Srinagar: 21-year-old Sadiya (name changed) is suffering from insomnia for the last few days. She has never experienced this in her entire life. But she is not alone in experiencing such new and sudden disorders; Covid-19 has caused insomnia, anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders across the whole world. Sadiya, too, feels anxious and depressed. […]
Srinagar: Three more persons on Monday tested positive for novel coronavirus in Kashmir, taking the total number of Covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 109. According to officials, one of the latest patients belongs to Baramulla district while two others are from Srinagar. “Among the total samples tested today at the virology lab of […]
SRINAGAR: All entries and exits leading into and out of Chattabal area of Srinagar were Monday sealed in the wake of its declaration as containment zone after several cases of COVID-19 patients were reported from there, an official handout said. District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who issued on Monday said the sealing of […]
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Srinagar: No further action is required in the matter of pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine who had been stranded in Jammu due to the 21-day nation-wide lockdown, as the district administration had already taken appropriate required action, the J&K High Court observed on Monday. The court’s observation came after a report submitted by […]
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has announced to donate 30 percent of his salary for the next one year towards the fight against the spread of COVID-19, an official handout said. The Lt Governor observed that collective effort is imperative to fight the dreaded virus, and as a citizen, it is our responsibility to […]
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, visited round the clock Control Rooms at NHM, old Secretariat to inspect preparedness and overall arrangements in place, there. He was informed that the Control Rooms have all the requisite facilities including contact tracing, dedicated four landlines for 24×7 helpline, patients counselling and setting up institutional quarantine […]
SRINAGAR: In Srinagar’s Eidgah neighbourhood, 22-year-old innovator Waseem Nadaf has been tirelessly working on developing frugal, efficient, and quick solutions to the crisis of Covid-19. In less than a month, he has come with two ideas – a disinfectant machine, and masks that remain usable for a long time – ideas that he has submitted […]
Srinagar: J&K Higher Education Department in Monday said it will not pay salaries to college contractual teachers for the lockdown period including last year’s Kashmir lockdown post abrogation of Article 370. The move has left high and dry the hundreds of aggrieved college teachers and their families amid the current lockdown. The teachers-comprising lecturers and […]
Baramulla/Srinagar: At least 166 people were discharged in Srinagar and Gulmarg on Monday after completing the quarantine period. Persons discharged in Srinagar had been put under quarantine in top-grade hotels, the administration said. “While most in it belonged to Srinagar this group also included those belonging to other districts of Kashmir. Upon discharge, the latter […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader and MP Hasnain Masoodi on Monday reiterated his demand for an immediate evacuation of Kashmiri students stranded in various cities across India. In a statement, he said, “At present scores of students from Kashmir are stranded at Indore, Jalisalmer, Bangalore, and Delhi, where they have completed their quarantine stays and are […]