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25 passengers suffered minor injuries when a mini bus they were travelling in collided with a parapet at Sarora in Udhampur district, officials said on Sunday.
They said that bus (JK06A-2692) was on way from Doda to Jammu when it met with the accident at Sarora(Tikri) in the district. Fifteen among them suffered very minor injuries and even did not require hospitalization, they said.
Ten others were shifted to PHC for treatment and most of them were discharged immediately after first aid, they added.
A police officer confirmed the accident to GNS and said that a case has been registered in this regard. He said all the injured persons are stable. (GNS)
A case has been against SpiceJet Airlines for alleged cheating after one of its Jammu-bound flights’ took off from Srinagar airport on preponed timing ‘without prior information to the passengers.’
A group of aggrieved passengers told Global News Service (GNS) that, they were shocked on reporting to the Airport as the flight had already gone to Jammu in the morning hours. “As per the ticket timing, we were scheduled to leave from Srinagar at 2:35 PM, however the Airlines’ had rescheduled the flight timing and preponed it to 10:40 AM in the morning”, they said.
“When we enquired about the uninformed rescheduling of flight, the Airlines’ authorities told us that they have sent SMS about the timing, which is totally untrue”, they said. “As such a complaint was filed at Police Station Budgam against the Airlines”, they said.
Meanwhile a police official at Budgam has confirmed about receiving of a complaint from aggrieved passengers. “An FIR number 56/2021 has been initiated against the Airlines’ under section 420 and further investigations set into motion”, the official said. (GNS)
Two ‘Nihangs’, traditional Sikh warriors, were shot dead by police during an encounter after the duo attacked policemen with swords at a village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran on Sunday, officials said.
The two ‘Nihangs’, identified as Mehatab Singh and Gurdev Singh, were wanted in a murder case at Nanded in Maharashtra, they said.
After their mobile location was traced in Sursingh village, the Nanded Police alerted the police in Punjab and a team of two SHOs were sent to nab them.
The two accused attacked the SHOs with swords, leaving them critically injured, police said.
Thereafter, a heavy police force was called on the spot and an encounter broke out between the accused and police personnel in which the two ‘Nihangs’ were shot dead.
Meanwhile, both the injured SHOs — Balwinder Singh and Narinder Singh — were admitted to a private hospital in Amritsar.(PTI)
After a probe panel indicted them for administering several doses of an expired antibiotic injection to a 6-month-old girl at District hospital Shopian, Deputy Commissioner of the south Kashmir district has fined Medical Superintendent and two other officers of the health facility besides nurses with two days salary cut while incharge nurse has been attached with the BMO office.
The deputy commissioner on March 19 constituted a committee, comprising of ACR Shopian and CMO Shopian to conduct threadbare inquiry into the incident after reports surfaced that the baby was administered expired antibiotic .
The committee submitted its report on March 20 with its observations, as well as its recommendations. In light of the report, the deputy commissioner concluded that there was medical negligence on part of the district hospital authorities.
“Medical superintendent being the head of the institution should have put in place a proper mechanism for the medicines being administered to the admitted patient with the maintenance of consumption register, expiry medicine register and the medical store dairy,” reads the order by the deputy commissioner, a copy of which lies with GNS.
“No action on part of the medical superintendent against the negligent staff speaks about the negligence of the Hospital administration,” the deputy commissioner underlined and subsequently ordered fine of two day salary cut of Medical Superintendent, and Mohammad Yaseen (MO), Zubair Ahmad (MO) in charge of the SNCU.
“The Nurse in charge of SNCU on the incident day, namely; Roziya Mushtaq (FMPHW), is hereby attached with the BMO office Shopian and furthermore, BMO Shopian, would submit a comprehensive report with regard to the role of the nurse in the instant matter for further course of action,” the order reads further.
Also, the staff nurses namely Sheema, Zulfi, Sabi jan, Ulfat Jan, and Rubina Akhter have been fined to the tune of two days salary each.
“Moreover, the officers involved should not repeat such things in future and are hereby warned of the same,” the order adds. (GNS)
The People’s Democratic Party Leader from Nesbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Yasir Reshi on Sunday formally resigned from the party.
Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Yasir Reshi said that he has formally sent his resignation to the party.
He said that he had already parted ways with the party leadership about two years ago and today he has formally resigned from the oarty.
On being asked about which party he was going to join, Reshi said that he will first have discussions with his workers and then he will take a step forward.
Earlier, in the day senior PDP leader Khursheed Alam also resigned from the party citing lack of political vision and strategy as the reason pf parting ways with the party—(KNO)
In a big jolt to People’s Democratic Party, Senior Political leader of the party and Its Srinagar face Khursheed Alam today resigned from the party.
Alam confirmed his decesion to KNS and said, ” I was not happy with internal affairs of the party. I deemed it necessary to resign from the party.”
He was part of the recently formed powerful 14-member political affairs committee (PAC) of the party.
Pertinently, during the PDP party election Mehbooba was unanimously re-elected as party president for the period of three years, after her name was proposed by senior party leaders including Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and Khurshid Aalam.(KNS)
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and Former Chief Minister Ms Mehbooba Mufti today reminded the leadership in New Delhi and Islamabad that the route to peace in subcontinent traverses through Kashmir and any bonhomie between the two neighbors should put Kashmir and Kashmiris front and centre.
