Authorities lift 62 food samples for screening in JK
Jammu, May 10 (PTI) Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir carried out nearly 1,000 surprise inspections and lifted 62 samples of different food items for screening since the beginning of this month, an official spokesperson said on Sunday. The special drive by the Food Safety Wing of Food and Drugs Administration Department was necessitated amidst growing […]
Javed Akhtar calls to end azaan on loudspeakers, says it causes discomfort to others
Mumbai, May 10 (PTI) Azaan is an integral part of the faith, not the gadget, says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, asking that the Islamic call to prayer on loudspeakers should be stopped as it causes “discomfort” to others. In a tweet on Saturday, Akhtar wondered why the practice was ‘halaal’ (allowed) when it was, for […]
US seeks Pakistan’s help for intra-Afghan dialogue
Islamabad, May 9 (PTI) Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has sought Pakistan’s support for reducing violence in Afghanistan and accelerate the intra-Afghan dialogue, the US Embassy here said on Saturday. Khalilzad discussed the Afghanistan peace process with Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday. During the discussion, he […]
Grenades, ammunition found near IB in JK’s Samba
Jammu, May 10 (PTI) Security forces have launched a search operation in a forest area near the International Border in Samba district after three grenades and 54 rounds of AK ammunition were recovered from the area, police said on Sunday. The explosives and ammunition were noticed by some villagers in the forest area near Goran […]
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 on […]
COVID-19: 2 Nurses, attendant at Srinagar Hospital among 13 test positive
Srinagar, May 09: Three more samples from Super Specialty Hospital here including that of two nurses and an attendant came out to be positive for novel coronavirus along with 10 other persons in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of the covid-19 patients in J&K to 836. Nodal officer Dr. Saleem at CD hospital here […]
Tractor driver killed in road mishap
Rajouri, May 9: A 30-year-old tractor driver was killed in an accident as the vehicle rolled down around 350-ft into a gorge in this mountainous district on Saturday. Official sources said that the driver Mohammad Aslam (30) son of Faiz Hussain of Bhangai village of Thannamandi died on spot in the accident which took place […]
Cytokine storm killed youngest coronavirus victim in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 9: 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 […]
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,981; cases climb to 59,662
New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry.? The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at […]
