Covid-19: 55-year-old woman dies at SKIMS, JK toll 21
Srinagar, May 23: A 55-year-old woman from Urnhal area of south Kashmir, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at the SKIMS Soura on Saturday, taking the overall death toll due to the infection in Jammu and Kashmir to 21. Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura, Professor Farooq Jan told that the woman was admitted to the […]
Muslims help perform last rites of 95 year old Kashmiri Pandit
Tral, May 23: Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Muslims in South Kashmir’s Tral region arranged all necessary help to a family to perform last rites of a Kashmiri elderly Pandit. Jagan Nath Butt, a resident of Buchoo Tral village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district died at his native village today. As the news about his death broke […]
Pakistan plane crash: 97 dead bodies recovered at crash site in Karachi
Karachi, May 23 (PTI) At least 97 people were killed when a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential area near the Jinnah International Airport here on Friday, officials said, nearly a week after the COVID-19-induced air travel restrictions were lifted by the government. Reports said that […]
Militant make abortive bid to target police, CRPF in Pulwama
Pulwama: Militants on Friday made an abortive bid to target a joint police and CRPF post by hurling a grenade at Kakapora area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir, officials said. Official sources said that the militants hurled a grenade at a joint police and CRPF post outside higher secondary school Kakpora Pulwama. The device […]
Covid-19: Two bakers among 40 fresh cases reported
Srinagar, May 22: Two bakers from Pulwama district were among 40 fresh cases of the COVID-19 infection in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, taking the overall tally closer to 1500. Official sources said that 16 of these cases, all from Shopian district, were confirmed at viral diagnostic lab at SKIMS Bemina, ten at viral diagnostic […]
SpiceJet opens booking for domestic flights
Mumbai, May 22 (PTI) No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Friday announced the opening of booking for its domestic flights as it resumes operations with a little over 200 daily flights to 41 destinations after a hiatus of almost two months. Operations of commercial passenger flights were suspended from March 25 in the wake of COVID-19 and […]
Restrictions to be intensified in Red zones of Pulwama
Pulwama May 22: In view of spike in the COVID-19 positive cases in the district and a likelihood of flouting of social distancing norms in upcoming festivities, District Authorities in Pulwama issued directions for intensification of restrictions in Red Zones of the district. As prohibitory orders under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, Section 144 of the […]
Govt brings back 85521 stranded residents of JK
JAMMU, MAY 22: Nearly, 85521 J&K residents, stranded outside UT due to lockdown imposed in the wake of global pandemic, have been brought back to the UT by the Jammu and Kashmir government through 24 COVID special trains, 3 flights besides scores of buses after strictly observing all necessary preventive measures regarding the Virus. As […]
Vitamin D reduces risk of dying from Covid-19: DAK
Srinagar, May 22: If you have healthy levels of vitamin D, you are less likely to get severe disease from the novel coronavirus, said Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday in a communiqué. “Having adequate levels of vitamin D reduces your risk of dying from Covid-19,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “People with […]
