Kulgam family appeals ‘militant’ son to return home
Kulgam: A purported video has gone viral in which a family from South Kashmir’s Kulgam district makes a fervent appeal to their militant son to return home for the sake of his elderly parents. In the video family members are requesting militants to send their doctor son back to home. However, it is not clear […]
Covid-19: Unit holders asked not to operate from red zone areas
Pulwama: Department of Industries and Commerce has asked all the industrial unit holders in Pulwama to refrain from any operation in their industrial units that fall in the notified red-zones. Three Covid-19 cases surfaced in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district out of which one patient has recovered and discharged from the hospital. There are still 2 […]
Coronavirus: Army chief confirms 8 positive cases in Indian army
Srinagar: The army chief MM Naravane Friday confirmed that there were eight positive Covid cases in the Indian army of which four are responding well to the treatment. He also said the moral of men in J&K was very high and they are ready to face every challenge especially the one thrown up by “our […]
Lt Guv e-inaugurates JK’s first Covid call centre
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday inaugurated the union territory’s first Covid response call centre in Srinagar, an official spokesperson said. It also launched web and mobile applications which will help in real time integrated management of the coronavirus disease, he said. The call centre and the web and mobile applications were e-inaugurated […]
Body of 56-year-old recovered in Poonch
Poonch: Body of a 56-year-old was found under mysterious circumstances inside a cow shed in Bandi Chechian area of Poonch district on Friday. Reports said that the body of Mohammad Sultan Magray (56) son of Ahmad Jan was spotted lying inside the cow shed near the shrine at Kopra area of Bandi Chechian. A police […]
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 […]
