Body of 35-yr-old Recovered from Nallah in Verinag
Anantnag , June 01: Body of a 35-year-old man was recovered on Tuesday afternoon from a Nallah in Dooru area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. While divulging the details to CNS, a senior police official said that the man identified as Reyaz Ahmad Chachi son of Alam-Din-Chachi of Hallan Verinag was found dead under mysterious […]
Hailstorm Wrecks Havoc In Handwara, Other Parts Of Kashmir
Handwara/Srinagar, June 01 : A hailstorm wrecked havoc in parts of Kashmir Valley including northern Kupwara district’s Handwara, damaging orchards and standing crops on Tuesday. Reports reaching GNS said that the hailstorm started at around 2:43 p.m. in Mawer Qalamabad Handwara’s Lawoosa, Yahama, Mawer Bala, Sanzipora, Qalamabad, Audoora, Chontipora and Drangsoo shahnagri Villages. It lasted […]
366 Bags of Illicitly Ferried Rice Seized from FCI Trucks in Pattan; Truckers Apprehended
Srinagar, June 01: Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla on Tuesday said to have recovered three-hundred sixty-six bags of illicitly ferried rice from two FCI trucks in Pattan along Srinagar-Kupwara highway. Both the accused truckers were apprehended on the spot. The district police Baramulla in a bulletin issued to GNS said that on receipt of […]
Director SKIMS Terms Govt’s Decision To Unlock As Right Decision
Says Corona Not Going To Vanish: ‘It’s Going To Live With Us And We Will Live With It’ Srinagar, June 01 :Dr A.G. Ahangar, Director SKIMS and Ex-Officio Secretary to Government, on Tuesday termed the administration’s decision to unlock as a “right decision”. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Dr Ahangar […]
Govt caps RT-PCR tests for Rs 400 at private labs in J&K
Srinagar, June 01 : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday capped the price of RT-PCR tests, considered the gold standard in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) detection, at Rs 400 for all private laboratories. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (3 of 1897) and in partial modification […]
Director SKIMS tenure expires on 25 June: Will he get extension amid government discouraging ‘extension syndrome’ policy?
Srinagar, June 1, Valley’s premier health care institute Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) is in news these days for different reasons. There are narratives and counter narratives vis a vis extension of incumbent Director Dr. A G Ahanger whose term comes to an end on 25th June this month. Dr. A.G. Ahanger is completing […]
LG responds to minor’s appeal about online class, directs for lightning of homework burden
Srinagar, Jun 1 : Moved by a video message of a six-year-old girl complaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about huge burden of homework through Zoom classes, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha directed the education department to come out with a policy within 48 hours to lighten the burden of homework of schools children. Mr Sinha […]
India logs 1.27 lakh new nCoV cases, 2,795 fatalities
New Delhi, Jun 1 : India recorded 1,27,510 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest in 54 days, pushing the country’s total infections to 2,81,75,044, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Besides, the country also saw 2,795 deaths due to COVID-19, taking the total number of deaths to 3,31,895. Daily recoveries […]
Covid-19 Claims 16 More Lives In J&K, Toll 3923
Srinagar, June 1 : Jammu and Kashmir reported 16 more covid-19 related deaths since last evening, taking the overall toll due to the virus to 3923, officials said on Tuesday. Seven of the fatalities were reported from Jammu division and nine from Kashmir Valley, the officials told GNS. Among those who succumbed to the virus […]