‘Increased’ Covid-19 Deaths: Govt Orders Senior Doctors To Take Frontline
Srinagar, May 17 : Amid “increase in mortality rate” among the COVID positive patients, the authorities have ordered senior faculty members of GMC Jammu to make frequent rounds of wards where the COVID positive patients are admitted.
In…
Soldier injured in ‘accidental’ mine blast
Kupwara, May 17 : An army soldier sustained injuries in an ‘accidental’ mine blast along Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Police sources told that a soldier while working on a fence at Golf-11 post was injured after a…
DAK sounds alert over black fungus in Covid patients
Srinagar, May 17 : The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said a rare but deadly fungal infection called mucormycosis is infecting Covid-19 patients.
Sounding alert, DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan said if…
Man Injured In ‘Baghdadi Restaurant’ Fire Incident Succumbs
Srinagar, May 17, : One among the three persons injured in Baghdadi Restaurant fire incident at Shalteng area in Srinagar outskirts in the first week of the current month succumbed to his injuries.
Pertinently, three civilians were…
Covid-19 infected non-local labourers escape from rented accommodation
Pulwama, May 17, : At least 18 non-local labourers, among which 8 were tested Covid-19 positive escaped from a rented building in the middle of the night in Dadsara area of Tral town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
A couple of days…
Acute dearth of vaccines in Kashmir exposes chasm between the government claims and reality: PC
Vaccine availability should not be a state secret. There is dire need for transparent and long-term vaccination planning: Basharat Bukhari
Srinagar: Former minister and senior Peoples Conference leader Syed Basharat Bukhari has asked the…
Cop held with contraband in Kupwara
Accused disengaged: Senior Police Officer
Kupwara, May 17: A Special Police Officer (SPO) has been arrested with contraband in main town Kupwara, officials said on Monday.
The officials told that the accused identified as one Akhtar…
COVID-19: 72 out of 479 inmates test positive at Udhampur jail
Srinagar, May 17 : Authorities on Monday said that 72 inmates have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur jail.
Superintendent of Udhampur Jail, Harish Kotwal told the that samples of inmates were collected yesterday and 72 out of…
23-year-old among 34 die of Covid-19 in J&K since last night, toll now 3,183
Srinagar, May 17 : A 23-year-old youth from Srinagar and 26-year-old youth from Pulwama were among 34 persons who died of Covid-19 in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir since the last night, taking the toll to 3,183.
An official told…
Five militants still active in Srinagar: IGP Kashmir
Vast network of OGWs in Sgr many arrested, booked under PAS, many on police radar, C-category OGWs being counselled handed over to families after counselling, effectively countering IED challenges in Kashmir, No foreign militant active in…