Advisor Khan appeals people to remain indoors
Srinagar, Apr 10 (KNS): Advisor Baseer Ahmad Khan on Friday visited quarantine cum screening centre at Zig Qazigund and took stock of the situation. He appealed people to remain indoors to prevent spread of Covid0-19 and simultaneously directed officials to act tough against lockdown violators. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Advisor Khan reviewed arrangements […]
COVID-19: 23 more test positive in J-K; tally rises to 207
Srinagar: Twenty-three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The tally has risen to 207; among them 168 are from Kashmir Valley and thirty-nine are from Jammu. Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal Officer for the coronavirus at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Soura, said that out of […]
Keran hots-up again, heavy shelling going on
VOV NEWS DESK Kupwara: latest reports on Friday afternoon said that heavy shelling was going on in the Keran sector of Kupwara while the authorities have blocked the internet services till further orders. Reports from Keran reaching to Kupwara said that villagers have been hearing huge sounds of shelling and most of them are frightened […]
Mild-earthquake hits J-K, no damages reported
An earthquake of 3.0 magnitude hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, but there were no reports of any damage, officials said. The earthquake occurred at 11.51 am, they said. The officials said the quake occurred at a depth of 10 Km in the Jammu region of the union territory at a latitude of 33.3 degrees […]
We have all arrangement in J&K to fight COVID-19: LG
We have 17,000 N95 masks,13,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) kits, and 200 ventilators. We will soon have 80,000 rapid testing kits which will be used in red zones identified here, for early detection of #COVID19 1900 people have been identified here who were present in Nizamuddin’s Markaz. We traced them through their phone numbers&they cooperated […]
COVID19: 4 test positive in Udhampur; cases in J&K climb to 188
Udhampur: Four people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur district, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 188, officials said on Friday. The four are the contacts of a 61-year-old woman who died of coronavirus on Wednesday, they said. “Ten tests were received in Udhampur. Out of these, four […]
Vegetable vendor tested positive; imagine the number of affected home: DC Srinagar
Srinagar: Shahid Choudhary, District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, said that a vegetable vendor has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus, “and we are still tracing his all probable contact.” Mr. Choudhary was replying to a picture of a vendor selling vegetables in Khanyar, Srinagar. He further said, “Imagine the number of homes that could have been […]
‘Resumed work keeping in view present situation arising out of Covid-19, peoples interest’
Bandipora, Apr 10 (KNS): The medical staff who went on a strike for some time earlier in Hajin earlier today said that they resumed work keeping in view the present situation arising out of Covid-19. They said that they have resumed work only keeping in view the present situation and in the interest of public. […]
Rajbagh Corporator appeals LG Murmu to release Dy Mayor
Srinagar, April 09 (KNS):SMC corporator Shaheen Bhat Thursday appealed Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu to release Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran and other detained corporators in wake of current situation. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Shaheen, a Corporator from Rajbagh area appealed LG Murmu to allow Deputy Mayor SMC Sheikh Imran and others to walk […]
Jailed Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik ‘being denied fair trial’
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Imprisoned in New Delhi and slapped with a series of cases, including reopening of 30 years old murder charges, a top Kashmiri separatist leader is being denied a fair trial, his family and rights activists have alleged. Yasin Malik, one of Indian-administered Kashmir’s prominent pro-independence leaders, is the chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation […]
