Advisor Baseer Khan visits Nishat garden
Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today directed for strict compliance of Covid-19 guidelines at the public parks. He said this during his on spot inspection of Nishat Garden to see that the guidelines are being adhered properly. He was accompanied by Commissioner Secretary, Floriculture Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad and other concerned officers. The Jammu […]
With Over 26,000 Fresh Covid Cases, India’s Tally Nears 8 Lakh
India recorded the highest single-day spike of over 26,502 new coronavirus cases and 475 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally close to eight lakh with 21,604 deaths, Health Ministrys’s data revealed on Friday. According to the data, out of total 7,93,802 cases, 4,95,513 have recovered while 2,76,685 remain active in the […]
Five million go under fresh lockdown in Melbourne
MELBOURNE: Millions in Australia’s second-biggest city went into lockdown on Thursday to battle another coronavirus outbreak, as spikes across the world added to the devastation already wrought by the pandemic. The number of infections and deaths has risen relentlessly in many of the world’s biggest nations, with the United States crossing three million confirmed cases. […]
This year’s Asia Cup postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic, says ACC
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced on Thursday that this year’s Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the ACC said that the executive board met on multiple occasions to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the tournament. “From the […]
COVID-19:DAK appeals people to donate plasma
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday appealed people to come forward and donate plasma, a medical procedure being used by doctors to treat the novel coronavirus disease across the globe. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said a large number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 pandemic are eager to donate plasma and it is […]
CASH INTERVENTION
Despite all the efforts by the government to revive tourism in Kashmir amid pandemic, thousands of families connected with this trade are waiting for cash intervention by the government to save them for virtual starvation. While the media outlets in New Delhi are talking only about the lockdown period of coronavirus, but Kashmir tourism has […]
COVID-19: Kupwara man dies in Srinagar, J-K toll 159
A 75-year-old man from Kupwara district died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Bemina, Srinagar, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 159. A resident of Chatgund area of the north Kashmir, the septuagenarian was referred from Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), the Medical Superintendent, Dr Shifa […]
Senior journalist bereaved
Mudasir Ahmad Khan, A senior journalist who has worked with different newspapers from the past 2 decades, was bereaved on Friday as his ailing father Ghulam Mohammad Khan of Karfali Mohalla Habakadal, went for heavenly abode in C.D Hospital of Srinagar. A joint condolence meeting was held in Srinagar to express sympathies with mudasir Khan. […]
COVID-19: 35-year-old woman from Srinagar passes away, toll in J-K 158
Srinagar: A 35-year-old COVID-19 positive woman from Srinagar died at a hospital here, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 158. The woman was shifted from SMHS Hospital to CD hospital, one of the exclusive facilities meant for the management of the COVID-19 patients here, on July 8, […]
BSF man dies of cardiac arrest in J&K’s Poonch
A Border Security Force (BSF) died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Mandi area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. An official said the BSF man, identified as Umashankar (Belt number 904885794), suffered cardiac arrest late last night. He said the deceased had recently returned to his unit from his […]