Month: November 2021

Assistant Director Food on Tuesday put under suspension a storekeeper after local residents in Sever, Gadwad, Dudhban and its adjoining areas in Lolab protested against the latter for leaving them without ration for past three months. Assistant Director Food told GNS that he has placed the storekeeper under suspension till further orders after it was brought to his notice that the storekeeper has been lackadaisical vis-à-vis his duty. “I have placed the storekeeper namely Tariq Ah Banday under suspension till further orders”, he said adding further action as warranted would be taken against him. “I have also sought an explanation from the TSO concerned regarding his conduct”, he said. “I will personally visit there tomorrow to oversee the distribution of ration in the villages”, he f...

As many as 348 security forces personnel including those from J&K Police were killed while 796 were injured in militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir since 2017, Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday. Responding to questions by parliamentarians including Vijayakumar  Alias Vijay Vasanth,  Thirunavukkarasar Su and Parthiban S.R, Minister of State, ministry of Home Affairs,  Nityanand Rai said 195 civilians were killed during the period upto November 15.   He said 534 civilians were injured during the time. Giving year-wise details regarding casualty of the security forces and J&K police personnel, he said, 80 were killed in 2017, 91 in 2018, 80 in 2019, 62 in 2020 and 35 in 2021 (upto November 15). Similarly, he said, 226 were injured in 2017, 238 in 2018, 140 ...

The washrooms at Government Medical College Baramulla are in an utterly unhygienic condition, causing a huge inconvenience to the patients and attendants alike. Several patients admitted at the hospital Tuesday, expressing their resentment told GNS that the unclean washrooms can lead to serious infections as according to them the authorities concerned have failed to keep up with the cleanliness standards. A local identifying himself as Sajad Ahmad Sofi told GNS that the hospital caters to hundreds of patients on a daily basis, however, it lacks proper washrooms, resulting in inconvenience for patients and attendants as well. “The foul smell emanating from the washrooms is highly irritating,” he said. Another patient at the hospital identifying himself as Mohammad Shafi seco...

Stresses on widespread Campaigning of SOPs In view of the spread of new Covid-19 Variant, Omicron, in different countries of the world, the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a special meeting of officers to formulate the strategy for containment measures in Kashmir Division. The meeting was attended by MD, NHM; DC Budgam; ADC Srinagar; Director Health Services Kashmir, Director Airports, Principal, GMC Srinagar, CMO Srinagar, CMO Budgam, Incharge DCCRK,  SSO/ Epidemiologist Kashmir and other public health specialists of DCCRK. In view of government advisory, the meeting decided that mandatory RTPCR test of all international passengers should be conducted at Srinagar Airport irrespective of travellers previous negative report  or fully  vacci...

In a major success, J&K prevented a youth from South Kashmir from joining militancy ranks and detained him in the Rajouri district of Jammu, officials said Tuesday. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the detained youth was reportedly in contact with some militants through social media platforms and he was called to Rajouri. “On the basis of specific information, police constituted a team and intercepted him. He hails from South Kashmir’s Shopain district who was travelling to Rajouri district in a passenger vehicle,” the official said. “During questioning of the detained boy, it has been found that he was in regular contact with some militants through social media handles and was all set to join militancy ranks." They said that the youth was called to Ra...

A soldier on Tuesday allegedly shot dead himself with his service rifle in Banihal area of ramban district, officials said. They said the soldier shoot himself dead in Chamalwas army camp of Banihal.buy suhagra online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/suhagra.html no prescription While it was no immediately known as to what led the soldier to take the extreme step, a police officer told GNS that inquest proceeding have been initiated. (GNS)

Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Rather on Tuesday held a meeting with all the Medical Superintendents of hospitals across Kashmir and reviewed the Covid-19 arrangements. A spokesperson of the Directorate of Health Services, in a statement issued to GNS said that the Director reviewed all the Covid-19 related arrangements and discussed measures being put in place in view of the Covid variant Omicron, which has been classified as a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). He directed all the Medical Superintendents to remain in an alert situation and keep the hospitals in the ready mode in case of any kind of eventuality. The Director also directed them to keep the Covid-19 related supplies available in hospitals and also create separate isolate...

The government Tuesday announced winter vacations for all schools of Kashmir division and winter zones of Jammu region from December 6 and 13 to February 28. Top official of the department told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the School Education Department has said that the educational institutions upto class 8th standard shall observe winter vacation from December 6 to February 28 and the senior classes from 9to 12 shall observe it from December 13 to February 28. The official said that the decision was taken after a meeting that was held earlier wherein different agendas were discussed including the winter vacations for the Kashmir division and winter zones of Jammu division.buy veklury online gaetzpharmacy.com/veklury.html no prescription In the meantime, ano...