Vaccination important for heart patients: Experts
Srinagar: Dr Imran Hafeez, Consultant Cardiologist and Associate Professor, SKIMS says that the patients suffering from heart disease like Ischemic disease or heart failure are at high risk of Covid infection and that the vaccination is very important for the heart patients because vaccine acts as a shield against infection. Emphasizing on vaccination, he requested […]
NC to form committee to decide whether or not to participate in delimitation process
Srinagar: With National Conference (NC) MPs having stayed away from the delimitation exercise and boycotted the Delimitation Commission meetings thus far, the party now says it will constitute a committee to decide about joining the exercise. Local news agency KNS quoted the NC Member Parliament, Justice (retd.) Hasnain Masoodi as saying that the party’s Central […]
Will hold talks with India if New Delhi restores Kashmir’s pre-Aug 2019 status: Pak PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that Pakistan would hold talks with India if New Delhi restores the pre-August 05, 2019 status of Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 05, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union territories. “If Pakistan revives its […]
Charred body found after fire in Jammu
Jammu: The charred body of an unidentified person was recovered on Sunday following a fire in a grass field on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said. The fire broke out in ‘Sarkanda’ (also known as elephant grass) in Pallanwalla, 36 km from here, the officials said. They said the body was noticed by some villagers […]
Militants involved Bijbehara killings identified: Police
Srinagar, May 30: Police on Sunday said that militants involved in killing of two civilians in Jablipora area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district yesterday have been identified. The slain, Sanjeed Ahmad Parray, 20, a dental technician, and Shahnawaz Ahmad Bhat, 35, an auto-driver, both from Jablipora village, were fired in the head and […]
Two soldiers injured in accidental fire in Poonch
Srinagar, May 30: Two Army soldiers sustained injuries due to accidental fire on Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district on Sunday, officials said. Officials said that the soldiers were carrying out routine exercise when the incident of accidental fire took place in which two soldiers got injured. “The incident is purely […]
Motorcyclist dies in road accident in Budgam
Srinagar: A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed after being hit by an unknown vehicle in Charar-e-Sharief area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that Muzaffar Rashid Lone was hit by a vehicle in Futlipora village, leaving him grievously injured. He was shifted to the SMHS hospital in Srinagar, […]
With all focus on pandemic, non-Covid patients too need some attention
Since most of the main hospitals across Kashmir have been designated as Covid dedicated hospitals and the main tertiary care facility centers have also closed down their OPDs and non-emergency services in the wake of Covid-19 spike; the non-Covid patients are rendered suffering for their treatment. Barely a week after Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) […]
Labour ministry announces additional benefits under EPFO, ESIC schemes
New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday announced additional benefits for workers through social securities schemes run by the EPFO and the ESIC amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These benefits include pension for dependents of insured persons with Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) who died due to COVID-19 and hike in maximum sum […]
CPI(M) demands time-bound probe in Kulgam youth’s suicide
Srinagar: While expressing shock and grief over the reported incident of suicide by a 24-year-old youth from Damhal Hanjipora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district to invite government attention towards the miseries of his family, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Sunday demanded a time-bound probe and fixing of responsibility into the incident. In a […]