Lt Governor interacts with Doctors through Video Conference
Seeks suggestions for better management and containment of COVID-19 JAMMU, APRIL 14: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today held a video conference to interact with Doctors and sought their valuable suggestions for better management and containment of COVID-19 pandemic in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Deliberations were also held on various important aspects, […]
Amid Covid fear, Kashmir border residents not safe even at home because of Pak shelling
Amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, a number of families fled their homes in shelling-hit Kupwara villages after three people, including a seven-year-old, were killed on Sunday in Pakistani shelling. There was no report of any shelling or firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara on Monday. However, the intense shelling on Sunday has […]
JKAP leaders condemns attack on labourers in Himachal
Srinagar, April 14 (KNS): Jammu & Kashmir Apni Party Senior leader Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi has strongly condemned the attack on Kashmiri labours by police in Himachal. He has damanded for strict action against the Police involved. Gayoor said that it is a human rights violation that poor men gone outside for earning livlihood for […]
PSA detention of 41 lodged in UP jails revoked, total 140
Srinagar: In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday revoked Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders of forty-one people languishing in different jails of Uttar Pradesh. Sources in administration of J-K Union Territory disclosed that government this morning revoked PSA detention orders of forty-one people; with this, the number of PSA detention orders […]
Provide adequate protective gear and suitable accommodation with refreshment to on-duty Health care workers across J&K : JKDCC
Srinagar,April 14 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Doctors Cordination Committee (JKDCC) Convenor Dr Mohd Yousuf Tak in a statement issued here said that, “whole world is fighting this invisible enemy (covid19) which has challenged the whole world and the health care workers are on the forefront to treat and defend our community from its spread” A statement […]
COVID19: 13 more patients sent home after recovering at CD hospital Source:
rinagar: Thirteen more patients found coronavirus positive have been discharged from the hospital after recovering fully from the virus, officials said on Tuesday. Head of Department, Chest Diseases hospital, Srinagar, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah announced the welcome development. “A satisfactory moment…relieved 13 covid patients for home quarantine… not to lower our guard….stay home.. stay safe.. […]
Extension of lockdown necessary step in view of COVID-19 threat: Omar
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the decision to extend the lockdown till May 3 was a necessary step in view of the threat posed by COVID-19. “The extension of lockdown till May 3 isn’t something we all wanted but given the threat we face from COVID-19, it’s a necessity. Let’s do everything […]
Corona death count reaches 339, cases soar to 10,363: Health Ministry
The death toll due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 339 while the number of cases soared to 10,363 on Tuesday, said the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 8,988, as many as 1,035 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. The […]
India To Remain Under Lockdown Till May 3; Some Relaxations After April 20, But…: PM Modi
In his fourth address to the nation on the Coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the nationwide lockdown till May 3 even as India continues to fight the spread of COVID-19. Starting his address, the prime minister equated the people of India to soldiers fighting to protect their nation and expressed gratitude […]
In J&K’s containment plan: 100% lockdown, raising isolation facilities
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has laid out the strategy for the period following the 21-day lockdown that ends Tuesday. The 19-point strategy governing the containment approach includes 100 per cent lockdown and screening in red zones, enhancing capacities for isolation, quarantine, and monitoring home quarantine, and constituting separate teams for contact tracing so that […]
