Annual Amarnnath Yatra cancelled
Shri Amarnnath shrine board of Jammu and Kashmir UT on Tuesday cancelled the annual Amarnnath yatra 2020 citing surge in Covid-19 cases. Highly placed Sources said, that the decision was taken during a meeting of Shrine Board in which Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor GC Murmu and other officers took participation which was held on […]
G H Mir condoles demise of Mother of advisor Khan
Senior JKAP leader and former agriculture minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Tuesday condoled the Demise of Advisor Farooq Khan’s Mother. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir has expressed grief over the sad demise mother of Farooq khan, the advisor to LG of Jk UT. In his condolence message ,Mir prayed for the eternal peace […]
Ballon d’Or cancelled this year amid coronavirus disruption
PARIS: The prestigious Ballon dOr will not be awarded this year because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the football season. Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi has won it a record six times one more than longtime rival […]
Assault on doctors at SMHS Hospital: MFA demands adequate security at Covid hospitals
Srinagar: The Medical Faculty Association (MFA) at the Government Medical and Dental Colleges Srinagar has urged the college principals to ensure adequate security to medicos at hospitals housing COVID-19 patients. In a letter shot to Principal GMC Srinagar on Monday, President MFA, Prof Sajad Majid Qazi has requested the administration to ensure “adequate security in […]
Two army personnel injured in landmine blast in J-K
On Tuesday, two army personnel were injured in a landmine blast in Noweshra area in Rajouri district, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told that at 8 am, a 55-year-old Sepoy SK Minjur Rehman of Engineering Regiment, and Sepoy Updhay Parshad Rajindera, of 24 MLI sustained blast injuries while on […]
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
UT administration has been stressing on the public participation for the overall development in Jammu and Kashmir. In the present circumstances especially when the government has re-imposed lockdown in many parts of Srinagar city and other parts of Kashmir valley, to appeal people to participate seems farfetched. However, the government in these difficult times is […]
Lightning kills three in Poonch
On Tuesday, a lightning strike killed three persons, including a young couple, in a remote village in Poonch district of Jammu, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told GNS that last night, at around 11:30 pm, lightning struck Gumsar Dhoke in Surankote area of the Poonch district, killing three persons […]
4 More Die of COVID, JK toll rose to 260
With the fresh four COVID-19 related deaths, the fatalities touched 260 in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources informed Kashmir Despatch that, a 70-year-old woman from Lalbazar Srinagar, a 90-year-old man from Pattan Baramulla, a 43-year-old man from Parigam Pulwama and a 50-year-old from Mirbazar Kulgam died due to COVID-19 sofar in […]
Biggest single-day spike of 751 Covid-19 cases takes J&K tally to 14650
Jammu and Kashmir reported biggest single-day spike in covid-19 infections on Monday with 751 additions including 51 CRPF personnel, 16 from ACB headquarters and ten pregnant women. Among the fresh cases, 240 were reported from Jammu and 511 from Kashmir which also include three BSF men and as many policemen and seven minors including one […]
Great news on Covid vaccine as Oxford trial shows dual immune action against coronavirus
London: A coronavirus vaccine the University of Oxford is developing with AstraZeneca Plc showed promising results in early human testing, a sign of progress in the high-stakes pursuit of a shot to defeat the pathogen. The vaccine increased levels of both protective neutralizing antibodies and immune T-cells that target the virus, according to the study organizers. […]