Covid-19: SIDCO donates Rs. 18.10 lakh to J&K Relief Fund
JAMMU, APRIL 04: Jammu and Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) today donated Rs 18.10 lakh to J&K Relief Fund to strengthen the ongoing efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). In this regard, Managing Director J&K SIDCO, Ravinder Kumar here today presented a cheque of Rs 18, 09,640 to Commissioner Secretary Industries and […]
14 more test positive in Kashmir, COVID-19 tally in J&K rises to 92
Srinagar, April 04 (GNS): The number of COVID-19-affected patients increased in Jammu and Kashmir to 92 as fourteen more persons tested positive for the infection in Kashmir Valley on Saturday, officials said. Official sources told GNS that among those who tested positive include 8 persons admitted to GMC Baramulla. Five other persons are admitted […]
Amendments to domicile law cosmetic: NC
Srinagar, 04 April (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday termed the amendments to domicile law another example of central governments toying around with J&K and its people, and a move bereft of any guarantee against demographic changes here. A statement issued to KNS reads, While calling the amendments cosmetic in nature, party spokesperson […]
Amid shortage, four shops sealed in Mehjoor Nagar
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar While people have been complaining of shortage of essential items in many parts of Srinagar city, authorities today sealed four shops at Mehjoor Nagar locality for violating the restrictions imposed by District Magistrate of Srinagar. In the past few days government has sealed dozens of shops, seized dozens of vehicles […]
Kashmir press condemns orders restricting information sharing with media
The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) has taken serious note of the attempts by authorities to throttle information on coronavirus amid the unprecedented lockdown across the region, as per the KPC’s official release. Highlighting recent restrictions imposed by Director Health Services, Kashmir, ordering doctors and paramedics not to share information with media about the ongoing crisis, […]
Bring Back Stranded Students : J&K Students Association
Srinagar, April 04 (KNS): J&K Students Association, a Body of Kashmiri Students here on today demanded that Kashmiri students who returned from Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan and had Completed their 28 days and 18 days respectively Quarantine period should be Brought home at an Earliest Possible time. In a Statement Spokesperson of Association Nasir Khuehami Urged […]
This J&K Doctor Served On Coronavirus Testing Team, Yet He Was Subjected To Trauma
When an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the Government Medical College, Jammu, resumed his duty after he finished being part of the coronavirus testing team, he felt uneasy. He was part of the coronavirus team — from March 13 to March 19 — testing people having COVID-19 symptoms. He sought leave from his duty on […]
Low-intensity earthquake hits J&K
A low-intensity earthquake, measuring 4.0, hit Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, a Meteorological Department official said. The tremors were felt at 6.14 am and lasted for a few seconds, the official said. He said the epicentre of the quake was 60 kilometer below the surface of the earth at latitude 35.5 degrees north and longitude […]
COVID-19: 3 MORE TESTS POSITIVE JK TALLY REACHES 78
The government spokesman, Rohit Kansal, tweeted that three more positive cases were reported today from Narsoo, Udhampur. “All contacts of a positive patient from Udhampur with travel history abroad,” he added. This takes the total tally of positive cases to 78.
COVID19: Hope flickers as six more COVID19 patients recover at CD hospital
Srinagar, Apr 4: Doctors’ efforts in Kashmir are bearing fruit as six more COVID-19 positive patients have tested negative and are on way to recovery. Sharing the good news, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, HoD Chest Diseases hospital Srinagar, said all the six will be discharged after one more sample of theirs is tested to ensure […]
