Kulgam encounter: Search begins as militants believed to have fled
Pika LMG gun, IED material recovered from encounter spot’ Kulgam, Apr 11 (KNO): After brief exchange of fire, no contact has been established with the militants in Nandimarg area of Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district and it is believed that militants have managed to give a slip to forces, leaving behind a Pika LMG […]
Covid19 lockdown: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury demands special train for students, workers of J&K
, April 10 (KNS): Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on said Government should arrange special Transport arrangements for workers, students who are stranded in different state of India. ” A special train services should be arranged for them so that they can go join their families. When Govt can bring people from other countries, why […]
Darbar Move: Offices to open in Srinagar on May 04
JAMMU, APRIL 10: The government today accorded sanction to the formal opening of the Darbar Move offices for the summer session-2020 at Srinagar on May 04, 2020 (Monday) at 9:30 a.m. According to the order issued by GAD, in view of the extraordinary circumstances due to Covid-19 pandemic Civil Secretariat at Jammu shall continue to […]
COVID-19: RDD Kashmir produces, distributes 1100 face-masks per day among rural population
Deptt ropes in local entrepreneurs, SHGs for mass production of masks: Dir RDD SRINAGAR, APRIL 8: Director, Department of Rural Development (RDD), Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar on Friday informed that the RDD Kashmir is presently producing and distributing 1100 masks per-day among the rural population. He said the initiative is part of the various measures taken […]
COVID-19: 23 more test positive in J-K; tally rises to 207
Srinagar: Twenty-three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The tally has risen to 207; among them 168 are from Kashmir Valley and thirty-nine are from Jammu. Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal Officer for the coronavirus at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Soura, said that out of […]
COVID19: 4 test positive in Udhampur; cases in J&K climb to 188
Udhampur: Four people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur district, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 188, officials said on Friday. The four are the contacts of a 61-year-old woman who died of coronavirus on Wednesday, they said. “Ten tests were received in Udhampur. Out of these, four […]
COVID-19: PSA detainee among 84 people’s sample taken at Rainawari hospital
Srinagar: Over eighty-four samples of patients suffering from COVID-19 like symptoms were collected today at JLNM Hospital, Srinagar; one among them was of a youth detained under Public Safety Act in Central Jail, Srinagar. Speaking to The Kashmir Walla, a senior official at the hospital said that over eighty-four samples lodged in different quarantine centres were collected […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
184 tested positive till date, 43798 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 09: The Government Thursday informed that till date 184 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 out of which 174 are active positive, six have recovered and four have died. According to the daily Media Bulletin on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 184 positive cases, […]
Kashmir Hospital Returns 6 Ventilators To NGO Due To Lack of Space, Beds, Staff
At a time when hospitals around the world require ventilators, the Government Medical College, Srinagar returned six such machines, donated by an NGO. The cost of 6 ventilators is around Rs 39 lakh. “We require ventilators very much but before ventilators, we need space, specific beds for ventilators, anaesthetics, nurses,” says a government official requesting […]
Strict restrictions form tomorrow, will ensure no leakage from Red Zones: DC Srinagar
Srinagar, April 9 (KNS): Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said 800 to 900 people who had hidden their travel history were traced “They traced through control room due to crowd sourcing of information and were quarantined or put under isolation,” DC Srinagar said in a joint presser along with SSP Srinagar Dr Haseeb […]