V K Singh reviews deployment of SDRF, NDRF personnel in 200 bedded Covid Care Centre at Hazratbal

Center is expected to commence its functioning from June 1 SRINAGAR, MAY 19: Director General of Police, Commandant General Home Guards/Civil Defence and State Disaster Response Force J&K, V.K. Singh, today chaired a meeting regarding deployment of SDRF and NDRF personnel to assist in functioning of 200 bedded Covid Care Centre (including 50 beds with […]
Enforcement teams recover Rs 28,400 fine from violators in Ramban

1534 vaccinated, 1239 samples collected RAMBAN, MAY 19: Continuing the drive to implement Covid protocol across the district Ramban, the Enforcement teams today fined scores of violators for roaming without wearing face masks and not maintaining physical distance. The enforcement teams, during the inspection in their respective jurisdictions, recovered a fine of Rs 28,400 taking […]
DDC Chairman Doda holds preliminary meeting on District Capex budget plan formulation

Seeks cooperation of members in covid control measures DODA MAY 19, District Development Council Chairman, Doda, Dhananter Singh today chaired a preliminary meeting of all the District Development councilors ahead of the formulation of District Capex budget plan under Area Development funds. The House deliberated on the formulation of the Area Development plan and also […]
3969 fresh covid-19 cases reported in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir reported 3969 fresh covid-19 cases while 62 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, officials said. They said 1375 fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu division and 2594 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 255888. Death toll due the virus reached 3355 […]
Slow vaccination

There are media reports making rounds that Jammu and Kashmir is virtually running out of covid vaccines. Non availability of vaccines is becoming a problem and even in Srinagar city people are not getting vaccines at the designated centres. Such shortage of vaccines in Jammu and Kashmir has created lot of problems on the ground […]
Secy Tribal Affairs Shahid Iqbal Choudhary hospitalized after minor heart attack

Secretary Tribal Affairs Department J&K, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, has suffered a minor heart attack and has been admitted to a hospital in Jammu, officials said on Wednesday. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that Choudhary, who presenly oversees COVID-19 containment in Jammu, suffered “Myocardial Infarcation” last night and was admitted to Ankur Maitrika Hospital. One […]
Covid hit families

Covid 19 second wave has hit badly Jammu and Kashmir and presently the number of fatalities has increased. On an average in the past few weeks 50 people are consumed by Covid 19 on daily basis. In order to share their pain and suffering, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha recently announced a financial package for such […]
DC Srinagar visits Chest Disease, SMHS hospitals to oversee installation of 3 new Oxygen Plants

Asks MED to work in day-night shifts to make plants operational within 72 hours SRINAGAR, MAY 18: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today visited Chest Disease and SMHS hospitals to oversee the process of installation of three new Oxygen Generation Plants including two plants of 1000 lpm capacity each and another of […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported 3967 fresh COVID-19 cases

Jammu and Kashmir reported 71 more deaths, second highest fatality count in a single day, while 3967 more persons were confirmed to have contracted the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that 39 of the fresh fatalities were reported from Jammu Division while 32 persons succumbed to the virus […]
Self-quarantined Covid-19 infected man dies in hospital

A man quarantined at home died after shifted to hospital in North Kashmir’s Bandiproa district. Hospital sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that an elderly man had quarantined himself at his home in Lawaypora Bandipora. During the intervening night of May 13 and 14, his condition deteriorated and was shifted to District Hospital Bandipora. […]