Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said that people are not following precautionary measures and health advisories in view of COVID-19 pandemic despite rise in coronavirus deaths and positive cases in J&K. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said people in Kashmir region have stopped taking the precautionary measures seriously which may be disastrous. “After restrictions […]
Jammu and Kashmir IPS officer Basant Rath has been suspended for alleged instances of ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’ a Home Ministry order said on Wednesday. Mr. Rath had recently written a letter in which he expressed apprehension about his safety due to “certain activities” of the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief. The letter had gone viral […]
Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has imposed a complete ban on swimming/bathing in Nallah Sindh and its tributaries in wake of frequent loss of precious lives in drowning incidents. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), an order issued by District Magistrate Ganderbal who is also Chaiman DDMA, reads “In view of frequent loss of […]
Several students quarantined in old Airport Srinagar on Wednesday complained that their further investigations have not been done despite passing twelve days. They appealed administraion to ensure their Covid-19 tests so that they can walk to their respective homes. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that eight students who came from Kirgizstan (Russian) […]
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 […]