Health ministry issues memorandum for staff

New Delhi, Jun 3 In view of several of its officers having tested positive for COVID-19, the Union health ministry issued an office memorandum on Wednesday advising all the staff to follow precautionary measures in order to contain the spread of the disease. The office memorandum stated that it has been noticed that at times, […]

Defence Secy tests positive for COVID-19

New Delhi: India’s Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, following which the defence ministry carried out a massive contact-tracing exercise, official sources said. Kumar’s condition is stable and he is currently under home-quarantine, they said. At least 35 officials working at the ministry’s headquarters in South Block in the Raisina Hills […]

Covid patient brought back soon after escaping from hospital

Covid patient brought back soon after escaping from hospital

Kupwara: A Covid-19 patient escaped from hospital in Kupwara on Tuesday morning, but was caught within minutes and brought back before he could enter his home. Official sources in the health department said that a 55-year-old man, a labourer by profession, was placed under quarantine on May 16. On May 29 he tested positive for […]

Flight from Muscat arrives with 157 passengers at Srinagar

Flight from Muscat arrives with 157 passengers at Srinagar

Srinagar: On Day 9 of resumption of operation of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 20 flights with 1818 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports which included an international flight with 157 passengers on board. A total of 251 passengers aboard 8 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport […]

Provide hassle free facilities to people in red zones, orders Advisor Khan

Provide hassle free facilities to people in red zones, orders Advisor Khan

ANANTNAG: Stressing on extending all facilities to the red zones, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Tuesday called for providing uninterrupted power, water, LPG, ration and medicines to the people. Chairing a review meeting here with district officers, Advisor Baseer Khan asked for aggressive sampling in red zones with focus on vulnerable sections of […]

You Deserve A Break, Mother

You Deserve A Break, Mother

Shafat Ali Dar On a usual lockdown day, after I was done basking under the glow of my smartphone, I decided that I should sleep. I stood up to leave and formally offered a goodbye to my mom, asking her if she was fine. Yes, I am absolutely fine, she replied in her usual tone. […]

Two patients die, senior pulmonologist at CD Hospital tests positive

Two patients die, senior pulmonologist at CD Hospital tests positive

Srinagar: Kashmir reported two coronavirus related deaths on Tuesday, one of them a 27-year-old from Lolab, the youngest victim yet of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, both the persons who died were from northern Kashmir and they died on Monday, a day before their test results came positive for the new virus. […]

HC decides to monitor disposal of COVID-19 bodies

New Delhi, Jun 2  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it would be monitoring implementation of the AAP government’s recent order on disposal of bodies of those who died of COVID-19. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said that it wants to see how the Delhi government health […]

Three contacts of Covid positive bureaucrat test negative

Srinagar: Three senior officers of Jammu and Kashmir were tested negative for COVID-19. Officials told KNO that three senior officers Zubair Ahmed, Secretary Tourism & Culture, Mehmood Ahmad Shah, Director I&C Kashmir and Tufail Matto, VC LAWDA have tested negative for COVID-19 after their samples were collected. “These officers were quarantined after an IAS officer […]

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