NEW DELHI – The daily COVID-19 cases in India showed a slight dip with 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, taking the total tally of cases to 1,99,25,604, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased to 2,18,959 with 3,417 daily new fatalities, the data updated […]
SRINAGAR – Dr Bilqees Shah, wife of jailed Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah on Saturday appealed Central and UT government to release her husband, on the payroll in wake of the growing number of Covid-19 caseloads in Tihar jail. Expressing grave concern over the growing covid cases, in Tihar, Dr Bilquees said that she came to […]
GANDERBAL – Two youth were rescued while one is still missing after a bear attacked them when they were fishing at tourist place of Naranag in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that three young men from Wangath village of Kangan had gone to Naranag for fishing on Sunday. They […]
NEW DELHI – Medical students may be roped in to boost India’s response to the coronavirus crisis, government sources said on Sunday after a meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review efforts to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country and its healthcare system. The Prime Minister reviewed ways […]
SRINAGAR – Normal life remained affected in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday with the imposition of the lockdown in the wake of an alarming surge in coronavirus cases, officials said. Restrictions on the movement and assembly of people continued to remain imposed across the UT in the wake of the 84-hour lockdown announced by the […]
SRINAGAR – Jammu and Kashmir administration has constituted a crisis management group (CMG) to monitor and contain the rapid spread of Covid-19 disease during its second wave. The five member CMG will consist of chief secretary as chairman, and the finance commissioners of the departments of finance, health, home and the Public works (PWD) as […]
GANDERBAL – District Hospital Ganderbal here in Central Kashmir was closed for common patients and converted into fully equipped Covid-19 Centre. Hospital sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the hospital has been closed for OPD services after being designated Covid- 19 Center to take care exclusively of Covid-19 infected patients. Sources added that […]
SHOPIAN – A 40-year-old man died after he allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his home in Pinjura village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, where doctors declared him brought dead. He is survived by two minor children and wife. Meanwhile, a police […]
LONDON – Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonwalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. In his first comments since he was provided with ‘Y’ […]
Urges media persons to strictly follow SOPs for safety during pandemic SRINAGAR (KIMS) – With Covid-19 causing devastating losses in Kashmir, media has an extraordinary responsibility to keep public informed. In the process, journalists are playing crucial role by risking their lives as chances of getting infected with the corona virus are very high during […]