Kashmir

SRINAGAR – If you have received first dose of Covid-19 vaccine and got infected with the virus, you should go for the second shot soon after the recovery,”said Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday in a communiqué. “People who contract Covid after the first dose still need to get the second jab,” said DAK President […]

SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday announced various mitigation measures in favour of the next of kin of COVID-19 victims. In a series of tweets on his official Twitter handle this afternoon, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that senior citizens who have lost the only earning member of their family to COVID-19 […]

ANANTNAG – Three local militants were slain in an anti-militancy operation in Vailoo village in Anantnag district in Southern Kashmir. Reports said that the anti-militancy operation was launched by joint team of government forces including Indian Army’s 19RR, CRPF and J&K Police on Tuesday morning following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. […]

BARAMULLA – A 34-year-old government teacher from north Kashmir’s Baramulla has completed handwritten Holy Quran in 20 months on 850 pages after getting inspiration from his great grandfather and family members. Syed Faisal Geelani, a government teacher by profession resident of Dazna Rafiabad a remote village in Baramulla started to write the Holy Quran of […]

SRINAGAR – A man accidentally crushed his 6-year-old son to death in Summarbugh area of Lasjan in Srinagar outskirts on Monday evening. Official sources said that the man identified as Mohammad Yousuf Mir of Summarbugh Lasjan, was driving his vehicle when his son came under it at the main gate of his house. Mohammad Yousuf […]

SRINAGAR – PDP leader Naeem Akthar who was detained at MLA Hostel in Srinagar was handed over to Police Station Sadar today. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Akhtar will be shifted to his Humhama based home where he will be placed under house arrest. Sources added that Akhtar has been shifted from […]

Her parents accuse in-laws of murder, seek probe SRINAGAR – The relatives of the 30-year-old woman, Akhter Jan, whose body was found hanging from a walnut tree outside her in-laws home in Nowgam, Darwan, in Budgam district alleged that her in-laws have killed her. As per family sources, Akhter Jan, 30 years old, of Zasoo, […]

SRINAGAR – Major shrines and mosques remained closed on Shab-e-Qadr, the night of the holy month of Ramadhan when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, in the Kashmir valley in view of the continued surge of COVID-19 positive cases. However, night-long prayers were offered in mosques in the […]

SRINAGAR – Amid surge in Covid-19 cases, Kashmir’s main Territory healthcare institution, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura has closed its out-patient departments (OPDs). A top official at the Institute informed that OPD services at the institute have been closed, however, emergency services will function normally. He said that the Institute has decided to […]