J&K Dental Council members call on J&K Bank CMD
Jammu: Members of the J&K Dental Council Monday called on the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) J&K Bank Rajesh Kumar Chhibber, highlighting the difficulties faced by themwhile navigating through the economic distress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in the UT, requesting economic support measures for the dentist fraternity especially the private practitioners. The delegation comprising […]
4 days after son’s death, man from Alamgari Bazar becomes another victim of Covid-19, JK toll 10
Srinagar: Four days after his young son died of the covid-19, a quinquagenarian from Alamrgari Bazar Srinagar became the fresh victim of the dreaded disease in Kashmir Valley on Monday, taking the toll in Jammu and Kashmir to ten. Official sources told GNS that the man, with underlying serious comobidities like coronavirus, died at the […]
25 new positive cases reported today, 383 cases recovered till date in JK

Break stigma around COVID-19, encourage people for testing to combat the Virus
JAMMU: The Government Sunday informed that 25 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 02 from Jammu division and 23 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 861. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), out of 861 positive […]
Return of stranded persons: Arrival through train starts in Jammu and Kashmir
Protocols framed; 100% to be tested, quarantined
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has given green signal to the arrival of trains in the Union Territory with its residents being evacuated from different parts of the country amid the Covid-19 lockdown. The inflow through trains was preceded by the regulated road transportation of the stranded persons via Lakhanpur. The trains entering the […]
Army man injured in cross border sniper fire
Srinagar: An army man was injured on Sunday when he was reportedly hit by a sniper fire apparently from across the border along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. As per officials the soldier was guarding a forward post in Balakote sector when he was hit by a bullet. The […]
JK COVID-19 tally reaches 836 as 13 more test positive

Srinagar: A total of 13 people tested positive for novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the number of the COVID-19 patients in J&K to 836. While three of them include two nurses and an attendant of a patient admitted at Super Specialty Hospital Shreenbagh here, four cases are from Ganderbal, two each […]
Cytokine storm killed youngest coronavirus victim in Kashmir
Srinagar: Doctors in Kashmir Valley have now started believing that out of 9 deaths occurred in Kashmir Valley only one can be directly attributed to the lethal Coronaviurs infection while rest of the patients died not only of Coronaviurs but of other conditions-known in medical terminology as co-morbidities. Comorbidity in medical terminology means more than […]
Mobile internet services to be restored shortly: Div Com
Srinagar: The administration on Saturday said that the mobile internet services across Kashmir will be restored soon. The services (2G mobile internet) were suspended soon after the encounter broke out between forces and militants in Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district where a top Hizb commander, Riyaz Naikoo was killed along with his aide […]
HC Seeks govt’s response on issuance of PRC’s
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a notice to J&K government, seeking its response on whether or not Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) has lost its relevance following abrogation of Article 35(A) by BJP-led government last year. A bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal issued the notice to Secretary, General Administration Department, after arraying the […]
Six staffers including two medicos quarantined at SDH Chadoora
Budgam: Two doctors and four others staffers in Sub-District Hospital Chadoora were on Saturday moved to quarantine, a day after a woman from Gudsutoo area of Budgam tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The woman had visited the health facility and these two doctors and the other staffers had come in touch with the woman […]