DC inspected District Hospital and Quarantine Home wards at GHSS Shopian.
SHOPIAN, MARCH 26: To review the preparedness of District Administration for containing corona virus, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Shopian, Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin visited District Hospital Shopian and took stock of of various facilities there, here today. He was accompanied by the Medical Superintendent DH Shopian, BMO and other concerned. The DC directed the officials to set […]
Strict restrictions ordered across Bandipora up to April 14
No religious congregation permitted without any exception: DM SRINAGAR, MARCH 26: In view of the surfacing of four more coronavirus positive cases in the district on Wednesday, the District Magistrate Bandipora, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza, has ordered strict imposition of restrictions in the district. According to the order issued by District Magistrate under Section 144 of CrPC, […]
MD JPDCL visits quarantine centers at Jammu
JAMMU, MARCH 26: Managing Director Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL), Yasha Mudgal visited various quarantine centers of district Jammu to ensure adequacy of security, logistics like food/essential commodities etc, medical surveillance and sanitation arrangements During the tour, she visited five quarantine centers including Teacher Bhawan Gandhi Nagar, Yatri Bhawan, Bhagwati Nagar, NHPC Guest House […]
COVID19: Infant, 7 year old latest positive cases in Kashmir
Srinagar : A young girl and an infant from Srinagar have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir, taking the total number of such cases in Kashmir to 11. As per a senior official at JLNM hospital, the girls, aged 8 months old and 7 years old, were tested positive for the virus. The two are […]
Covid-19: Altaf Bukhari reiterates demand for restoration of 4G Internet in J&K
Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday urged the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister to restore high speed mobile Internet, one of the prerequisites, in taking up preventive measures against the spread of Coronavirus-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued here, Bukhari observed that restoration of 4G […]
Number of coronavirus cases 649 in India, death toll 13: Health Ministry
The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 649 in India on Thursday and the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 13, with one death reported each from Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, according to the Health Ministry. Goa featured for the first time in the chart prepared by the ministry, reporting 33 coronavirus […]
4G seesaw? Here’s what has happened so far
Srinagar, Mar 26: As coronavirus continues devouring lives and closing down the entire world, the persistent shutdown of high-speed mobile internet in J&K has peeved the residents here, who believe that absence of such a cardinal facility is a great hurdle in speedy healthcare and dissemination of vital information. What has equally flustered the residents […]
Post lockdown, rise in mercury may prevent spread of COVID-19 in India: Top microbiologists
Top Indian microbiologists are hopeful that after the 21-day lockdown, when summer approaches, the rise in temperature would play an important role in preventing the drastic spread of COVID-19 virus in India. “My biggest hope is that an expected rise in temperature by the end of April (this year) would certainly give a leverage in […]
Untimely ‘azaans’ leads to panic in Kashmir
Panic gripped Kashmir late on Wednesday night after there were untimely ”azaans from mosques at several places across the valley amid the lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus. Some people reached their nearby mosques while many prayed at their homes after the ”azaans” at 10 pm on Wednesday, officials said. A religious organisation […]
COVID-19: HC orders closure of all courts during lockdown
The Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday ordered closure all the Court complexes of J-K and Ladakh including the High Court complexes at Srinagar and Jammu, during the period of the lockdown. This is has been ordered in view of the declaration of 21-day lockdown by the Government of India and […]
