COVID-19: Centaur employees stage protest against lodging travelers in hotel for quarantine
Centaur hotel employees and the guests who are already staying in the hotel since long that include three deputy inspector generals (DIGs) of police, staged a massive protest against the Srinagar administration’s decision of lodging passengers at the hotel “for quarantine” on Saturday. A group of employees told that Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal […]
Lift unjust sanctions on Iran, Imran Khan urges US
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has called on the US to lift “unjust” sanctions on Iran so that the Islamic Republic can can focus on winning the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. “I would stress and insist to the international community to lift the sanctions on Iran,” Khan was quoted as saying by Al […]
Coronavirus: India’s Covid-19 count rises to 271, ICMR changes testing norms
Thirty-five fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in India on Saturday, taking the total number of people infected by the Sars-Cov-2 virus in the country to 271 even as the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issued guidelines for a new testing strategy for effective tracking of patients. Himachal Pradesh (two cases) and Madhya Pradesh (four cases) are […]
China apologises to family of doctor who warned against coronavirus
China has exonerated a doctor who was officially reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease, a startling admission of error by the ruling Communist Party that generally bodes no challenges to its authority. The party’s top disciplinary body said the police force in Wuhan had revoked its admonishment of Dr. Li Wenliang that […]
Doctors in Kashmir seek accommodation as they ‘don’t want to carry coronavirus back home’
Srinagar: Doctors in Kashmir hospitals, where suspected COVID-19 patients are admitted, have sought hostel accommodation, fearing that they might infect their family or others. According to the doctors, there is a high probability they might get infected while on duty. Two female resident doctors have already been put under observation after they complained about respiratory problems, […]
Pakistani bureaucrat sings Shah Rukh Khan song with new lyrics to raise COVID-19 awareness
New Delhi: A Pakistani bureaucrat has tweaked a famous Bollywood song to raise awareness about coronavirus — and the video has taken Twitter by storm. In the video, Deputy Commissioner of Hafizabad, Naveed Shahzad, made up his own lyrics of the famous Bollywood song ‘Suno Na Suno Na (Please listen)’ from Hindi cinema megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s […]
Prayers suspended in Wakf-affiliated mosques, shrines in Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Wakf Board on Saturday announced suspension of regular prayers at its affiliated mosques and shrines as a preventive measure to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus disease. “In view of the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), declared as “Pandemic” by the World Health Organization and as a preventive measure to contain […]
COVID-19: Farooq Abdullah releases one crore rupees to combat virus
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president on Saturday released an amount of Rupees one crore to combat the novel coronavirus in Kashmir. Taking to their twitter handle, JKNC said, “Party president and MP Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah today released an amount of Rs 1 Cr to combat #COVID19 threat in J&K from his MPLAD. […]
10 shops, hotel sealed in Bandipora for violating Govt orders
Authorities on Saturday sealed 10 shops and a hotel in main market Bandipora for violating the government orders after restrictions were imposed in the district under section 144 as a precautionary measure against spread of COVID-19. According to wire service –Kashmir News Observer (KNO), ten shops and a hotel were sealed by first class magistrate […]
Ailing CRPF man shoots self-dead at Civil Secretariat sgr
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who was ailing and under treatment committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Srinagar on Saturday. Officials told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a CRPF trooper, identified as HC Dilbagh Singh of 23 Battalion, posted at Srinagar civil secretariat, shot himself while on duty at […]
