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Post Covid symptoms: Covid patients at higher risk of psychiatric, neurological conditions: Lancet study

Post Covid symptoms: Covid patients at higher risk of psychiatric, neurological conditions: Lancet study

London: COVID-19 patients have an increased risk of developing some neurological and psychiatric conditions, including psychosis, dementia, ‘brain fog’ and seizures, for two years after the infection compared to other respiratory diseases, suggests a study of over 1.25 million people published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. The researchers from the University of Oxford, UK, noted […]

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Around 25 lakh new voters likely to be enrolled in JK: CEO

Around 25 lakh new voters likely to be enrolled in JK: CEO

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar on Wednesday said around 25 lakh new voters are expected to be enrolled in the Union Territory as the special summary revision of electoral rolls is being held for the first time after abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. He also described the ongoing exercise to […]

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KP’s hold protest in Jammu, reiterate relocation demand

Jammu: Kashmiri Pandits serving in the Valley on Wednesday held a massive protest against the killing of their community member in Shopian and demanded that the employees in Kashmir under the prime minister’s package be relocated to Jammu in view of selective and targeted killings. Terrorists belonging to the Al-badr outfit shot dead a Kashmiri […]

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Police identified killers of Kashmiri Pandit shot in Shopian: DGP

Srinagar: The killers of Sunil Kumar Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit who was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian, have been identified and they will be given stringent punishment, Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh said on Wednesday. “We have identified the two suspects who had killed him (Bhat). Follow up action is underway and we […]

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Five of a family among six found dead in Jammu

Police announces SIT to probe the incident

Jammu: Six people, including five members of a family, were found dead under mysterious circumstances here on Wednesday, prompting police to set up a special investigation team to probe the turn of events. The bodies of the victims, including three women, were recovered from two adjoining houses in the posh Tawi Vihar in Sidhra area […]

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Security forces on high alert in Jammu after terrorists escape during encounter

Jammu: Security forces and police have intensified operation to track down terrorists, who managed to escape from the cordon after a brief encounter in Rajouri district, sources said. Security forces had on Sunday located a group of 2-3 terrorists in Sojan forest area of Samote in Rajouri and laid a seige to neutralise them, they […]

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Revamp in JK Congress unit- Office bearers finalised after consultations with Azad: Cong sources

Revamp in JK Congress unit- Office bearers finalised after consultations with Azad: Cong sources

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was consulted several times before finalising the names in the revamped Jammu and Kashmir unit of the party, rejecting reports that the former union minister was not on board. The assertion came a day after Azad declined to head the Campaign Committee […]

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Landslide damages shepherd’s mud house in Ramban, 80 animals killed

Landslide damages shepherd’s mud house in Ramban, 80 animals killed

Banihal/Jammu: Around 80 sheep and goats were killed and 15 injured when a landslide triggered by a cloudburst damaged the house of a shepherd in Ramban district on Wednesday, officials said. The family members of the shepherd, Manzoor Ahmed, had a narrow escape when the landslide damaged his mud house in the Banihal area below […]

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Terrorists gun down Kashmiri Pandit, injure brother

Terrorists gun down Kashmiri Pandit, injure brother

Srinagar: Terrorists shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit and injured his brother on Tuesday at an apple orchard in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, which had seen similar attacks on the minority community in April. The victim Sunil Kumar Pandit had gone with his brother Pitambar Nath Pandit alias Pintu to his orchard in Chotigam village of […]

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7 ITBP jawans killed, 32 injured in road mishap at Pahalgam

Srinagar: Seven ITBP jawans died and 32 security personnel were injured when the bus in which they were returning from Amarnath Yatra duty fell into a deep gorge in the Pahalgam area of south Kashmir, a police official said. The bus, carrying 37 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and two policemen, was on its way […]