Kejriwal tests negative for COVID-19

New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has tested negative for COVID-19, an official said on Tuesday. The official said the 51-year-old AAP supremo underwent the test for coronavirus Tuesday morning. Kejriwal had gone into self-quarantine on Sunday after he developed a sore throat and fever. The fever has subsided and he […]
Teacher including 17 others arrested on stone pelting charges

Pulwama, June 9: Days after the Pulwama encounter that sparked clashes, police arrested 17 youth including a Lecturer during various raids, police sources said. They said that three militants including and IED expert Ikram alias Fauji Bhai and two locals militants were killed in Kangan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on June 3. Local […]
False reporting: DAK says one in three patients with Covid infection test negative

Srinagar, June 09: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said one in three patients infected with the novel coronavirus receive false negative test results. “A negative test does not exclude the possibility of Covid-19 infection,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “RT-PCR test is the most common diagnostic test used to identify people currently […]
Two more Covid-19 deaths reported toll in JK, toll crosses 50-mark

Srinagar, June 9: Jammu and Kashmir reported two more deaths due to novel coronavirus, taking the number of people who succumbed to the virus to four on Tuesday and overall 50 in Jammu and Kashmir since the outbreak of the pandemic. Professor Farooq Jan, medical Superintendent SKIMS, told that a 31-year-old man from DH Pora […]
Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare’, says WHO

Geneva, June 9: The World Health Organization says it still believes the spread of the coronavirus from people without symptoms is “rare,” despite warnings from numerous experts worldwide that such transmission is more frequent and likely explains why the pandemic has been so hard to contain. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO”s technical lead on COVID-19 said […]
Prominent advocate appointed judge of JK High Court

New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) A prominent advocate was on Tuesday appointed a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. According to a Law Ministry notification, Javed Iqbal Wani has been appointed a judge of the common high court of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. His recommendation, […]
India’s virus count over 2.6 lakh, daily spike inching close to 10,000-mark

New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) A record rise in COVID-19 cases in India for the seventh consecutive day has pushed the tally to over 2.6 lakh on Tuesday, with the daily nationwide spike in coronavirus cases inching close to 10,000. The rise in cases comes at a time when the country has stepped out of […]
4 IAS, IPS Officers transferred from J&K To UT Ladakh

Srinagar, June 9: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on Tuesday ordered the transfer of four officers from J&K to Ladakh. Similarly, one IPS officer, Ms. Sargun (IPS) has been transferred from Ladakh to J&K. Officials said that the officers transferred from J&K to Ladakh include Ajeet Kumar Sahu (IAS), Ravinder Kumar (IAS), Bhim […]
Another Covid-19 death reported in JK, toll touches 48
Srinagar, June 9: Kashmir Valley on Tuesday reported second death due to the novel coronavirus as a 70-year-old covid-19 patient from Panzath village in Qazigund area of south Kashmir died at GNC Anantnag, taking the overall death toll in J&K to 48. “He was suffering from pneumonia. His test for covid-19 had returned positive few […]
Covid-19 fatalities continue to mount, Sopore man dies at CD Hospital
Srinagar, June 9: Kashmir Valley on Tuesday reported one more death due to novel coronavirus as a 52-year-old man from Sopore succumbed to the virus at Srinagar’s CD hospital, one of the exclusive facilities meant for the management of covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. The fatality has taken death toll due to the pathogen in […]