Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslide in Ramban
Srinagar : The authorities on Saturday said that the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to remain closed for traffic after heavy rain triggered a landslide in Ramban district. An official told Kashmir Despatch that no vehicular movement shall be allowed from either side on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway in view of the inclement weather prediction issued by […]
Woman SPO raised legitimate questions, police action cruel: Mehbooba Mufti
Hours after a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) Saima Akhter was arrested and slapped with India’s anti-terror law besides terminated from services, Mehbboba Mufti termed the police’s action “cruel”. “Saima Akhter from Kulgam has been slapped with UAPA for raising legitimate questions about searching her home repeatedly without any reasons. Saima’s ailing mother understandably exacerbated […]
Need more ICU beds to save severe Covid-19 cases: DAK
Srinagar, Apr 16: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said more intensive care unit (ICU) beds are needed to save severely-ill Covid-19 patients. “We need to increase the number of ICU beds in hospitals to prevent corona deaths,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Hospitals in Kashmir are witnessing increase in admissions of […]
Covid-19 positive shopkeeper booked in Bandipora for violating home isolation SOPs
Bandipora, Apr 16 (KNO): The authorities in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Friday booked a shopkeeper and sealed his shop for opening and running his shop despite being Covid-19 positive. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the shopkeeper was supposed to remain in strict isolation in his home after he tested […]
Police arrests Woman SPO, Disengaged her service for glorifying militancy, obstructing govt officials in the discharge of their duty:
Kulgam, April 16: (GNS) Police on Friday said that it has disengaged a woman Special Operation Officer from service as well arrested her for glorifying militancy and also obstructing government official from his duty here in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that on 14 April this month after […]
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha dies
New Delhi, Apr 16 (UNI) Former chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Ranjit Sinha passed away, here on Friday morning. He was 68. Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, had held CBI Director post between December 2012 and December 2014, sources said. He was also the Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police […]
India sees 2.17 lakh new nCoV cases, highest ever single-day spike
New Delhi, Apr 16 (UNI) India registered 2,17,353 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to the Union Health Ministry data released on Friday. With this, the total number of those who tested positive for the disease has reached 1,42,91,917.Besides, the country […]
J&K Logs 1141 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 4 Deaths; Active Tally Crosses 10K Mark
Srinagar, Apr 15 : Jammu and Kashmir reported 1141 new covid-19 cases, second highest count so far this year, even as four more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that 434 of the fresh infections were reported from Jammu Division and 707 from Kashmir Valley, […]
1141 new positive cases have been
1141 new positive cases have been reported since our last update yesterday, 434 from Jammu Division and 707 from Kashmir Division. Moreover 487 more COVID-19 patients have recovered, 116 from Jammu Division and 371 from Kashmir Division. Also 04 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, 01 from Jammu Division and 03 from Kashmir Division