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Kashmir records another death due to COVID-19

Kashmir records another death due to COVID-19

Death toll touches 10, 18 more test positive for the deadly infection

Srinagar: A middle-aged man from Alamrgari Bazar Srinagar became the fresh victim of the covid-19 in Kashmir Valley on Monday, four days after his young son died of the dreaded disease. His death has taken the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to ten. Meanwhile, 18 more people tested positive for the virus taking the […]

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4G restoration in JK: SC orders setting up of panel headed by MHA Secretary

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a “special committee” headed by Union Home Secretary to consider pleas for restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the national security and human rights needed to be balanced in view of the fact the Union Territory has been “plagued with […]

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Shooting stones halt traffic on Jmu-Sgr highway

Ramban/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for heavy traffic on Monday due to intermittent shooting of stones from a hillock overlooking the arterial road in Ramban district, officials said. The 270-km highway is the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country. The sliding of rocks from a hilltop started at […]

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Border tussle: China says its troops committed to uphold peace

Beijing: China on Monday reacted guardedly to the recent clashes between the Chinese and Indian soldiers, saying its troops remained committed to uphold peace and tranquillity at the border areas. Both the countries should properly handle and manage their differences, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here when asked about the […]

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Tribal nomads fight Covid-19 threats to continue migrations

Bhaderwah: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak that delayed the bi-annual movement of tribal nomads this year, the high-altitude meadows in this picturesque valley of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district came back to life with over 450 families of the Bakerwal community reaching here with their livestock. The tribal nomads, hailing from Kathua district and different areas […]

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Covid-19 stagmised: Recovered patients allege social discrimination

Srinagar: At 45 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir has been effectively fighting coronavirus to register a high rate of recovery but patients declared COVID-19 free are now battling discrimination and in some cases ostracism from the society. Of the 861 positive cases of COVID-19 detected in Jammu and Kashmir, 383 have recovered which is among […]

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Train carrying 1000 JK residents leaves Bangalore

JAMMU: Amid intensive protocols and strict adherence to Standard of Operation for Covid-19 evacuation, the first train of stranded persons of J&K has left from Banglore. Aboard the train are 1000 passengers who left the Banglore Railway station on Sunday forenoon and are expected to arrive in next fourty eight hours. The second train boarded […]

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CS reviews arrangements at Jammu Railway Station

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam Monday visited Railway Station Jammu and took stock of the mechanism put in place for the upcoming trains carrying stranded people of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from other parts of the country. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Secretary said that it is imperative that all the stranded […]

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Leh police helps shift mentally challenged man to Srinagar

Leh: A 37-year-old man from Doda, who had become psychologically maladaptive owing to his inability to get his regular medicines amid the coronavirus-driven lockdown, was looked after by the police which later shifted him a mental asylum in Srinagar. Mohammad Yasin Malik, a psychiatric patient, was residing in a rented room in Leh and had […]

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25 new positive cases reported today, 383 cases recovered till date in JK

25 new positive cases reported today, 383 cases recovered till date in JK

Break stigma around COVID-19, encourage people for testing to combat the Virus

JAMMU: The Government Sunday informed that 25 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 02 from Jammu division and 23 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 861. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), out of 861 positive […]