The Government Forces on Tuesday morning launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the Kamla area of Tral in the Pulwama district of South Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched jointly by forces including 42 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police, and CRPF in the Kamla area of Tral. A door-to-door search operation has begun, they said. Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched as an Anti Militancy operation on May 2, 2017, amid a rise in the local recruitment into Militant groups in the Kashmir valley. The Forces jointly conduct search operations in a specific area.

Kashmir’s top medico and the frontline Covid warrior Dr. Naveed Nazir Monday said that it’s high time for the people to take all precautions to prevent the spread of Covid=19 pandemic and that the situation shouldn’t be allowed to go out of control. Talking exclusively to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Head of Department at Chest Diseases Hospital Dalgate, Srinagar, Dr Naveed said that the situation shouldn’t be allowed to go out of control and people should take all precautions to prevent the spread of the virus. “We had been stating that Covid is here and it has not gone away. One thing that needs to be hailed is that people have started following SoPs. There is hardly anyone who doesn’t wear a mask. This is a good sign,” he said, adding that “we must strictly follow ...

Srinagar’s Chest Diseases (CD) hospital is running out of oxygen beds as COVID-19 numbers have shot up meteorically in Jammu Kashmir. Professor and Head of Department, Chest Medicine, Dr Naveed Nazir Monday said that out of the around 100 beds with oxygen facility at the hospital, “90 percent” are occupied. We are not admitting patients with mild symptoms. They are asked to go for home isolation. At present all our beds are almost full,” he said. Dr Nazir said that all the cases admitted at CD hospital are “severe cases” which need oxygen and injectables. “We have oxygen facility at all the beds and have ventilators as a backup as well. We also have 50 more beds available as a backup at a nursing home,” the leading medico said. “It’s high time for the people to take all prec...