Beating Spinal TB
Dr Puneet Girdhar Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment helped the 20-year-old paralysed girl revive to normal life at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital. With the advent of advanced technology, doctors were not only able to remove the solidified pus cells from her spinal canal that caused paralysis but also surgically prevented a possible future kyphoscoliosis deformity […]
ChhathMahaparva: A festival of Nature
Er. Prabhat Kishore Chhath Puja is the festival of adoration of Adishakti Sun. The early hymns of the Vedic texts are the hymns of worship of these powers. Ancient Magadh region has been a stronghold of Brahmanism and hypocrisy. The entire region has been marked as the site of resistance to social rigidities and discrimination […]
Man shot at in old city, sustains critical injuries
Srinagar, Nov 8: Unknown gunmen, suspected to be militants, shot at and injured a 45-year-old man at Bohri kadal area of downtown Srinagar on Monday evening. Official sources said that gunmen fired upon the man identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Khan(45), working as salesman, son of Ghulam Mohammad Khan of Ashtangi Bandipora, leaving him critically injured. […]
Covid spike: Admin orders corona curfew in five Sgr wards
Srinagar, Nov 8: District administration on Monday ordered imposition of “corona curfew” in five wards of Srinagar. As per an order by deputy commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz which comes into effect immediately, the administrative wards include 11 (Lal Bazar), 32 (Hyderpora), 31 (Chanapora), 27 (Bemina Hamdania Colony) and 24 (Bemina Housing Colony). The areas in […]
JK reports three covid-19 fatalities, 111 fresh cases
Srinagar, Nov 8: Jammu and Kashmir reported 111 fresh covid-19 cases while three persons succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Monday. Among the fresh cases, 19 were reported from Jammu Division and 92 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 333187. Three deaths were also reported due to the virus, […]
LG hands over appointment letter to wife of teacher killed by militants
Jammu, Nov 8 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday handed over the appointment letter for the government job to Aradhna Mehra, wife of Kashmiri Hindu teacher Deepak Chand who was killed by militants in Srinagar on October 8, officials said. Mehra received the appointment letter at the Raj Bhavan here. “Today, […]
Army ties up with University of Kashmir for providing distance education courses for soldiers
Srinagar, Nov 8 (PTI) The Army on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Kashmir for providing distance education course to soldiers posted in the valley. The MoU was signed by Vice Chancellor of the university Prof Talat Ahmad and General Officer Commanding of Chinar Corps Lt Gen D P Pandey […]
Ladakh reports 14 fresh COVID-19 cases
Leh, Nov 8 (PTI) Ladakh has recorded 14 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the virus tally to 21,047 while the active cases have climbed to 122, officials said on Monday. The Union Territory has registered 209 Covid-related deaths — 151 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Six patients […]
US lifts pandemic travel ban, opens doors to visitors
Washington, Nov 8 (AP) The U.S. lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, allowing tourists to make long-delayed trips and family members to reconnect with loved ones after more than a year and a half apart because of the pandemic. Starting Monday, the U.S. […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 262 days
New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) India logged 11,451 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,43,66,987, while the active cases declined to 1,42,826, the lowest in 262 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,61,057 with 266 fresh fatalities, according to the […]