Shopkeepers in B’pora to be tested for Covid-19 before operating business
BANDIPORA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Zahoor Ahmad Mir Wednesday said that only those shopkeepers that test negative and attended mandatory training on COVID-19 shall be allowed to operate their businesses. He said the shopkeepers of the Bandipora town from Nussu to Kaloosa including Khadim Market, Shops on Ajar-DC Office Road shall operate on alternate days […]
Medium-intensity quake hits JK
New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday night, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake occurred at 11.32 pm at a depth of five kilometres, it said. There were no immediate reports of loss of life or property.
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,77,922 stranded JK residents
1,20,868 via Lakhanpur, 57,054 through special trains
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,77,922 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]
Religious heads in Budgam asked to adhere COVID-19 related SOPs
BUDGAM: District Magistrate Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza Wednesday convened a meeting of religious scholars, aimas, muftis of various jamia masajids, dargas located across the district. While addressing the meeting, the DM said that the aim of this meeting is to apprise the participants to adhere to the instructions envisaged under lockdown guidelines and ensure that […]
Man stabbed to death over cutting of grass on disputed land
Banihal/Jammu: A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death by an acquaintance following a heated argument over cutting of grass on a disputed land in Ramban district, police said on Wednesday. The accused, Mohamma Tufail (19), a resident of Throo-Dharmari village of Reasi, was arrested after the crime and was booked under section 302 (murder) of […]
NC leaders seek end to their ‘illegal, unlawful’ detention
Write to JK administration
Srinagar: As many as 19 prominent National Conference leaders who are under house detention in different parts of the Kashmir valley since August last year, have sought immediate end to “illegal and unlawful” curbs on their “fundamental right to movement”. The leaders, including party’s general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar and Kashmir provincial president Nasir Aslam […]
Observing doctor’s day: DAK calls for holistic expansion of health care system
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday wished a happy doctor’s day to all the frontline workers who are working day in and out to serve the people during these trying hard times of Covid-19. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said the coronavirus has exposed unpreparedness of all countries to handle the pandemic and teaches […]
Shabir Shah given proper medical facilities, Tihar jail authorities tell court
New Delhi: Tihar Jail superintendent informed a Delhi Court Wednesday that Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, arrested in two separate cases of alleged terror financing, is being provided with all the necessary medical facilities in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The submissions were made before Special Judge Dharmendra Rana in a response to a plea […]
Men proving more susceptible to Covid-19 in Kashmir: DAK
Says 72 percent Covid-19 fatalities are men
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said the novel coronavirus is killing more men than women in Kashmir valley. “More men are dying from Covid-19 than women,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Nearly 72 percent of those who died from Covid infection in the valley were men while women […]
Insomnia among jail inmates: Prisons department has a solution
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir prisons department is planning to conduct Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) across all jails in the union territory to help the inmates overcome issues related to attitude and behaviour before their release, its chief said on Tuesday. Director General of Police, Prisons, VK Singh said the decision to go […]