J&K COVID-19 toll rises to 279 as 53-year-old Srinagar man dies at SKIMS
Srinagar: A 53-year-old an employee of Jal Shakti Department, died at SKIMS Soura after testing positive for COVID-19 taking the disease toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 279. The deceased was a resident of Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar as per officials. With these deaths, 259 people in Kashmir and 20 in Jammu have died […]
COVID-19: J-K Govt sanctions Rs 15 crore under SDRF for SKIMS
Srinagar: Amid spike in COVID cases, the government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 15 Crore under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Government Medical Colleges (GMC) Srinagar and Jammu. The decision to sanction Rs five Crore each to the three health institutions was taken in a State Executive […]
YATRA CANCELLED
After lot of consultations and high level meetings finally good sense has prevailed on the decision makers as they cancelled the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir. In this direction even the scheduled yatra of two weeks was cancelled as Kashmir valley witnessed a worst period of pandemic. An official announcement was made recently evening after […]
Kashmiri students of Aryans shine in MRS-PTU, Punjab results
Students of Aryans College of Engineering, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh brought laurels to the college by giving excellent results in the final examinations conducted by MRS-PTU, Bathinda. In B.Tech Civil 4th year – 1st position was bagged by Sonika Rajwal and Tenzin Gaydun with 9.20 SGPA, 2nd position by Ajay Kumar and Binit Kumar with 9.10 […]
COVID19: DM orders closure of Markets in Bandipora District for 72-hours
District Magistrate Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmed has ordered closure of all markets in Bandipora district for 72 hours with effect from Thursday morning. The order has been issued as a precautionary measure to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. According to the order issued on Wednesday evening, all shops/ service providers except Chemists and essential […]
Minor girl drowns to death in Shopian
A 13 -year-old girl was drowned to death on Wednesday in Nallah Adijan in shopian area of south Kashmir, her body was later recovered at Nalla gramtoo at Mandujan. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that that a minor girl drowned in Nallah while washing utensils, stating that she got slipped in the Nallah “After […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 453 new positive cases, 8607 recovered so far JAMMU, JULY 22: The Government on Wednesday informed that 453 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 101 from Jammu division and 352 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 15711. […]
Bad road connectivity irks villagam residents; authorities unmoved
Inhabitants of Lone Mohalla Amargadh Tarathpora, in north Sub division Handwara on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against PMGSY department for not renovating their road resulting miseries to common masses at large. The residents of the area told KNS that they are facing huge problems in absence of the proper road connectivity. The protesting residents […]
Remdesivir unaffordable for Covid-19 patients: DAK
While antiviral drug remdesivir reduces the risk of death among Covid-19 patients, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said the drug is unaffordable for poor patients. “Because of high cost, remdesivir is out of reach for poor people” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) […]
Div Com conducts extensive City tour
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today conducted an extensive tour of Srinagar City to take stock of availability of parking spaces and proposed road widening in various areas. The Div Com visited Old Assembly Complex, Budshah Flats, Magarmal Bagh, Bus Adda Batamaloo, Doodganga Parking, Cow Farm land Chatabal, National School parking, 90 ft Road, […]
