LOS ANGELES — Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of viral infection, including a coronavirus and respiratory illness, according to a study. The findings, published recently in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal, support urgent recommendations for doctors to help patients quit smoking as a way of countering COVID-19. The researchers from the […]
SRINAGAR — An Army trooper was killed after his service rifle went off accidentally on thrusday in Rafiabad area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources told GNS that an army personnel identified as Chander Mohan (28) recieved fatal bullet wound when his service rifle went off accidentally, resulting his instant death. The […]
JAMMU — A senior government official has directed construction companies engaged in widening the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to deploy adequate manpower and machinery at all vulnerable sliding zones to immediately clear debris and maintain hassle-free traffic. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar passed the directions while inspecting progress of the four-laning work on Wednesday, an […]
RAMBAN — A CRPF jawan, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Punjab, was laid to rest with full honours at his home town in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The 34-year-old jawan Waseem Afzal, a resident of Kharwan village of Ramsu, was reported missing from Pathankot in Punjab […]
SRINAGAR — Amid confusion regarding the exams of lower class students, the School Education Department on Thursday said that it will most likely conduct it in March and official orders in this regard are expected this week. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) said, “Most likely, all the exams from Classes 1-9 are going to […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Thursday, and that same conditions are likely to prevail during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Night temperatures have […]
GENEVA — The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an alert for four “contaminated” India-made medicines, chiefly for paediatric use, identified in the west African nation of The Gambia and found to contain chemicals that are toxic and potentially fatal after 66 child deaths. “WHO has today issued a medical product alert for four contaminated […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia was cremated with full state honours here on Wednesday, two days after he was murdered allegedly by a domestic help, in a sombre ceremony attended by family members, senior officials and colleagues. Lohia, a 1992-batch IPS officer, was found dead with his throat slit […]
SRINAGAR — Four local militants, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfits were killed in two different encounters at Shopian district of South Kashmir on Wednesday. Three militants were killed in an overnight encounter between government forces and militants at Draach village and one militant was killed in another encounter at Moolu village […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court has ordered the shifting of Kashmiri separatist Altaf Ahmad Shah, currently in jail and facing trial for an alleged terror funding case probed by the NIA, to AIIMS for appropriate treatment after he was stated to have been diagnosed with cancer. Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat leader […]