143 People Arrested For Flouting Rules
Police have arrested 143 people in the Kashmir valley in a span of 24 hours for violating lockdown guidelines issued by the administration to curb COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday.
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Police have arrested 143 people in the Kashmir valley in a span of 24 hours for violating lockdown guidelines issued by the administration to curb COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday.
Coronavirus cases continue to show a massive surge in Jammu and Kashmir as 4650 more people tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, highest ever single-day spike in infections so far, while the deadly infection claimed lives of 37 others across the Union Territory during the last 24 hours.
Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday extended ‘corona curfew’ till May 10 in five districts of J&K including Srinagar and Jammu.
“To ensure and facilitate that Oxygen is available to patients genuinely needing it, the government has decided that refilled cylinders will be provided to them after furnishing requisite prescription from a doctor to the control room set up at Director Industries Jammu or Divisional Commissioner COVID control room Kashmir”
The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Saturday that 125 beds will be used as intensive care units (ICUs) in the DRDO’s under construction 500- bedded Covid hospital in Budgam district slated to be completed next month.
A four day old militant and his associate were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, police said.
The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has identified 100 kanals of land for its use as a small arms firing range by Army in Samba district of Jammu province.
Former Union minister and Jammu and Kashmir governor Jagmohan Malhotra, 93, has passed away after a spell of illness.
Several mainstream parties, including National Conference, Apni Party and the Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Union minister Jitendra Singh and a high-level probe into allegations of corruption levelled against him by BJP leader and former MLC Vikram Randhawa.
“It’s really liberating,” said Samuel Calvente, a Gibraltar hotel worker, when asked how it feels to be mask-free outdoors.
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