SKIMS offers 24×7 consultation for cancer patients
SRINAGAR, MARCH 24: In view of the current situation amid coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura here will provide round-the-clock consultations to the cancer patients. The senior faculty and the senior residents of Department of Radiation Oncology, SKIMS would be available 24×7 for consultation on the following dedicated number 9697863173. Head, Department […]
DM Kishtwar notifies additional Quarantine facilities
Also inspects various facilities KISHTWAR, MARCH 24: District Magistrate Kishtwar Rajinder Singh Tara had notified 13 additional quarantine facilities and asked for their immediate take over with an aim to be fully prepared for tackling any emergency situation that may arise due to prevailing threat of spreading corona virus. The notified new quarantine facilities are […]
Lt Governor dedicates 102/108 Free Ambulance Service to the people of J&K
People of J&K can avail free of cost Ambulance service for medical emergencies: Lt Governor JAMMU, MARCH 24: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today dedicated the 102/108 Free Ambulance Service to the people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Lt Governor observed that the operationalization of 102/108 Ambulance Service would ensure the […]
Div Com reviews implementation of PIL directions
SRINAGAR, MARCH 24: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting to review implementation of the directions passed by the High Court in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding traffic management in the capital city. Threadbare discussion was held on matters which include identification of more parking sites in left-out areas, status of […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)
4765 persons under observation, 6 positive cases, 01 recovery JAMMU, MARCH 24: The Government today informed that 4765 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance and, so far, only six cases have tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir and one among them has already recovered. According to the daily […]
COVID-19: North Kashmir resident tests positive, tally reaches four
Srinagar: One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of covid-19 patients to seven in Jammu and Kashmir. A senior doctor at SKIMS told test sample of one person, admitted in GMC Baramulla, came out to be positive. “His sample had been sent to SKIMS for test and it […]
Two CRPF personnel killed in fratricide in Srinagar
New Delhi: Two CRPF personnel were killed on Tuesday after an exchange of firing following a scuffle at Dal Lake here, officials said. The scuffle broke out between the jawans over some issue at the place of their posting at a hotel at Dal lake in the city, they said, adding the the exchange of firing […]
Omar Abdullah walks out of detention, says ‘a very different world’
In his first statement after being released from detention, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday appealed to the Centre to release detained leaders and restore Internet facilities in the Union Territory. Speaking to the media at around 1.30 pm outside his residence at Gupkar Road in Srinagar, Omar said he would talk […]
Man found dead under mysterious conditions in Srinagar
Srinagar: A 50-year-old man was found dead under mysterious conditions on Tuesday in Noorbagh area of Srinagar, officials said. A man identified as Bashir Ahmad Pakhtoon, son of Ghulam Muhammad Pakhtoon was found dead under mysterious conditions today. Officials said that body of Pakhtoon, who is Auto Driver by profession, was taken to Police Control […]
Coronavirus: Two more persons test positive in Kashmir
Srinagar The number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir rose to six on Tuesday, after two more patients tested positive for the dreaded virus. Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote: “2 more cases reported positive in Srinagar. One has confirmed travel history outside India. Full details regarding the second […]