Bandipora -Gureiz road opens for traffic
Bandipora: The 86 Kilometer long Bandipora-Gurez road was reopened for the movement of the traffic after the snow clearance on the highway was completed by the Border Roads Organization, a spokesman for the organization said. Notably, the Gurez Valley with a population of over 40000 people remained cut off due to the heavy snow precipitation […]
11 people hiding in truck headed for Kashmir booked, quarantined
Banihal/Jammu: Eleven people hiding in a truck headed for Kashmir were intercepted in the Union territory’s Ramban district and booked for violating lockdown norms, officials here said on Friday. All of them were placed under administrative quarantine after a medical examination, they added. Police personnel conducting a routine check on the highway at Nashri stopped […]
COVID-19: Official reviews contact tracing, cluster surveillance process
JAMMU: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo Friday convened a meeting to review cluster surveillance and contract tracing process aimed to contain spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. The meeting was attended by Mission Director, National Health Mission, J&K; Principal Government Medical College Jammu; Director Health Services, Jammu; State Surveillance Officer Jammu; Surveillance Medical […]
Ganderbal Covid-19 patient spent 22 days at a relative’s house after escaping quarantine
Ganderbal: Over 56 persons have been quarantined after a Covid-19 case surfaced in Gutlibagh area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday evening. Ironically, the person who was tested positive had escaped and it was only after police and civil administration put their efforts and traced him in Mamar area of Knagan. Reports said that […]
DAK urges immune testing for recovered coronavirus patients
Srinagar: With reports that recovered coronavirus patients are getting reinfected, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday urged health authorities in Kashmir valley to test recovered patients for antibodies that would help us know whether they are immune for re-infection. “Patients who recover are getting infected with the virus again,” said DAK President, Dr Nisar ul […]
Advisor Baseer Khan directs speedy completion of Power augmentation projects
‘Ensure round the clock electricity to quarantine centres, during Ramadhan’
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan Friday directed speedy implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) meant for augmentation of power infrastructure including increasing transmission capacity so that uninterrupted power supply is provided to people at the earliest. The Advisor was speaking at a review meeting convened to discuss power scenario and implementation […]
Advisor Farooq Khan visits Poonch
Reviews status of essential services, distt admin’s measures
POONCH: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Friday, visited the border district Poonch to review the measures being implemented to deal with COVID-19 pandemic besides assessing the status of essential services in the district. During the extensive visit to the district, Advisor inspected the Quarantine centre and Sanitization Tunnel established at District Police Line Poonch. […]
Dairy sector has potential to transform rural economy: Navin Choudhary
Pitches for evolving a robust roadmap to give fillip to the vocation
JAMMU: Asserting that Dairy sector has potential to transform J&K’s rural economy, Principal Secretary Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, Navin K Choudhary, Friday emphasized for evolving a robust roadmap with its implementation on ground for achieving the desired goals. Principal Secretary, while reviewing the measures needed towards developing the dairy sector in J&K during a […]
Admin declares Village Gutlibagh a Red zone
GANDERBAL: The District Administration, Ganderbal Friday declared village Gutlibagh, tehsil Ganderbal Red Zone and its surrounding villages Babawayil and Wayil Wooder Buffer zones after COVID-19 positive case was detected in the area, thus taking the toll to 14 in the district Invoking prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC and Disaster Management Act, 2005, […]