Over 6,000 labourers, students brought back to J-K in past 4 days amid lockdown
Kathua: Jammu and Kashmir administration has brought back over 6,000 labourers and students of the Union Territory in the past four days who were stranded in various parts of the country amid the lockdown imposed to control the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday. With this, a total of over 17,700 people hailing from […]
US presidential race: Hillary Clinton endorses Biden’s bid to challenge Trump
Washington: Hillary Clinton has endorsed presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden’s bid to challenge President Donald Trump in the November elections, saying the US needs a “real president” who “put facts over fiction” and not somebody “who played one on TV”. Announcing her backing for the former US vice president on Tuesday during a Biden […]
Irrfan Khan dies in Mumbai hospital
Mumbai: Actor Irrfan Khan died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday, losing his battle with a rare form of cancer, a statement from his representative said. He was 54. The Maqbool actor, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, lost his mother in Jaipur just four days ago. He was admitted to the intensive […]
With 19 new positive cases, tally reaches 565 in J&K
176 patients recovered; 68262 under surveillance
JAMMU: The Government Tuesday informed that 19 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 565. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (Covid-19), out of 565 positive cases, 381 are Active Positive, […]
Another Covid 19 patient dies; toll in J&K reaches 08
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 8th COVID-19 death after an elderly lady from Lambh Mohalla Jogi Lankar area of old city died at Chest Diseases (CD) Hospital at Dalgate, officials said today. With the death of octogenarian, number of COVID-19 casualties has gone upto 08 in Jammu and Kashmir including 07 in Kashmir and 01 […]
SKIMS discharges 238 Covid patients so far, 24 undergoing treatment: Dir
Srinagar: Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Dr. A G Ahanger, today said that there are 24 Covid positive cases undergoing treatment at the hospital while 238 such patients have been discharged, so far. ‘SKIMS has an efficient and dedicated team of medicos, para medicos and other staff for effective handling of COVID-19 […]
IAF airlifts huge consignment of medical supplies from Delhi to Jammu
Jammu: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday airlifted 1.5 tonnes of medical supplies from New Delhi to Jammu amid the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said. The consignment was handed over to the National Health Mission (NHM) at the Jammu airport and was subsequently transported to its godown in an […]
Two more test positive for coronavirus in Ladakh
Leh, Apr: Two members of a family were tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the total number of cases in the union territory to 22, a senior government official said on Tuesday. However, 16 of the patients were already cured and discharged from hospitals. “We have received 32 sample reports from NCDC (National Centre […]
In COVID 19 count, J&K surpasses some most populous states of India
For better health dividends of the lockdown, experts suggest aggressive testing
Srinagar: As the union territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir continues to surpass the most populous states of India in the COVID 19 count, medical experts here stress for aggressive testing to contain the disease from reaching a stage where its underdeveloped health care resources may collapse under its weight. By the evening of April […]
Missing man’s body fished out from Jehlum
Baramulla: Body of a 40-year-old man was fished out from river Jehlum at Gantmulla Colony in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Officials said that the deceased had gone missing a week ago and his body was today found at a barrage gate of LJHP Gantmulla Baramulla. “The decomposed body of Ghulam Hassan Gojree, son […]
