KUPWARA – Police arrested two SPOs after recovering brown sugar in the vehicle they were travelling in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a police party from Kupwara recovered 14 grams of brown sugar from two persons both SPO’s in Dragmulla Kupwara. The Alto car (JKO9B 6215) they […]
SRINAGAR – Former Jammu Kashmir Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmed Nangroo who had been arrested on charges of corruption was granted bail on Saturday. Nengroo was was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau in two different cases last year. Sources told KNT that a bail application was filed and argued on his behalf by Advocate Ishtiyaq Ahmed Khan […]
SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration on Saturday extended the Corona lockdown across Union Terrority by one more week till 31st May 2021. However, esential services shall continued remain functional. The Deputy Commissioner’s will be given limited flexibility to ensure economic activities don’t suffer. The decision has been taken to contain Covid-19 […]
SRINAGAR – The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday has warned against the irrational use of steroids in Covid-19 patients. “Indiscriminate use of steroids can trigger deadly black fungal infection, called mucormycosis which has reached to epidemic proportions in several states of the country,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr […]
SRINAGAR – The ongoing Covid-19 clampdown has severely affected all spheres of life in Kashmir, and weddings are no exception. What is usually celebrated with a lavish function is now being conducted as an austere ceremony. The peak wedding season in Kashmir usually starts in late April. However, this year’s fasting month of Ramazan started […]
‘No security in place, people distribute cylinders on their own’ SRINAGAR – Scuffle broke out between the attendants at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital on Saturday when they were distributing the oxygen cylinders themselves in the absence of proper arrangements by the authorities. Official sources informed that no security arrangements have been put in […]
SRINAGAR – Police on Saturday placed under suspension two officials and initiated an inquiry against SHO concerned after a video, purported to be of a police interrogation into murder of a man from Pattan area of north Kashmir in March this year, was circulated on social media. Police had arrested wife of the man and […]
JAMMU – With health experts warning that children are likely to be more affected in the third wave of Covid-19, Jammu and Kashmir government has designated two pediatric wards as Covid wards for children. Dr Dara Singh, Medical Superintendent at SMGS hospital in Jammu said that as of now two wards have been designated as […]
SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration on Friday ordered the transfers and postings in revenue department. 1. Mr. Mohammad Hussain Mir, Jr.KAS, awaiting orders of posting, is posted as Tehsildar, Pahlgam vice Mr. Umar Gulzar. He shall also hold the additional charge of Tehsil Sallar. He shall draw his salary for the […]
JAMMU – A 40-year-old patient infected with Mucormycosis or popularly known Black Fungus having recently “recuperated” from COVID-19 died at Government Medical College Jammu on Friday, making it the first fatality of its type in J&K. Quoting Principal GMC Jammu, Dr Shashi Sudan, news agency GNS reported that the person, a resident of Poonch was […]