JKPSCC seeks 4G for online classes to students
Srinagar, April 11 (KNS)J&K Private Schools Coordination Committee has appealed to Lt. Governor J&K UT G C Murmu for the restoration of the 4G internet services in J&K division to help students take online classes during lockdown period. In a statement issued to KNS, President of JKPSCC Showkat Mohammad Chowdhary said lockdown has affected the […]
Div Com reviews un-interrupted supply of oxygen to district hospitals
1500 cylinders stored, additional supply to reach soon SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: In view of COVID-19 scare, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, today convened a meeting to review un-interrupted supply of Oxygen cylinders to district hospitals. Private suppliers informed the meeting that 1500 cylinders are already in the stores and additional supply will reach […]
Lt Governor briefs the PM about the control efforts of UT Administration to combat COVID-19 in J&K
JAMMU, APRIL 11: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today briefed the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, about the efforts of the UT Administration for management and containment of COVID-19 pandemic in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister was interacting with Chief Ministers and heads of all States/UTs through video conferencing to review the efforts of […]
Enforce 24×7 strict lock down: Advisor Baseer Khan to DCs
Two lakh N-95 masks, adequate ventilators to be dispatched soon; SKIMS to increase testing facility upto 1000 per-day SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor and overall Incharge of Coronavirus Control Efforts (CCE) in Kashmir division, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Deputy Commissioners to enforce 24×7 (round the clock) strict lock-down in their respective districts. […]
Rotary Club Rajouri hands over masks, sanitizers to District Administration
RAJOURI, APRIL 11: In a fight against corona virus, the Rotary Club Rajouri have joined hands with District Administration and provided Masks, N95, Triple layer masks, Sanitizers, Examination gloves, Shoe cover and Cap disposables. The Rotary Club Rajouri handed over the material to Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Nazir Sheikh for further distribution among the health workers […]
Security forces seize LMG, material used for making IEDs after encounter in J-K’s Kulgam
Security forces on Saturday seized a light machine gun and material used for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) after an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. A cordon and search operation was launched by the security forces in Nandimarg in the Damhal Hanjipora area of the south Kashmir district during […]
Amid lockdown, narco-smugglers in J-K using ambulances, doctors’ prescription for free movement
As all routes connecting J&K with the rest of the country have been sealed due to ongoing 21-day lockdown, the drug mafia is using ambulances and fake prescription slips of doctors to travel on the highways in guise of patients to avoid checking. Arrest of three narco smugglers, travelling in an ambulance three days back, […]
Forest department using old polythene envelopes to make nursery in Kangan
Ganderbal: Forest Department is setting up a nursery in Zirpora Kullan area of Central Kashmirs Ganderbal district in which small trees are being planted in the nursery but the irony is the fresh nursery is being covered with old polythene and sub standard material. Reliable sources said Kashmir News Service (KNS), that the nursery is […]
COVID-19: 17 more test positive in J-K, tally rises to 224
Srinagar: Seventeen more people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir; among them five are from Jammu division, while twelve are from Kashmir. The tally of the Union Territory has risen to 224. The government’s spokesperson, Rohit Kansal, confirmed that seveteen more cases have been detected. “5 are from Jammu division […]
Baramulla battles Covid, lack of health infra
On Wednesday, Kashmir saw the highest surge so far in the Covid-19 cases. At least six samples taken from Government Medical College (GMC), Baramulla, tested positive. Of the six persons tested positive, five were Srinagar residents and had returned from Nigeria. They were under quarantine at Gulmarg in Baramulla. After the first positive case was […]
