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Refrain from posting inst info on social media: GMC orders doctors

Srinagar: Government Medical College Srinagar has established media desks alongside designated spokespersons aimed to ‘contain misinformation’ amid unprecedented COVID-19 situation. In a circular, the Principal-cum-Dean...

Police files case against 20 people for raising pro-freedom slogans at Sehrai’s funeral

Kupwara: Police have registered FIR against 20 people who were found involved in raising “pro-freedom and provocative slogans” during the funeral of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman...

Cops assault photojournalist in Srinagar, KPC condemns attack

Urges LG to pass direction for exemption to journos amid lockdown Srinagar: A photojournalist Saqib Majeed was roughed up by police at a boulevard...

Virtual hearing in courts in J&K, Ladakh extended till May 31

Srinagar: Amid unrelenting covid-19 cases, Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal on Monday extended by May 31 order regarding the virtual hearing of the cases in...

GoI in SC justifies Covid vaccination policy, says no room for judicial intervention

New Delhi: The Centre has justified in the Supreme Court the COVID-19 vaccination policy saying its response and strategy is completely driven by expert...

Civil sect to reopen in Srinagar today

Srinagar: Civil secretariat will reopen here on Tuesday after a gap of six months even as it will also function from Jammu due to...

Above 5000 cases, 54 deaths in J&K

Srinagar: Five thousand one hundred ninety cases were reported on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir while a record 54 people died on Sunday. According to...

Two paramedics attend to 45 patients at COVID hospital in Bijbehara

Anantnag: The Trauma Hospital in Bijbehara, now designated for COVID-19, is so understaffed that there are only two paramedics and a single (lady) doctor...

MBBS final year students being deployed for Covid care in J&K

JAMMU: The government has called upon the health institutions across Jammu and Kashmir to utilize the services of final year MBBS students for providing...

11 arrested, Rs 88k penalty for Covid violations

Srinagar: Normal life remained affected on Sunday due to lockdown aimed at preventing spread of Covid in the Valley. Roads were sealed with razor wires...

Govt warns of strict action against those spreading fake news

Jammu Taking serious note of a fake letter regarding regularisation of daily wage workers, the government on Sunday warned of strict action against those...

Lockdown extended in all J&K by 7 days

Marriage gatherings restricted to 25, 50% staff in govt offices JAMMU: The Corona Curfew imposed in all 20 districts of J&K till 7 am...

Follow Covid SoPs on Eid or else it’ll be a crisis: DAK

Dr Suhail Naik quits as president to teach at GMC Srinagar, Dr MY Tak is interim prez Srinagar: The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday...

Variant spreading in India more contagious: WHO top scientist

GENEVA: A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared it could be dodging some vaccine protections, contributing to the...

In Shopian, orchardists cut water supply pipelines for own use, Jal Shakti dept helpless

Shopian: While people in Shopian struggle for access to clean water, many callous orchardists here have cut water supply pipelines to use the water...

Another hailstorm in south Kashmir, apple growers mourn losses

Shopian: Another hailstorm within two days in south Kashmir damaged apple fruits and buds in about a dozen more villages on Sunday. Orchardists said...

Saudi Arabia calls for dialogue between India and Pak to resolve their issues

Islamabad: Saudi Arabia has emphasised the importance of dialogue between Pakistan and India to resolve their outstanding matters, including the Kashmir issue. Pakistan Foreign Office...

Record 60 people die of Covid in J&K, 4788 more positive cases

Srinagar: A record sixty people died of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir while 4,788 daily cases were reported on Saturday. According to officials, 42 deaths...

Special Secretary finance dept dies of Covid

Jammu: A senior Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officer on Saturday died of COVID-19 at a hospital here, officials said, as Jammu district surpassed Srinagar...

Lockdown continues in Valley, 106 arrested

Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in many areas in Jammu and Kashmir on the tenth day on Saturday with the imposition of the lockdown...

Over 9 lakh patients on oxygen support across India, 1.7 lakh on ventilator: Health min

NEW DELHI: While 1,70,841 Covid patients across the country are on ventilator, as many as 9,02,291 patients are on oxygen support, Union health minister...

SC orders release of prisoners to decongest jails amid raging Covid pandemic

NEW DELHI: Taking note of an "unprecedented surge" in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court on Saturday passed directions for decongestion of...

SC sets up 12-member National Task Force to facilitate public health response to pandemic

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic based on scientific...

WHO panel okays emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

Geneva, May 7 (AP) The World Health Organisation gave emergency use authorisation Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm, potentially paving the...

PHC in Budgam ready in 2014, but not opened yet due to conflict with landowner

BUDGAM: While the government is strengthening the healthcare system across Kashmir valley, the Primary Health Centre (PHC) which has already been readied by the...

BJP leader demands CBI probe into ‘illegal’ mining activities in Jammu

Jammu: BJP leader and former MLC Vikram Randhawa on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into alleged illegal mining activities and operations of the stone-crusher...

Record high 4,187 COVID-19 deaths in India, 4.01 lakh new cases

NEW DELHI: India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country's death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078...

New record, 5443 Covid cases, 50 deaths in J&K

Srinagar: Covid-19 graph is witnessing an unprecedented spike with record 5,443 daily cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday apart from 50 more...

Second Wave: 35% of all recorded cases in Kashmir since April 1 this year

More than 11k cases, 78 deaths in first five days of May Anantnag: The intensity of the second wave of Covid-19 here in Kashmir valley...

No Jumat-ul-Vida prayers at Jamia for second year in a row

SRINAGAR: For the second year in a row, people in Kashmir offered prayers of Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan,...

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