Amid media protests, govt says open to views
Srinagar: Breaking the silence against the new media policy 2020 of the government, journalists in Srinagar held protests on the streets recently, asking for its rollback. The UT administration has officially remained silent on the issue even after the protest on Monday by Kashmir-based journalists and local editors who described the current policy as crippling journalism […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 268 new positive cases, 5895 recovered so far JAMMU, JULY 11: The Government on Friday informed that 268 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 87 from Jammu division and 181 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 10156. […]
Advisor Bhatnagar chairs COVID-19 review meet
Asks for aggressive testing of co-morbid persons, pregnant ladies, red zone areas SRINAGAR, JULY 11: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today emphasized the need of aggressive testing of co-morbid persons, red zone areas besides strict enforcement of restrictions in containment zones to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus in Jammu and Kashmir. Advisor, […]
Covid-19: 20 discharged, after recovery from SKIMS Bemina
SRINAGAR, JULY 11: 20 COVID-19 patients were today discharged from SKIMS Bemina (JVC) after successful completion of treatment and testing negative before discharge. With this the number of COVID-19 recovered patient’s moves to 608 out of total COVID positive admitted patients numbering 718 till date. The recovery rate at present is more than 84 percent, […]
Hakeem Yaseen concerned over uncontrolled spike in coronavirus in Kashmir valley
Hakeem Chairman Peoples Democratic Front PDF Hakeem Yaseen has expressed serious concern over the ever increasing spike in Covid- 19 infections and deaths in kashmir valley especially in district Srinagar and has urged the administration to take health experts on board while easing out the lockdown. He said Coronavirus infection was still spreading at an […]
Pak failed to instigate Kashmiri’s post-August 2019: GOC 19 Div
General Officer Commanding (GOC) 19 Division Major General Virendra Vats Saturday said that Pakistan has failed to instigate people of Kashmir after August 5, 2019 and added that intelligence inputs indicate that 250-300 militants are currently present at several launching pads across LoC in Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK) to infiltrate into this part of Kashmir. […]
Ready to support Govt if it decides re-imposing lockdown to prevent virus spread: KTMF chief Yaseen Khan
Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) president Muhammad Yaseen Khan Saturday said that if government takes any decision to re-impose the lockdown in the wake of rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths due to the pandemic, traders will support the move. “There is no suggestion from me as of now. The only thing is that […]
Rapid antigen kits, tests without prescription may push up cases in Mumbai
At a time when the city crossed 90,000 Covid-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is expecting a spike in the number of daily cases owing to the increase in tests to 5,000 daily and the permission to conduct tests without a prescription. BMC is also using 1 lakh rapid antigen kits that give results […]
Covid-19 hits dozens of Latin leaders; new cases decline in China
Nearly 12.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected across the world, with as many as 5,59,000 people succumbed to the disease. The United States has reported the most number of infections (3,184,681), followed by Brazil (1,800,827) and India (820,916). India’s caseload crossed the 8 lakh-mark Friday after 27,114 cases and 519 deaths were reported […]
COVID-19: Young lady among two die in Kashmir, toll reaches 162
Srinagar, July 11 (KNO): Two more Covid-19 patients including a young lady from Anantnag have died, taking the total number of deaths related to Covid-19 to 162 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two patients who died include a 24-year-old lady from Hakura, Anantnag […]