Army man killed in accident at Kupwara

KUPWARA: An army driver was killed in a mishap in frontier district Kupwara on Friday afternoon. Police sources said that a MPV (Casspir) vehicle of Army’s 41-RR was stationed at main town Kupwara and due to some mechanical fault its hand handbrake disengaged and it moved backwards, colliding with another vehicle. In the meantime the […]

UTRC inspects District Jail Bhaderwah

DODA: In compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court of India and as per protocol prepared by the District Legal Services Authority, the Under Trial Review Committee (UTRC) today inspected District Jail Bhaderwah to review cases of all under-trial prisoners. The Committee comprised Virender Singh Bahu, Chairman, District Legal Services Authority and Principal District […]

Nephrologist shares safety, medication tips for Kidney patients amid Covid pandemic

‘Vaccine safe with certain conditions’ JAMMU: Consultant Nephrologist , Super Specialty Hospital Jammu, Dr Raju K Bhandari, has assured that all kinds of Covid vaccine are safe for kidney patients, including those having undergone recent renal transplant. Dr Bhandari follows, ‘Patients on steroids can take vaccines only once their dosage is below 20 mg levels. […]

Vaccination intensified across the district to contain the pandemic: DC Kupwara

KUPWARA: The Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Imam Din today said that the vaccination process has been intensified across Kupwara district to contain the Covid pandemic. The DC was addressing media persons here to brief them about the status of Covid containment measures taken in the district. He said that the positive rate of cases has come […]

Ayush working shoulder to shoulder with Health dept to fight ongoing pandemic

Distributes immunity booster kits among 95000 souls, conducts RAT, manages quarantine centres BANDIPORA: The Department of Ayush District Bandipora is working shoulder to shoulder with the Department of Health in fighting the ongoing pandemic. District Nodal officer Department of AYUSH District Bandipora, Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Khan said that the department has pressed all its human […]

Advisor Farooq Khan inspects COVID Wellness Centre Sopore, reviews virus mitigation measures

Advisor Farooq Khan inspects COVID Wellness Centre Sopore, reviews virus mitigation measures

BARAMULLA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan, today conducted an extensive tour of district Baramulla and took stock of COVID-19 mitigation measures. Advisor, accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Bhupinder Kumar and other senior officers, inspected the COVID Care Centre established in SDH Sopore and had a detailed assessment of facilities being made available to […]

Work on 300 LMP oxygen plant at SDH Pampore to be completed in few weeks: RMO

Work on 300 LMP oxygen plant at SDH Pampore to be completed in few weeks: RMO

Pampore: Almost 75 percent work on 300 LMP (Litres Per Minute) oxygen plant at Sub–district hospital Pampore has been completed and it will take a few more weeks to complete the remaining work, a health official said on Thursday. Resident Medical Officer (RMO) SDH Pampore Dr Mohammad Ashraf Bhat said that the oxygen plant will […]

CUK holds webinar on ‘stress management and online education’

Ganderbal: School of Education (SoE), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) organized a webinar on ‘Stress Management and Online Education: A Pedagogical Perspective.’ Around 290 individuals participated in the programme aimed at addressing the issues related to challenges faced by the students’ due to Covid-19 crisis. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din […]

Scooterist killed, pillon injured in a road mishap in Sopore

Sopore: A scooterist was killed while his pillon received serious injuries in a road accident in Achabal area of Rafiabad Baramulla under police district Sopore on Thursday. Official sources said a Scooty bearing registration number JK02T-9369 and a tipper bearing registration number JK05B-0601 collide with eachother on Rafiabad Sopore road near Achabal, resulting the on […]

Welder dies after fall from under-construction building in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: A welder fell down from the under construction government medical college (GMC) building in north Kashmir’s Baramulla on Thursday afternoon and died on spot. Official sources said that a workers including labours and technical workers were working on the third floor of the GMC building when a welder among them lost his balance and […]