CRUMBLING HEALTH SYSTEM
Latest from JK Government is that they have amended Sop’s regarding the referral cases to covid hospitals and also for the patients who are asymptomatic. These amendments have come in the wake of a crumbling health care system as even the fresh lockdown has failed to flatten the curve of covid-19 cases in Kashmir. On […]
Sajad Lone released from house detention
Authorities on Friday released Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone, who was under “preventive detention” since August 5, 2019. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), PC in a tweet said “J&K Peoples Conference Chairman Mr. Sajad Gani Lone has been officially released after completing 360 days in detention”. Lone, meanwhie, also took micro-blogging site Twitter […]
BSF personnel dies of cardiac arrest at LoC in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: A Border Security Force soldier died of cardiac arrest during duty along the Line of Control in Mankote area of this district on Friday. They said constable R .Ravindra of 72 battalion BSF suffered the heart attack at Songali post in Mankote sector. The 43-year-old was shifted to nearby health facility where doctors declared […]
He told me he is going to score a hundred in an hour: L Balaji lavishes praise on former India batsman
During the mid-2000s, the Indian team was jam-packed with batting greats. The likes of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman occupied the middle-order for the Indian test team while Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir started the innings. They are legends of the game and won many matches for their country. However, their presence […]
7 more COVID-19 related deaths in J&K take toll to 373
Srinagar: Seven more COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning taking the toll to 373, officials said. Four of the fresh victims are from Srinagar, two from Pulwama while one, a 56-year-old, is from Jammu’s Shakti Shakti Nagar area. Regarding two casualties in Pulwama, officials identified one of them as a […]
12-yr-old girl drowns, 2 siblings rescued in Poonch
A 12-year-old girl drowned as her two other siblings were rescued from a canal in Poonch last evening, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told the agency that the siblings, children of Zakir Hussian Peer, were playing near the canal at Jallian Azambad and subsequent went inside it, leading to […]
For Last Village Along LoC In Kashmir, A First This Independence Day
New Delhi: For the first time since Independence, the last village along the Line of Control in north Kashmir will be able to watch the Prime Minister’s 15th August speech live from the Red Fort. For the last 72 years, Keran village with 12,000 families had electricity only for three hours in the evening between […]
China envoy pushes Pangong claim, India says pullback not over
Pushing his country’s claim to Pangong Tso where Chinese troops came in 8 km west of the point which India says marks the Line of Actual Control, Sun Weidong, Beijing’s ambassador to New Delhi, Thursday said “China’s traditional customary boundary line is in accordance with the LAC” on the north bank of the lake. He rejected suggestions that […]
Scarcity of PPEs, below par facilities across quarantine centers worrisome: Lone
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday rued the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and unsatisfactory facilities being accorded to inmates at various quarantine facilities across Kashmir saying those lodged at such facilities are aghast on the unhygienic and inhospitable conditions there. Party’s senior leader and Member of Parliament from Baramulla Muhammad Akbar Lone […]
Lockdown in Bihar extended till August 16; flight restrictions to Kolkata from 6 cities to continue till Aug 15
Bihar government on Thursday extended the Lockdown due to coronavirus in Bihar till August 16. The government has imposed additional restrictions, in-state headquarters, district headquarters, sub-divisional headquarters, block headquarters and all municipal areas in the state from August 1-16 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, flight restrictions to Kolkata from 6 cities, including Delhi, will […]