Added on March 22, 2020
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Say Friday sermons will be restricted to five minutes only
Abid Bashir Srinagar: Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam on Saturday said Valleys’ clergy in a unanimous decision taken has decided not to close masjids for Friday congregational and mandatory five times prayers a day. He, however, said that Imams have been advised to restrict their Friday sermons to just five minutes only while as people have […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Ensure essential services function smoothly, Div Com tells DDC’s
SRINAGAR: The civil administration in Srinagar on Saturday cancelled all gazette holidays for the employees working in essential services sectors. “In view of the emerging situation because of the threat from the coronavirus epidemic and the need for strengthening of response apparatus to contain its spread the District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary under […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Srinagar: A person, with travel history to Saudi Arabia, ran away from Chest Disease (CD) Hospital Srinagar as medicos were preparing to take his sample for coronavirus test, sources said Saturday. They said that the person, who was advised by the district authorities to visit the hospital as a part of precautionary measure, reported to […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Srinagar: Two female resident doctors in Kashmir were put under observation at hospitals after they developed Covid-19 symptoms. They complained of respiratory distress, fever and runny nose, ‘The Tribune’ reported. According to the report, the two doctors, who did not have proper protective gear, are believed to have been exposed to the infection after getting […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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JAMMU: Government Saturday informed that 3611 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance and, so far, only four cases have tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) 2557 persons have been kept under home quarantine while as 50 are in […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Nasir Azam Srinagar: Amid the scare over coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has directed all administrative secretaries and deputy commissioners to ensure quarantine of all government employees and their relatives who have a foreign travel history Since March 01. The move comes after government directed employees to attend their offices on alternate weeks […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Srinagar: NC president Farooq Abdullah and party leader Hasnain Masoodi released an amount of Rs one crore each from their MPLAD funds on Saturday to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir. “The party president and Srinagar MP released an amount of Rs one crore from his MPLAD funds today to combat […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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We have 40 rooms already booked for guests
Srinagar: Centaur hotel employees and the guests who are already staying in the hotel since long that include three deputy inspectors’ general (DIGs) of police, Saturday staged a massive protest against the Srinagar administration’s decision of lodging passengers at the hotel “for quarantine.” A group of employees said that Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Roads, other public places present a deserted look
Neyaz Elahi Leh: Kargil and Leh towns are presenting a ghost look since the outbreak of Coronavirus. 13 people have tested positive in the twin towns among which one hails from Kargil while rest are from Leh. Most of the persons infected by the lethal virus are from Chechot Gompa village of Leh. Chechot Gompa […]
Added on March 22, 2020
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Appeals government to restore 4G
Srinagar: In view of COVID-19 scare, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Saturday requested doctors to volunteer for providing online consultations through WhatsApp so that people suffering from general ailments at home have a sign of relief. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik appealed people to use online phone numbers of specialist doctors without any hesitation. “But it […]
