order and security considerations, […]

No test could be 100 Percent accurate: DAK

No test could be 100 Percent accurate: DAK

Srinagar, June 10 (KNS): Amid buzz over possible errors in diagnosis with both RT-PCR tests and the faster antibody-based tests, president Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK), Dr Suhail Naik Wednesday said despite best efforts, no test can be 100% accurate. Dr Naik, who is a senior paediatrician, said every test has its own rate of true […]

Market Opening In City: Crucial Meet Between Traders, DC Today

Market Opening In City: Crucial Meet Between Traders, DC Today

Srinagar: The final meeting to open shops in the city centre—Lal Chowk and other areas of Srinagar will be taken after a crucial meeting between traders and the deputy commisoner Srinagar today afternoon, official sources told news agency. They said the traders have already given a written undertaking that they will follow the Standard Operating Procedure […]

BMO Handwara suspended for “inability as administrator, abusing female staff”

BMO Handwara suspended for “inability as administrator, abusing female staff”

Srinagar: The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) has suspended Block Medical Officer, Handwara, for incompetence and using unparliamentary language with staff and general public, reported a news agency, Press Trust of India. An order issued by the DHSK on Tuesday said that an inquiry had been constituted against BMO Handwara, Dr Abdul Majid over a complaint […]

Shopian gunfight: Two more militants killed, toll 5

Shopian gunfight: Two more militants killed, toll 5

Srinagar: Two more militants were killed in a gunfight that broke between militants and the government forces in Sugoo-Hendhama village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, taking the toll of killed militants to five. A local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), quoted unnamed official sources saying that five militants have been killed in the […]

J&K Covid hospitals ‘overburdened’, doctors want asymptomatic patients in home quarantine

J&K Covid hospitals ‘overburdened’, doctors want asymptomatic patients in home quarantine

Srinagar: A woman admitted to Srinagar’s Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial (JNLM) hospital for Covid-19 tried to escape Sunday after she tested positive for a fifth time. An asymptomatic case, she was first brought in on 2 May along with her husband and three children, who were also asymptomatic. While her family eventually tested negative and were discharged, […]

Shopian Encounter: Two militants killed, operation on

Shopian Encounter: Two militants killed, operation on

  Srinagar, June 10 : Two militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with government forces in Sugoo Hendhama area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday. A senior Police officer told GNS that two militants were killed in an ongoing operation. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was yet to be ascertained […]