Lt Governor visits DRDO’s 500-bedded under-construction Covid Hospital at Khonmoh

Reviews progress; directs for completion of the Hospital by 5th June for the trial run of all facilities

SRINAGAR (KHONMOH): Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Sunday visited the construction site of Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) 500-bedded COVID Hospital at Khonmoh and inspected the work done for the establishment of the Covid dedicated facility. While reviewing the progress being made so far, the Lt Governor directed the DRDO and district officials to expedite […]

Covid vaccine 100% safe: Director Health

'News attributed to French Virologist is fake'

SRINAGAR: Terming Covid-19 vaccine as 100 percent safe, Director Health Services, Kashmir, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Rather today said that news circulating against the vaccine is fake. He said that news attributed to French Virologist and Noble prize laureate, Luc Montagnier that vaccine causes Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE) has been rejected already by experts as incorrect. […]

NC to form committee to decide participation in Delimitation Commission process

Srinagar: With National Conference (NC) MPs staying away from the delimitation exercise and boycotting the Delimitation Commission meetings, the party will now constitute a committee to decide about joining the exercise. Speaking to KNS, Senior NC leader and Member Parliament Justice Hasnain Masoodi said NC had called a meeting of Central Working Committee on Thursday […]

Covid victims to get special pension, scholarship for families

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council headed by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday approved the grant of financial relief through the Special Assistance Scheme for Covid mortalities (SASCM/Saksham) to the families of victims, an official spokesman said. The scheme aims to ensure sustenance of families who have lost their sole breadwinner due to coronavirus. […]

COVID-19: JK records 2,253 fresh cases, 46 more deaths

Srinagar classified as Orange Zone

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 2,253 fresh Covid cases, which took the tally to 2,86,684, while 46 deaths in the past 24 hours took the toll 3,841 in the union territory, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 794 were reported from the Jammu division and 1,459 from the Kashmir division of the […]

Lt Guv inaugurates DRDO’s 500-bed Covid hospital in Jammu

Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) 500-bed Covid hospital in Jammu to ramp up the healthcare infrastructure to effectively deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Of the total 500 beds here at Bhagwati Nagar Centre, 125 would be Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, while others would be […]

Transporters rue extended lockdown

Say they are starving as govt failed to provide help

Srinagar: Amid the ongoing lockdown, the transporters here have demanded authorities to announce unlock as the prevalent situation according to them has only added to their miseries. The transporters associated with Parimpora bus stand said that they have been facing hardships as the sector has remained inactive for most part of the past three years […]

Cross-LoC smuggling bid foiled in Kupwara

Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons into Kashmir from across the Line of Control in Kupwara district and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, police said. Acting upon a specific information regarding weapon smuggling, a search operation was conducted by the local police and the Army in Jabdi […]