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 […]
Poor, needy ignored by Govt, facing hardships: Bhardwaj
Congress leader and member AICC, Mohinder Bhardwaj accompanied by Ashok Dubey (Organising Secretary PCCI), Digesh Jamwal, Kirpal Singh and other party leaders of Bishan Tehsil presented food packets to more than 100 poor needy families of this village and a wheel chair to a physically challenged lady at a simple function held here on Saturday. […]
Power shutdown
According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province, to execute installation of 630 kVA transformer at Iqbalabad Bemina near Degree College Bund, the shutdown of Bemina Exhibition Line is being observed. During the shutdown, the power supply to the areas fed from 33 kV Bemina Exhibition line shall remain affected on July 19 from 11 am […]
