RAJOURI (KIMS) — Showing encouraging mitigation signs, no new illness case has been reported among the residents of health crisis hit Village Budhal since January 24, 2025, while the District Administration Rajouri, under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma, is continuing with the intensive preventive care for their well being. To mitigate the situation […]
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Police raids multiple places in Rajouri in connection with UAPA cases
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday conducted raids at 25 places here on the houses of terrorists operating from across the Line of Control, officials said. The raids were carried out in different areas of the border district as part of the ongoing investigations into cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act […]
Anti-poisoning drug ‘Atropine’ could prevent mysterious deaths in Rajouri: Expert
JAMMU — In a path-breaking development, doctors at the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in J&K’s Rajouri district have finally succeeded in finding the antidote for the poison that killed locals in Budhaal village of Rajouri district. Around 17 people including 14 children were killed by a mysterious disease in Budhaal village of Rajouri district […]
Man killed during scuffle in Rajouri
JAMMU — A 25-Year-old man was killed during a scuffle in Rehaan village of Rajouri district on Sunday. Officials told GNS that a scuffle broke out between two groups, during which one person was seriously injured. He was immediately shifted to GMC Kheora, where doctors declared him brought dead. He has been identified as Nassar […]
Independent MLA blames dual power system for mysterious deaths in Rajouri
RAJOURI — An independent MLA supporting the National Conference-led government in Jammu and Kashmir blamed the dual power system for the mysterious death of 17 persons, including 13 children, in a remote village in the Rajouri district. Former judge Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, who won the Assembly election from the Thanamandi constituency as an independent candidate […]
NHRC admits petition on mysterious deaths in Rajouri
NEW DELHI — The NHRC has admitted a petition filed by a Jammu-based RTI activist over the mysterious deaths of 17 people from three Scheduled Tribe families in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district during the past one-and-a-half months. In his petition to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Raman Sharma sought […]
Leaves of doctors, paramedics cancelled to deal with mysterious deaths in Rajouri
RAJOURI — Authorities have cancelled all leaves of doctors and paramedics in the wake of a medical alert following the deaths of 17 people from Badhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district due to a mysterious illness. The number of people sent to quarantine has risen to 230. Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh said […]
Health Minister visits GMC Jammu, SMGS Shalamar to check on Budhal patients
JAMMU (KIMS) — Minister for Health and Medical, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today visited the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and SMGS Hospital, Shalamar to enquire about the health and well being of patients of Budhal village of Rajouri district. MLA Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen; Principal GMC Jammu; Medical Superintendents of both the hospitals […]
Rajouri mysterious illness: Over 200 people shifted to quarantine centres
RAJOURI — Over 200 individuals, who came in contact with the affected families of the 17 people who died due to the mysterious illness in Rajouri, have been quarantined as a precautionary measure, an official said on Thursday. Four people, including three sisters, have been shifted to hospitals, with three airlifted to a hospital in […]
Rajouri mysterious illness: Four more people including three sisters hospitalised
RAJOURI — Four people, including three sisters, have been shifted to hospitals from Badhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district where a mysterious illness has claimed 17 lives over the past one-and-a-half months. A central team continued its investigation into the cause of the deaths, which took place in three families, on Wednesday. A […]