RTPCR test, 14 day administrative quarantine mandatory for all inbound travellers
Srinagar, June 01 (KNS): The Government has appealed all the people travelling by road, rail and air to strictly observe the necessary preventive protocols for containing the spread of COVID 19 pandemic. Violation of the instructions will attract penalties under the Disaster Management Act-2005 and other provisions of law, a communiqué issued here by the […]
No increase in risk of Covid with blood pressure medicines: DAK
Srinagar, June 1, KNT: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said blood pressure medicines do not increase the risk of infection, serious illness or death from the novel coronavirus. “It is perfectly safe to continue your blood pressure medication during the Covid pandemic,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “People have apprehensions that […]
Infiltration bid foiled, three militants killed in Nowshera sector: Army
Srinagar: Army claimed to have to killed three militants after infiltration bid was foiled along Loc in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. An army official told that in an ongoing counter-infiltration operation which started on 28th may, alert troops of Indian Army eliminated an infiltration bid along the LoC in Nowshera Sector. Three heavily armed Pakistan […]
Wajid Khan dies at 42: Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra lead Bollywood tributes for ‘the nicest man’
Bollywood has condoled the death of music composer Wajid Khan, one half of popular duo Sajid-Wajid, who died due to complications after a kidney infection in the early hours of Monday. Actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan, Bipasha Basu, Preity Zinta and others took to social media to share messages about Wajid. Amitabh […]
ExplainSpeaking: Why India’s GDP growth rate is being labelled an overestimate yet again
Dear Readers, When you get the chills and feel feverish, do you immediately reach for your thermometer and break it — lest it may tell you how bad your fever is and how fast it is rising? I suspect not, because you know the thermometer will just map your true body temperature — not raise […]
Domestic Flights operation; Day 7
Srinagar, May 31 (KNS): On Day 7 of resumption of operation of domestic flights in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 16 flights with 1695 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 341 passengers aboard 6 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 10 flights including […]
Former diplomat Stobdan’s comments on Dalai Lama spark row, Leh markets shut on Monday
New Delhi: Former Indian diplomat Phunchok Stobdan’s comments on Tibetan Buddhist leader Dalai Lama on TV news channel in the backdrop of the ongoing border tensions between India and China have irked the Thiksey and Diskit monasteries in Ladakh, which have demanded an “unconditional apology” from him. The Merchant Association of Leh has also called him […]
AIIMS, Safdarjung accused of reporting deaths late, served show cause notice
Delhi has recorded the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on the last day of lockdown 4.0 with 1295 cases on Sunday taking the tally of Covid-19 positive patients in the national capital to 19,844, a little shy of the 20,000-mark, which it is likely to cross on June 1, going by the current trend. […]
J&K Govt’s Covid -19 management lauded
Jammu based MNC staffer shares his inspiring Quarantine experience on his return JAMMU, MAY 31: Stranded for last two and half month in Noida amid Covid 19 lockdown, a Jammu resident working in a US based MNC showered high praise on J&K government for being highly receptive on his arrival at Jammu Airport and providing […]
A deserter has no right to lecture us: Showkat Mir
Srinagar, 31 May (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference political secretary to party president and provincial secretary Showkat Mir on Sunday censured the uncouth assertions of Apni party functionary as a sinister attempt to create chaos, confusion and lend credence to rhetoric of anti J&K forces. In a statement issued to KNS he said, “Sermons […]
