Covid-19: 90-Year-Old Man From Kulgam Dies, Toll 24
Srinagar, May 26 (GNS): A 90-year-old man from Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Tuesday became another victim of novel coronavirus, taking the overall death toll due to the disease to 24 in Jammu and Kashmir. Also 34 fresh cases of the virus were reported, taking the tally of patients to 1702. A resident […]
CSA president refuses to back Smith’s support for Ganguly
JOHANNESBURG: The divisions in South African cricket were exposed again when Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Chris Nenzani said Graeme Smith’s call for Sourav Ganguly to become International Cricket Council chairman did not have official approval. “We must respect both the ICC protocol and our own protocol in deciding which candidate to back,” Nenzani, a […]
Testing capacity increased by over 350% in one month, J&K now No. 1 in the country in testing
JAMMU, MAY 25- With the testing rate of over 10,000 per million Jammu and Kashmir has now become number one in country in testing. The testing capacity in the UT has gone up from just about 100 tests/day in March to 8000 tests/day today. In the last one month alone it has gone up […]
Advisor Baseer Khan inaugurates first 50-bed Infectious Disease Block facility at SKIMS Soura
Srinagar, May 25 (KNS): Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today inaugurated a first of it’s kind Infectious Disease Block facility at SKIMS Soura for treatment of covid-19 and other pathologies infected patients exclusively. On the occasion, the Advisor accompanied by Director SKIMS, Dr AG Ahnagar inspected various wards and blocks to take first […]
COVID-19: South Kashmir woman passes away, J-K toll 23
Srinagar: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 23 in Jammu and Kashmir as swab sample reports of an elderly woman from Kulgam district of south Kashmir, who died couple of days ago, returned positive on Monday. “A 65-year-old lady from Bugam Kulgam was admitted in SMHS Hospital Srinagar on 22-5-2020 with bilateral pneumonia. She […]
40 new positive cases reported today, 112 recover in JK
Srinagar, April 25 (KNS): The Government Saturday informed that 40 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), (all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 494. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (Covid-19), out of 494 positive cases, 376 […]
Opening of Darbar-Move amid COVID-19
Chairs high level meeting; directs to install COVID-19 screening kiosks at premises, Raj Bhavan, High Court, A G Office, old Secretariat Srinagar, April 25 (KNS): Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, today visited Civil Secretariat, Srinagar to inspect preparations and other measures, on spot, against current COVID-19 situation, for the upcoming Durbar Move which will […]
Lawyer in Jammu dies of COVID-19, J-K tally mounts to 22
The death toll due to the novel coronavirus in J&K has gone up to 22 after a sexagenarian lawyer died at a hospital in Jammu, officials said on Monday. Dr Ravinder Ratanpal, Medical Superintendent ASCOMS Sidhra, told a local news agency that the samples of the 63-year-old lawyer, a resident of Trikuta Nagar, returned positive […]
VLCs emerge as focal point in Covid awareness in Poonch
POONCH, MAY 24: With an aim to ensure the safety of the rural population, Village Level Committees (VLCs) have been constituted in Poonch district to contain the spread of the virus infection and management of COVID19. These committees were assigned the responsibility of sensitizing the common masses about the Corona Virus infection, ways to prevent […]
Sonia Gandhi greets people of Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar May 24, (KNS): All India Congress Committee (AICC)President Sonia Gandhi today extended greetings on the auspicious occasion of Eid Ul Fitr, hoping that the occasion will be the harbinger of good health and prosperity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. in a statement issued to KNS reads, AICC President has extended hearty greetings […]