DC Kulgam inspects quarantine centers takes stock of arrangements
KULGAM, MARCH 24: Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today visited various Quarantine centers established in the district and took stock of arrangements being put in place at these centers. The Deputy Commissioner visited Quarantine Centre established at GNM College, Baitul Hillal Centre and other quarantine centers in Kulgam and took stock of arrangements at […]
SKIMS offers 24×7 consultation for cancer patients
SRINAGAR, MARCH 24: In view of the current situation amid coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura here will provide round-the-clock consultations to the cancer patients. The senior faculty and the senior residents of Department of Radiation Oncology, SKIMS would be available 24×7 for consultation on the following dedicated number 9697863173. Head, Department […]
Lt Governor dedicates 102/108 Free Ambulance Service to the people of J&K
People of J&K can avail free of cost Ambulance service for medical emergencies: Lt Governor JAMMU, MARCH 24: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today dedicated the 102/108 Free Ambulance Service to the people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Lt Governor observed that the operationalization of 102/108 Ambulance Service would ensure the […]
COVID-19: North Kashmir resident tests positive, tally reaches four
Srinagar: One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of covid-19 patients to seven in Jammu and Kashmir. A senior doctor at SKIMS told test sample of one person, admitted in GMC Baramulla, came out to be positive. “His sample had been sent to SKIMS for test and it […]
Good news for Srinagar residents
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar According to doctor who is part of the core team looking after the first positive case of covid 19 in SKIMS, the patient was showing all positive signs of recovery. Talking to vov reporter the doctor said that though the lady was aged and having other ailments, she was being […]
Kashmir’s First Positive Case Successfully Treated, Say Doctors; Delhi Reports No Fresh Case In 40 Hours
India has gone into a near-complete lockdown with 30 states and union territories having announced shut down by Monday to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, which continues to claim lives world over. There is a complete lockdown in as many as 548 districts of the country affecting several hundred million people. Three states — Uttar […]
Two CRPF personnel killed in fratricide in Srinagar
New Delhi: Two CRPF personnel were killed on Tuesday after an exchange of firing following a scuffle at Dal Lake here, officials said. The scuffle broke out between the jawans over some issue at the place of their posting at a hotel at Dal lake in the city, they said, adding the the exchange of firing […]
Omar Abdullah’s Quip On Surviving Lockdown Gets 5,000 Likes In 15 Minutes
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, freed after nearly eight months in arrest, on Tuesday returned to Twitter with his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style. The National Conference leader, who was released amid an unprecedented nationwide shutdown to stall the spread of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, offered “tips on surviving quarantine or a lock down” […]
Released After Nearly 8 Months, Omar Abdullah Says It’s a ‘Different World’
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah as released from detention today, with the administration revoking his detention orders under the Public Safety Act. Abdullah, who turned 50 on March 10, had spent 232 days – nearly eight months – in custody since the government revoked the special status […]
Man found dead under mysterious conditions in Srinagar
Srinagar: A 50-year-old man was found dead under mysterious conditions on Tuesday in Noorbagh area of Srinagar, officials said. A man identified as Bashir Ahmad Pakhtoon, son of Ghulam Muhammad Pakhtoon was found dead under mysterious conditions today. Officials said that body of Pakhtoon, who is Auto Driver by profession, was taken to Police […]
