337 teams formed for effective monitoring of COVID +ve persons in Bandipora

337 teams formed for effective monitoring of COVID +ve persons in Bandipora

Bandipora: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad on Tuesday said that the district administration has started Joint teams at village level that will help in decentralization of COVID19 management at village level besides providing better supervision at ground level. He said this while chairing a meeting to review the COVID mitigation efforts by the village […]

12 grocery shops sealed in Awantipora, 13 vehicles seized in Pampore

Pampore: Twelve shops were sealed in Awantipora and thirteen were seized in Pampore and Awantipora areas of Pulwama district for violating lockdown orders on Wednesday. Tehsildar Awantipora Mohammad Altaf sealed about 12 kiryana shops who were found violating Covid-19 SOPs at Padgampora village, officials told Kashmir Reader. He said these shopkeepers had opened their businesses […]

J&K LSA organises webinar on “Stress Management in the Time of Covid-19”

SRINAGAR: Under the Patronage of Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, High Court of J&K and Patron in Chief J&K Legal Services Authority and guidance of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Executive Chairman J&K Legal Services Authority organized a webinar on the topic “Stress Management in the Time of Covid-19”. Dr. Harish Shetty a well-known psychiatrist, trainer […]

21 families moved after landslides, shooting stones damage property in Uri village

BARAMULLA: At least 21 families have been shifted to nearby safer places on Wednesday in Zamborpatan village of town Uri in Baramulla district, after shooting stones from nearby mountains and landslides hit the village. Official sources said that they received information from the said village that shooting stones and landslides from nearby mountains hit the […]

Doctor couple injured in road accident in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: A doctor along with his wife got injured in a road accident in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday afternoon. Officials in the police said that two light motor vehicles a Baleno car bearing registration number JK09C-0652 and a Swift bearing registration number JK01AN-9964 collide with each other near Krepalpora area […]

Rs 313 cr for 76 municipalities to boost infrastructure in 3 years : Principal Secretary H&UDD

Reviews development scenario of Budgam BUDGAM: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Dheeraj Gupta, who is also In-charge Administrative Secretary for District Budgam, Wednesday visited Budgam to review the status of different development projects being executed in the district under different state and centrally sponsored schemes like Capex, languishing, B2V and District Development […]

Man fakes suicide at Hajin, found hiding in mosque

Hajin: An attempted sucide by a 32 year old man from Hajan area of North district Bandipora, after reportedly jumping in river Jhelum on Wednesday, turned out to be fake, as he was spotted hiding in a bathroom of a local mosque. A police official confirmed to Kashmir Reader that the man was traced and […]

Bandipora-Gurez road officially opens for two-way vehicular traffic

BANDIPORA: The Bandipora-Gurez road, which remains closed during winters due to intense snowfall, was officially thrown open for two way traffic on Wednesday. The road opening ceremony was held at the Razdan pass- 11500 feet high wherein Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad flagged off the traffic declaring officially the road open for two-way traffic. […]

Police arrests 4 gamblers, stake money seized

SRINAGAR: Police in Ganderbal have arrested four gamblers from a gambling site and seized ?14,670 /- stake money. A police party from Police Post Shadipora under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Ganderbal raided a gambling site at Langi Bagh Wakura following an input about gambling activities and apprehended four gamblers. They have been identified as […]

Second wave highly contagious, transmitting at a faster pace: Dr Hardeep Singh

Timely isolation, treatment key to defeat Covid SOPs, vaccination only solution to save people from third wave of Covid-19 SRINAGAR: Dr Hardeep Singh, Professor of Medicine, Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar Wednesday said that the second wave of Covid-19 is highly contagious and transmits from infected person to others at a fast pace. While making […]