RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday visited Rajouri district’s Badhaal village, where 16 people died of mysterious illness in less than two months, and assured the people there of a conclusive investigation. “This is a big tragedy for the village, J&K and the nation. No government likes people dying […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Chowdhary, today visited the Government hospital Shalimar to enquire about the health of Rajouri tragedy victims. He was accompanied by MLA Budhal Javaid Choudhary and other senior officers. While interacting with the hospital administration and medical faculty there, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the Government is doing […]
RAJOURI (KIMS) — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the alarming situation in Budhal village of Rajouri district, where mysterious deaths have claimed 16 lives, with one more victim succumbing to an unexplained illness. The meeting was attended by Minister of Health & Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo; Advisor to the […]
RAJOURI — A mysterious illness that has taken 16 lives in a small village here has confounded authorities, which remain clueless about the cause of the deaths even two months after the first casualty. Jatti Begum, 60, who perished from unknown causes on Friday is the latest casualty in the series. Another girl still battles […]
RAJOURI — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said it is closely monitoring the situation in Budhal village of Rajouri district, where an unexplained illness has claimed 15 lives. One child admitted to a hospital in Jammu remains critical. The government has also ordered a probe into the deaths with police forming a Special […]
RAJOURI — A nine-year-old girl died at a hospital here on Wednesday, taking the number of mysterious deaths in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to 15 in one-and-a-half months while the police set up a special investigation team to probe the reason for the fatalities. Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Sakeena […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Aimed to address the growing public concerns about the deaths in Budhal village of Rajouri district, Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today said that investigations are underway to ascertain the actual cause behind these unfortunate deaths. While speaking on the issue, Sakeena Itoo said that […]
RAJOURI — A five-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in a village here on Wednesday, officials said. Samreen Kouser, daughter of Mohammad Shafayet, was returning home from school when she was attacked by the canines near Shahdra village in Thanamandi sub-division, the officials said. They said Kouser suffered critical […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP launched a scathing attack on the National Conference-led government in the Union Territory on Wednesday for its “inaction” over the “mysterious” deaths of 13 people, including 11 children, in a remote village in Rajouri district. It urged the Centre to rush experts to properly investigate […]
JAMMU — More than a dozen deaths in three families in a remote village in the border district of Rajouri were not caused by any mysterious disease as tests conducted both within and outside the Union Territory have returned negative results, Health Minister Sakeena Masood said here on Wednesday. However, she said the deaths in […]
