SMC installs ‘sanitizing tunnel’ at CD hospital
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Thursday installed and operationalised its first decontamination and sanitation tunnel at a hospital here in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu said. The decontamination and sanitization tunnel, manufactured and commissioned by the SMC, was installed at the entry of the Chest […]
Pak protests new JK domicile rules
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday accused India of “illegally changing the demographic structure” of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the new domicile rules were in “clear violation of international law”. The Indian government on Wednesday laid down rules for domicile which can now be given to anyone who has resided in the Union Territory for 15 years. […]
Restore internet with full speed: Human Rights Watch asks India
New Delhi: The Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged four countries, including India, to immediately lift the restrictions on internet usage and restore data transmission at full speed as it said they violate multiple rights and can be deadly during a health crisis like coronavirus. The international human rights body, in a statement, said, “Governments […]
Medico body signals alarm, says positive percentage a concern
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday said nearly one in every 13 test samples in Kashmir valley are coming out positive for the novel (new) coronavirus. “Overall, country has about one in 22 tests positive for COVID-19,” said DAK President, Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “As of April 02, Kashmir valley has tested 678 samples, […]
Don’t communalise coronavirus crisis: CPI(M)
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Thursday said that the coronavirus crisis should not be communalised and slammed both the Tablighi Jamaat as well as state authorities for allowing a mass gathering during the pandemic. Six people who died in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir had attended the religious congregation in Nizamuddin area here. […]
SC asks Centre to consider repatriation of 250 pilgrims from Iran
Scores of Ladakh residents, students from JK stranded
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to actively consider repatriation of 250 Indian pilgrims, who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are stranded in Qom of Iran, at an appropriate stage as it commended the proactive steps taken by the Indian embassy there. The top court noted that Centre had made […]
Govt provides 2 lakh masks, 5 ventilators to hospitals
Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir has provided additional masks, personnel protection kits to hospital for distribution among doctors and other health providers working in different hospitals in Valley, officials said on Thursday. Apart from it, five ventilators were given to Valley’s hospitals, a senior officer of the J&K Medical Supplies Corporation Limited said. He […]
Tangmarg teacher test positive for coronavirus
Admin asks people to report kids whom he taught
Srinagar: A day after diseased COVID-19 patient’s teacher son tested positive for the dreaded disease, authorities in Tangmarg on Thursday urged people not to panic and asked students who were taking tuition from him to contact the nodal officer. “It is very unfortunate to inform the general public that tests confirmed that one son of […]
Two army soldiers injured in LoC shelling
Poonch: Two army soldiers were injured in cross border shelling in Balakote area of Poonch district on Thursday. Reports said that the soldiers namely Naib Subedar Satpal and Havaldar Dharmpal of 14 Punjab Regiment suffered splinter injuries after Pakistani army attacked Indian army’s posts in Balakote sector of Mendhar today early in the morning. Both […]
Decongesting jails: High-powered panel says release of PSA detainees can’t be considered
Srinagar: Amid outbreak of deadly coronavirus, a high-powered committee constituted by the Jammu & Kashmir Government has maintained that release of detainees under the Public Safety Act (PSA) does not fall within the terms of guidelines issued by the Supreme Court to decongest jails. Highly placed sources disclosed that the panel observed that release of […]
