RAJOURI — As part of an ongoing investigation into the deaths of 17 people due to a mysterious illness in Badhaal village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, authorities on Wednesday conducted surprise inspections of all insecticide, pesticide, and fertilizer stores in the district and initiated their closure. Officials said eleven patients who were admitted […]
RAJOURI — Eleven patients, who were admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital (GMC) after falling ill due to a mysterious illness in Badhaal village of Rajouri district, have fully recovered and been discharged, officials said on Tuesday. A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, concluded a […]
NEW DELHI — A five-member team of experts from AIIMS Delhi, including specialists in toxicology, has spoken to 11 patients who are undergoing treatment for a mysterious illness that has claimed 17 lives in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, and recorded their clinical history. The team would visit Badhaal village on Sunday where three families […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]