Spike in COVID-19 Cases, DC B’la Extends Lockdown for 2 days
As a precautionary measure to minimise the spread of COVID-19 positive cases in the district, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Dr G N Itoo has extended the lockdown for 2 more days upto 21st of July, 2020. Earlier, a complete lockdown for 3 days with effect from 17 July, 2020 was imposed by district administration after a […]
India Summons Pak Envoy Over Killing Of 3 Civilians In Poonch
India has summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the killing of three civilians including a child in an unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani forces in Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. It said India strongly condemned the Pakistani […]
COVID claims 6 more lives in J&K, toll 242
Six more patients who were tested positive for deadly COVID-19 have died in Jammu and Kashmir, thus taking the total number of deaths due to the virus to 242 in the Union Territory. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that patients who died include an 80-year-old woman from Rainawari Srinagar, a 59-year-old man […]
In Pulwama, duo arrested in a night raid
Two persons were arrested during a nocturnal raid in South Kashmir’s Pulwama hamlet, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT). In the raid that was conducted during the intervening night of 18 and 19 July in Drabgam village of the district, KNT reported quoting local sources, armored vehicles entered into the village, picked up two […]
STAY SAFE
People of Srinagar in particular and in Kashmir valley in general should stay safe and stay indoors as coronavirus has infected a lot of people in the recent past. Hundreds of cases were reported on a daily basis as coronavirus positive soon after the government lifted lockdown a few weeks back. Authorities were forced by […]
In Kupwara, private school teacher detained under PSA
A private school teacher and a former activist of banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami J-K from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and has been shifted to sub-jail Kupwara, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Service (KNS). Zahoor Abbass Khan, a 39-year-old son of Mohammad Abbas Khan of Devar Lolab, KNS reported quoting […]
Covid cases continues to increase in Budgam district
The number of coronavirus patients in Budgam district continue to rise. The Department of Health urges the general public to fully adhere to the global guidelines, to wear masks, not to panic, not to come out of homes unnecessarily. A government official told to KNS, Every human being needs to learn a lesson from the […]
Kamal expresses concern over rising COVID19 cases
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday said J&K administration has failed to control sprawl of COVID19 cases which is witnessing a steep rise in J&K particularly in Kashmir. In a statement issued to KNS reads, additional general secretary Sheikh Mustafa Kamal while expressing concern over the failure of administration on combating the viral infection […]
NC condemns Pak shelling on civilian areas; expresses anguish over killing of party worker, his family members in Poonch
National Conference today condemned unprovoked Pak shelling on the civilian areas along the Line of Control and expressed deep grief and anguish over the killing of a prominent party worker, his wife and teenage son in Village Karmara in the Poonch District. “At a time when the entire world is grappling with the pandemic […]
COVID-19:DAK appeals Govt to arrange flu shot for high risk people, health care workers to prevent swine flu upsurge
Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said it is mandatory that all the people in general and high risk, in particular and healthcare workers should get flu shot in the month of September and October. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that they have observed in winters the incidence of […]
