Srinagar: Authorities have ordered a probe into the death of a woman and her twin babies after doctors allegedly delayed her treatment at a maternity hospital in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district over apprehensions that she might be a coronavirus patient. The woman who hailed from Kharpora village, which has been declared a coronavirus “red zone” by […]
Srinagar: To enforce strict lockdown for safety of general public, J&K administration has decided to conduct burial of killed militants at safer and isolated places onwards. In this regard families of the slain militants will be provided passes by concerned Deputy Commissioners to facilitate their presence in last rites in presence of Magistrates. According to […]
Srinagar: The J&K Government has ordered strict action “including and not limited to Disaster Management Act or Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance” against anyone who attacks any healthcare worker in Jammu and Kashmir. In this regard, the Government has made the IGsP of Jammu, Kashmir and the District Superintendents of Police as Nodal Officers within their […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Saturday recorded 42 positive cases, the highest ever figure since the outbreak of pandemic in Union Territory. The tally in J&K has jumped to 496 now. The government, however, said that more positive cases were the result of robust testing as the target of 1000 tests was achieved […]
Srinagar: In biggest single day spike, Kashmir Valley recorded 40 fresh cases in last 24 hours, officials said. A senior government officer said that 14 cases were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab at SKIMS and 26 others at Chest Disease Hospital Dalgate. Among the fresh cases include 21 from Anantnag, 5 from Srinagar, 7 from […]
Srinagar, April 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has formally renamed Public Health Engineering and Irrigation and Flood Control (PHE I&FC) Department as ‘Jal Shakti Department’. An order issued in this regard by Additional Secretary General Administration Department, Rohit Sharma on Friday, also gave sanction to the rechristened department at Serial 27-A in the First […]
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir government on Friday evening revoked Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders of 28 persons languishing in different jails within and outside the Union Territory. Highly placed sources disclosed to news agency that Home department has revoked PSA detention orders of 28 persons languishing in UP and J&K jails. “Of them, […]
Srinagar: A 72-year-old man on Saturday became the sixth COVID-19 fatality in Jammu and Kashmir while fourteen new positive cases were confirmed overnight, pushing the tally in the J&K to 468. The septuagenarian patient from Qazipora Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died at SKIMS Bemina hospital here, making it the fifth death in Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Two militants and a militant associate were killed in an encounter which broke between goverment forces and militants in Goripora Area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District on Saturday morning. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar (IPS) said that two militants, one militant associate were killed in a gunfight. However identity of the […]
Pulwama: Encounter starts between government forces and militants in wee hours on Saturday in Goripora area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official told news agency that on specific inputs about the presence of militants cordon and search Operation was launched in the area by joint team of forces. As forces zeroed towards […]
