Man dies after falling down from tree in Handwara
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, Apr 26: A 45 year old man died after he fell down from a poplar tree in north Kashmir’s Handwara on Sunday. Reports said that a 45 year old man identified as Bashir Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Ahad Dar of Dokalbal area of Sopore was critically injured after he fell […]
Kashmir girls stitch free masks for distribution as ‘sadqa’
Bhadarwah (J-K), Apr 26 (PTI) Fasting and charity are essential to Ramzan, and in this holiest month of Islam when the country is fighting coronavirus pandemic, 12 girls have come together in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir to stitch masks for free distribution. “All of us are on Ramzan fast. We have resolved to […]
15 CRPF personnel based in Delhi test COVID-19 positive
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Fifteen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel posted in a Delhi-based battalion have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Sunday. The troops belong to CRPF’s 31st battalion in which nine men had tested positive on Thursday, a senior official said. With the fresh cases, the number of infected personnel […]
Forest official suspended, another taken off duty
Bhadarwah/Jammu, Apr 26 (PTI) A forest official was suspended and another taken off duty on Sunday as a special team retrieved five hectares of encroached land in Bhadarwah Forest Division. The team also seized 400 cubic feet (cft) of illicit timber and started measures to retrieve another 20 hectares of the encroached forest land, Divisional […]
Response towards COVID-19 in JK is appropriate, says DAK
Srinagar, Apr 26: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Sunday said that the response towards COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir is appropriate and the healthcare workers are combating the deadly virus with optimal use of limited resources. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that different studies carried out across world have revealed that a large chunk of […]
376 students from Kashmir being sent back from Kota
Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir has arranged JKSRTC buses to ferry Kashmiri students stuck in Kota Rajasthan. “376 J&K students in Kota set to return tomorrow. All arrangements finalised. This follows recent return of students and others who were in Jaisalmer and other places. Appeal : Please be patient. Govt is working hard to […]
Forces launch search operation in Sopore area
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, Apr 26 : Forces on Sunday launched a cordon and search operation in new colony area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, reports said. They said that Army’s 22RR, SOG of JK police and CRPF jointly launched a search operation at New colony Sopore. A police official said that […]
WHO warns over virus immunity as global death toll surges
Geneva, Apr 26 (AFP) The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that recovering from coronavirus might not protect people from reinfection as the death toll from the pandemic approached 200,000 around the globe. Governments are struggling to limit the economic devastation unleashed by the virus, which has left half of humanity under some form of […]
Coronavirus global death toll passes 200,000
Paris, Apr 26 (AFP) The new coronavirus has claimed at least 200,736 lives since its outbreak in China in December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP. More than 2,864,070 cases were registered in 193 countries and territories. Of these cases, at least 772,900 are now considered recovered. The tallies, using data […]
China needs to safe guard against COVID-19 resurgence, warn health official
Beijing, Apr 26 (PTI) China confirmed 11 new coronavirus cases, including six locally transmitted infections, taking the total count to 82,827, while a senior health official has warned of domestic resurgence of COVID-19 due to the rise in imported cases. Death toll in China remained at 4,632 for the past 10 days, according to data […]
