Number of deaths up 6 times, infection rate 3 times in past month-and-a-half
Anantnag: From being a little shy of the 1k mark of total Covid-19 cases detected, the four districts in south Kashmir have taken only a month and a half to report more than 4,000 cases. Three districts have crossed the 1k mark individually and the fourth is not far behind. Per million cases in the region […]
Anantnag: ‘Most wanted’ commander and IED expert of Jaish-e-Muhammad was among three militants killed Friday morning in a gunfight with government forces here in DH Pora area of Kulgam district. Three army men were also injured during the gunfight. “They have been evacuated to the hospital and are stated to be stable,” an army source […]
Anantnag: Two minor boys, both aged 12, died after they drowned in Dadi Canal in Khiram area of Srigufwara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The boys have been identified as Abrar and Waseem. Both belong to the Bakerwal community. A senior police official confirmed that the boys had gone swimming when they drowned. “They were […]
Anantnag: All inmates of Anantnag District Jail have been shifted to the south campus of Kashmir University situated in the High Ground area of the main town. The number of inmates testing positive for Covid-19 had swelled to 85 and a directive by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) termed the jail overcrowded while asking […]
Kulgam: Behind only Srinagar and Baramulla districts, both in number of cases and deaths, Kulgam district is the first in south Kashmir region to have breached the one-thousand mark of coronavirus infections detected. With a population of around 4 lakh (0.4 million), the infections in the district come to a figure of 2,500 cases per […]
Kulgam: Behind only Srinagar and Baramulla districts, both in number of cases and deaths, Kulgam district is the first in south Kashmir region to have breached the one-thousand mark of coronavirus infections detected. With a population of around 4 lakh (0.4 million), the infections in the district come to a figure of 2,500 cases per million. […]
Bijbehara: Two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants were killed and a woman was injured during a gunfight between militants and government forces Monday morning, here in Srigufwara area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Vijay Kumar, has maintained that one of the slain militants was a Pakistani national and another was a […]
Anantnag: Tourists, mostly locals, who had thronged Pahalgam soon after the authorities announced opening of public parks were asked to leave on Sunday immediately after Section-144 was clamped across Anantnag district and curbs were imposed on movement of people as well as traffic. Shopkeepers in the entire district were also asked to ensure that their […]
Anantnag: Tourists mostly locals who had thronged to Pahalgam soon after the authorities announced opening of public parks recently were asked to leave today immediately soon after section-144 was imposed across Anantnag district and severe curbs were imposed on movement of people as well as traffic. Shopkeepers in the entire district were also asked to ensure […]
Anantnag: As the overall tally of Covid-19 positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir nears the ten-thousand mark, the number of cases in the most severely hit districts of south Kashmir–Kulgam and Shopian–are also nearing the 1k mark. Kulgam is the worst affected in south Kashmir with a total of 930 cases thus far. Shopian district […]