COVID-19: Security personnel guarding Srinagar mayor put in isolation
Srinagar : Security personnel guarding Srinagar Mayor Junaid Mattu were put in isolation after a family member of an employee in his office tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday.
The employee, whose…
Release detainees, restore 4G internet in J&K: Amnesty International
Srinagar : Amnesty International India on Tuesday urged the government of India to immediately restore high-speed 4G internet services and release all detainees in Jammu and Kashmir in view of Coronavirus.
Amnesty International India in…
Spare hospitals for severe cases of coronavirus: DAK
Srinagar : Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday has urged health authorities in Kashmir valley to spare hospitals for patients who have severe disease from the novel (new) coronavirus.
“Most people infected with the novel virus do…
Govt declares 20 villages in Kashmir red zones as coronavirus cases spike
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government has declared 20 villages in the Valley red zones, officials said on Tuesday.
The villages that have been declared red zones are Parray Mohala Hajin, Chandergeer Hajin, and Batagund Hajin in…
ICAR- CITH issues advisory, asks farmers to take preventive measures
Srinagar: Amid increasing number of coronavirus patients, experts have advised farmers to stay home as a precautionary measure for fighting COVID-19 infection.
In an advisory issued by ICAR-CITH to Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS),…
Maintain distance, avoid any gathering: Dir SKIMS to people
Srinagar : With increasing coronavirus patients in Kashmir, health experts have appealed people to maintain distance and avoid any social or religious gathering.
In an official communiqué to government, Director SKIMS Soura Dr A G Ahangar…
Kashmiris fear “Russian poplar” can become potential carries of the deadly Covid- 19 virus
Arjumand Shah
Srinagar : With the alarming increase in Covid-19 cases across the country and especially in Kashmir region, an aggravating factor “Russian poplar” is ostensibly on its way to the valley, which according to the local people…
On ground zero, police, doctors, para-medics, casual labours risking lives
Srinagar : As the Covid-19 cases show spurt in positive cases, policemen deployed on strengthen on roads to enforce the lockdown, doctors, para-medics and casual labours continue to risk their lives by serving to the people in one or the…
14 coronavirus patients admitted to SKIMS, 4 tested positive on Tuesday: MS
Mir Sabeen Gulrez
SRINAGAR : At least four people were tested positive at SKIMS Soura on Tuesday taking the number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospital 14.
“We took samples of 58 people since yesterday. Among them four people…
Victor Force donates PPE kits to Kulgam hospital
Doctors protest against non-availability of PPE kits at JVC Bemina
Srinagar : Victor Force Tuesday donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits at district hospital Kulgam.
Defense sources told Kashmir News Trust that General…