SRINAGAR – Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday urged government to impose lockdown in the Valley to prevent further spread and deaths due to the novel Coronavirus. “Lockdown is the only tool to tackle the worrying situation we are in,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Returning to a situation where […]
JAMMU – A female Air Force pilot has moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court alleging that she was sexually harassed by her Flight Commander. The female officer in her petition has said that she was posted to Awantipur in South Kashmir and then two years later to Jammu, where the accused officer was posted […]
SRINAGAR – Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said delay in reporting to hospitals is the main reason for increase in number of deaths due to Covid-19 in the valley. “Covid-19 patients arrive at hospitals only when their condition worsens,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. He said early medical intervention […]
JAMMU – Authorities in Gandhi Nagar hospital in Jammu on Tuesday closed all the Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) after the hospital was declared as dedicated Covid-19 hospital in view of surge in Covid-19 cases across Jammu and Kashmir. In an order, issued by Medical Superintendent government hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu said that all OPDs have been […]
SRINAGAR – A 20-year-old girl and two women aged between 47 to 55 years were among at least 16 more people who succumbed to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since overnight, officials said on Tuesday. They said the 20-year-old was resident of Tral Pulwama and died a week after she was admitted to SKIMS Soura. […]
SRINAGAR – Twenty one percent samples were tested positive on Monday during a mass sampling at Ferozpora village of Tangmarg Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting an official, News Agency Kashmir Dot Com reported that despite District Magistrate Baramulla having declared Ferozpora village as a containment zone for COVID-19 disease on 22 April, it […]
SRINAGAR – The Central University of Kashmir has postponed all offline exams in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new dates will be announced later. “It is notified for the information of all concerned examinees that all examinations scheduled from 27th April 2020 notified vide no. CUK/ ESE/Sem/2021/320/392 dated 13 April 2021 are hereby postponed […]
SRINAGAR – Employees of various hospitals in Srinagar engaged under the Hospital Development Fund (HDF) Monday staged a protest demanding regularization and the release of their 14 months pending salaries. These employees mostly from Rainawari Hospital assembled at the Press Enclave amid surge in Covid-19 cases and said that they have been suffering even before […]
SRINAGAR – Renowned Social Activist and Executive Member South Asian Center for Peace Democracy and Development (SACPDD) Dr Rizwan Rumi has urged Government of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory to immediately stop the entry of tourists, labourers and beggars from other states from entering the valley to contain the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases. The […]
JAMMU – For Shabnum (name changed), like hundreds of poor girls, the Jammu and Kashmir government’s State Marriage Assistance Scheme (SMAS) has come as a saviour, providing enormous relief during marriage arrangements. Shabnum, 25, from a remote hamlet of southern Shopian district of Kashmir valley was married in 2019 after her parents arranged a good […]