Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday assigned the charge of departments held by advisor R R Bhatnagar to his fellow advisor K K Sharma. An order issued by the General Administration Department said that Sharma shall discharge the duties on Bhatnagar’s behalf till he completes the mandatory quarantine period advised by the health […]
Shopian: A 50-year-old man from Shopian found positive of the novel Coronavirus a day ago participated in collective Eid-ul-Fitr prayers, visited neighbours and relatives, raising apprehensions of spreading the virus in the village, a senior doctor said. The sample of the patient from Chitragam suffering from kidney ailment was collected at Government Medical College Anantnag […]
Will observe black-band protest today
Will observe black-band protest today Srinagar: The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has said it will complain to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) against the harassment by police that doctors and other healthcare professionals have been routinely suffering during the Covid-19 lockdown. President of DAK Dr Suhail Naik told Kashmir Reader that the doctors’ body […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government, under its initiative of facilitating safe and secure return of stranded passengers stuck outside the UT due to COVID lockdown, has evacuated about 94,621 JK residents via Lakhanpur and through a network of special trains and buses till date amid observance of all necessary Standard Operating Procedures regarding the pandemic. […]
Move to ensure safety of staff: BMO 1500 samples collected from March Pampore: The health authorities at Sub District Hospital Pampore collected samples all health workers including doctors, paramedics and clerical staff for COVID-19 testing on Tuesday. BMO Pampore Dr Arshid told Kashmir Reader that the samples were collected as a precautionary measure. “The samples […]
New Delhi: Former India captain Rahul Dravid feels the ambition to resume cricket in a bio-secure environment is “unrealistic”, giving a thumbs down to the concept primarily floated by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Seeking to restart its cricket season after weeks of inactivity owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ECB recently announced that […]
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday announced black band protest across Jammu and Kashmir against multiple incidents of doctors being manhandled, harassed and not allowed to reach their duties amid COVID-19 outbreak. On Tuesday, Chief Medical Officer, Bandipora Dr Tajamul Hussain was stopped by police while he was on way to inspect a quarantine […]
New Delhi, May 25 The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Air India to keep the middle seats occupied while operating its non-scheduled flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad up to June 6 while observing that the government should be more worried about the health of citizens rather than the health of commercial airlines. The […]
JAMMU, MAY 25: The Government Monday informed that 47 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 33 from Jammu division and 14 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 1668. Also 02 deaths, one each from Jammu and Kashmir division have been […]
Jammu: The son and wife of an advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Monday. The advisor to Lt Governor G C Murmu has gone into self-quarantine at the super-speciality hospital in Reasi district where his son and wife are being kept at an […]