Addressing a mammoth gathering of party workers at District Convention Kulgam Mehbooba Mufti said that any renewed thaw in the relationships of the two countries is subservient to the progress made towards addressing the long pending political and democratic demands of people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Recent statement of Pakistan army chief calling for burying the hatchet and moving the Indo-Pak relationship forward is a positive development. But we must be reminded that aiming for low hanging fruit like movement of goods and people through Wagah border or giving India a passage to Central Asia via Pakistan and Afghanistan while putting Kashmir issue at the back burner is akin to missing wood for the trees,” Mehbooba said.
“If they are really sincere and mean business they must know that the process of reconciliation has to begin with Kashmir. While statements back and forth indicate a movement forward but people of Jammu and Kashmir continue to be shrouded in the veil of darkness without any reprieve in sight,” she added.
Addressing the convention senior party leader Dr Mehboob Beg lauded the steadfastness and resolve of party president Mehbooba Mufti for her constant advocacy of resolution of Kashmir issue despite the full frontal assault on the party and its leadership.
“Our leaders are languishing in jails, party president is constantly in the eye of the storm but PDP as an institution refuses to buckle under pressure and continues to be the people`s movement as envisaged by party founder Mufti Mohammed Sayeed,” Beg said.
Highlighting the decay in governance and public delivery mechanism senior leader and former Minister Sofi Ab Gaffar chided the administration for its deep slumber and incompetence in mitigating the miseries of the people.
“Post August 5th 2019 governance has taken a nosedive and in the absence of political oversight babus are crushing the common man. Corruption is at its peak, inflation is soaring, spurious pesticides are ruining our horticulture and no one seems to care,” Sofi lamented.
Those who attended and addressed the convention include Party Chief Spokesperson Syed Suhail Bukhari, State Secretary Gulzar Khattana, District President Kulgam Sheikh Gh Mohiuddin, DDC members Gulzar Ahmed Dar and Gulzar Ah Sheikh, senior leaders Mohd Amin Dar, Zaffrullah Wani, Mohd Amin, Sajjad Ahmed and Manzoor Zargar.
The steady surge in Coronavirus cases in J&K, even as the vaccination drive is underway, has raised legitimate concerns about the prevailing second wave of the virus in the region.
Doctors believe that the rise of 50 cases per day to now over 150 per day indicates that J&K is in second wave.
Known doctor and former director SKIMS Dr Mohammad Sultan Khuroo while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the second wave of Covid-19 is already here, “but a matter of concern will be how this second wave will behave”.
He said that cases have started rising in Srinagar, Baramulla, Budgam and Jammu districts, while the rest of the districts haven’t seen any surge yet.
“J&K is reporting three times more cases than it was reporting a few days before,” he said.
Khuroo said that people must support vaccination and take both doses on time.
“We must adhere to Covid-19 SOPs like wearing mask particularly when going outside, maintain social distance, sanitize hands, avoid close door gathering,” he said.
“Vaccine is very safe with mild side effects and it will take few more months to break the pandemic,” he said while adding that people must leave hesitancy and whosoever is being offered vaccine must take it at the earliest.
Khuroo said that it is not necessary that vaccine can give sterilizing immunity and even after getting vaccination, one can get a virus in your throat.
Khuroo said that rapid tests are not much effective and there is a need to switch to another alternative form of testing so that people can get cent per cent right report.
“School going children, their teachers and other staff must follow SOPs in letter and spirit,” he said.
Experts believe that there is a need to learn to live with the virus and the pandemic may end but Covid-19 can re-emerge as a seasonal virus like other viruses.
They said that strain is already in the community and it can reemerge any time as only a few per cent population have been vaccinated so far.
Dr Naveed Nazir Shah said that people must learn how to live with the virus and come for vaccination at the earliest.
“As of now, the situation isn’t critical. At present, around 80 per cent Covid positive patients are at their homes and just a few per cent of people need oxygen or need to keep in ICU,” Shah said. “People will take vaccines without any hesitancy and follow precautions in letter and spirit, only then we can beat this pandemic easily.”—(KNO)
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife and First Lady Bushra Bibi has also tested positive for coronavirus, it emerged, hours after the government had announced that the premier Minister had contracted the virus.
Confirming that the first lady had contracted the virus, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulfi Bukhari, wished her a speedy recovery.
“Vaccines are safe & must be taken, #PMIK had his first shot just a day ago, before which he was exposed already. Please do get yourself & loved ones vaccinated and fight the fake news,” he added.
Similarly, PTI’s Senator Faisal Javed, taking to Twitter, also confirmed Bushra Bibi had tested positive for coronavirus, as he wished her a swift recovery.
Lots of prayers for all who have been tested positive including PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi!!! May ALLAH give them speedy recovery,” he said.
The first lady’s health conditions have not been disclosed at the moment, however, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said the premier was “fit and doing well.”
He said that a lot of speculation has risen after news of the prime minister testing positive broke, especially with regard to vaccinations, and he wishes to provide some clarity.
“First of all, it is important to understand when the vaccines begin to show their effect and what changes are seen.
“No vaccine brings about any immediate changes, which means its efficacy, and our anti-bodies, do not kick in after the first dose,” he explained.
Dr Sultan said a level of antibodies that are fit to fight the infection are only produced two weeks after the second shot, in the case of two-dose vaccines. Geo news
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