Religious heads in Budgam asked to adhere COVID-19 related SOPs
BUDGAM: District Magistrate Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza Wednesday convened a meeting of religious scholars, aimas, muftis of various jamia masajids, dargas located across the district. While addressing the meeting, the DM said that the aim of this meeting is to apprise the participants to adhere to the instructions envisaged under lockdown guidelines and ensure that […]
NC leaders seek end to their ‘illegal, unlawful’ detention
Write to JK administration
Srinagar: As many as 19 prominent National Conference leaders who are under house detention in different parts of the Kashmir valley since August last year, have sought immediate end to “illegal and unlawful” curbs on their “fundamental right to movement”. The leaders, including party’s general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar and Kashmir provincial president Nasir Aslam […]
Observing doctor’s day: DAK calls for holistic expansion of health care system
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday wished a happy doctor’s day to all the frontline workers who are working day in and out to serve the people during these trying hard times of Covid-19. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said the coronavirus has exposed unpreparedness of all countries to handle the pandemic and teaches […]
Men proving more susceptible to Covid-19 in Kashmir: DAK
Says 72 percent Covid-19 fatalities are men
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said the novel coronavirus is killing more men than women in Kashmir valley. “More men are dying from Covid-19 than women,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Nearly 72 percent of those who died from Covid infection in the valley were men while women […]
Insomnia among jail inmates: Prisons department has a solution
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir prisons department is planning to conduct Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) across all jails in the union territory to help the inmates overcome issues related to attitude and behaviour before their release, its chief said on Tuesday. Director General of Police, Prisons, VK Singh said the decision to go […]
