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Designate two hospitals in north, south Kashmir for COVID-19: DAK

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Friday appreciated the efforts of the administration for designating hospitals in Srinagar and Jammu as COVID-19 hospitals and demanded...

Crammed rooms, dirty toilets, no soap: Quarantine centre in north Kashmir

Srinagar: People quarantined in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday told Kashmir Reader that conditions inside the government facility are so unsanitary that they...

Kashmir varsities may club semester exams

Srinagar: With the number of Covid-19 cases in the valley on a rise, universities in Kashmir are mulling the option of holding clubbed semester-end...

NEET postponed

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry on Friday postponed the national medical entrance exam, NEET, in view of the countrywide lockdown due to the coronavirus...

Coronavirus patient’s death out of negligence? Probe ordered

Srinagar: A 65-year-old man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus two days ago died at Chest Disease hospital on Thursday. The first death...

Natipora patient’s grandchildren, 7-yr-old and 8-month-old, test positive

Srinagar: The grandchildren of a Natipora resident who had returned from Saudi Arabia last week and had tested positive for novel coronavirus two days...

Govt unveils Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief to help people hit by lockdown

New Delhi: The government on Thursday announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore stimulus that included free foodgrain and cooking gas to poor for three...

Doctors, paramedics in Anantnag terrified as protective gear comes in trickles

Anantnag: Hospitals here in Anantnag district are facing an acute shortage of essentials like Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), face masks, hand sanitisers and infra-red...

Govt extends ban on 4G mobile internet till April 3

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday decided to continue with the restrictions imposed on high speed mobile data services across the Union...

Medical staff to ‘rationalise’ protective gear: GoI

SRINAGAR: The Government of India (GoI) on Thursday called for rationalised use of protection gear kits used by health workers fighting the virus. The guidelines...

Vegetable prices soar amid corona lockdown

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: People across the Kashmir valley are complaining that they have to pay high prices to buy vegetables, of which only a few...

Govt orders closure of shrines, mosques in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: In view of increased number of persons infected with coronavirus and in an effort to contain spread of the infection, the District Magistrate...

Mosques in Pulwama declared quarantine facilities

Srinagar: District Magistrate Pulwama on Thursday declared several mosques in the district as quarantine facilities. An order issued by DC Pulwama Raghav Langar said “People...

14 persons arrested for offering prayers in mosque at Awantipora

AWANTIPORA: Police on Thursday arrested 14 persons who were offering Zuhr prayers in Gade Mohalla Masjid in Awantipora for violating lockdown. “Today during patrolling police...

All courts shut in J&K, Ladakh till April 14

Srinagar: The J&K High Court, district courts, and subordinate courts have all stalled their functioning till April 14 on account of the 21-day national...

Govt orders closure of shrines, mosques in Srinagar as more COVID cases detected 

SRINAGAR: In view of increased number of persons infected with coronavirus — now gone up to five — and in an effort to contain spread of...

65-year-old man dies of Corona, first death in Kashmir 

Srinagar: A Sopore man has died at Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar on Thursday morning after being tested positive for novel Coronavirus two days ago. According...

4 more test positive in Kashmir, 50 contacts sent to isolation

Srinagar: Four more persons have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir. All of them belong to north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. According to...

Arrests, appeals mark first day of nation-wide lockdown

Srinagar: The day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nation-wide lockdown from midnight March 24 for 21 days, only people associated with delivery...

Barring essential services, govt offices shut till April 14

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the closure of all government offices, excluding those providing essential services, till April 14. “#COVID19 #JammuAndKashmir #FightagainstCorona...

People begin to report persons with travel history

KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Since three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kashmir valley on Tuesday, people have started reporting the arrival of persons who...

Ration to be delivered to homes in Srinagar

Srinagar: Around 1.60 lakh families in Srinagar would get ration delivered to their homes from Saturday as part of measures by the administration to...

Hiding travel history amounts to transgression before Allah: Majlis Ulema

Srinagar: Mutahida Majlis Ulema on Wednesday appealed people in Kashmir who have a travel history to voluntarily report and not conceal or lie about...

218 FIRs lodged against lockdown violators

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered 218 FIRs against persons who violated lockdown orders of the government, the police informed in a...

In Shopian, people avoiding medical check-up after travel

Shopian: Almost all those who have returned in recent days from abroad or from other states of India have not reported their travel record...

Surveillance teams identify 100 persons who concealed travel history

PAMPORE: Special teams including village heads, Asha workers, government employees, and police have traced nearly a hundred individuals who concealed their travel history in...

Civil society comes forward to do its bit

SRINAGAR: One after the other, people in Kashmir have begun to contribute to mitigate the challenges thrown up by Covid-19. First, it was a...

4 new COVID cases in Valley 

Srinaga,: Four people, hailing from Bandipora district, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the the number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 11,...

Three more test positive in Kashmir

Srinagar: Three more persons in Kashmir tested positive of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir...

Khanyar woman recovers fully: Dir SKIMS

Srinagar: Director SKIMS Soura Dr AG Ahangar on Tuesday said that the Khanyar woman who tested positive for coronavirus last week has recovered from...

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