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5 STATE 7 GONE FOR A TOSS 3 CITY COVID: DAK SAYS DELAY IN HOSPITALISATION While it may seem to some that social media COVID: 1300 ADDITIONAL BEDS SETUP PROVING FATAL, CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH MORTALITY is helping students, it is actually true that IN SRINAGAR AS CASES SURGE social media is causing writing to worsen. Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said delay in Student’s writing has been affected by Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases the Deputy reporting to hospitals is the main reason for increase in number of THINK social media and is causing teenagers to Commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz Asad Tuesday deaths due to Covid-19 in the Kashmir valley.... become lazier, encourages “tech talk”, and.... visited various Covid Care Isolation Centers established...

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The Lord’s commandment for every one of His slaves SRO Kashmir: Saving Breaths In Valley is, ‘Spend on others, and I Auqib Javeed Behind a glass counter in a “But it feels terrible when the middle of the night when will spend on you’. Prophet newly-constructed building people come to return oxy- the jetlagged Shahid tries Muhammad (Pbuh) BONAPORA, Batamaloo – As of an old Batamaloo neigh- gen machines and tell their some sleep after a demand- —Bukhari, Muslim one of those unassuming he- bourhood, Shahid treats the patients couldn’t make it!” ing day in office. roes who don’t wear capes, distressed visitors with pa- As a foot soldier of SRO Butthe Samaritan leaves

ANCHOR Shahid Ahmad is handling tience and compassion. (Social Reform Organisation) bed with a sense of duty, and 15TH RAMAZAN the perilous pandemic like a “Since last year when Batamaloo, “a Trust, estab- issues oxygen machine to the Iftar Sehri seasoned crisis manager. Covid left Kashmir gasping lished in 2004, for the welfare distressed caller at the drop TODAY TOMMOROW His calm composure amid for breath, I’ve witnessed of the poor”, Shahid is only of a hat.

FIQAH 07:15 04:14 1 PAGE a torrent of calls pleading some overwhelming scenes predicting the tough times in Unsung heroes like Shahid HANAFIYA for oxygen machines makes here,” Shahid says, as he is- Kashmir as pandemic lately are silently working on the FIQAH him one of the determined sues another oxygen cylinder, turned perilous. ground to mitigate the Covid JAFARIYA 07:23 04:10 ground troopers holding the this time to a distressed son In the resurgent viral crisis which returned as a fort when the going is indeed whose mother is struggling phase, calls for oxygen are bogeyman in Kashmir after getting tough in Kashmir. to breathe. buzzing. Some even ring in wreaking havoc  More On P10

Sec 144 Imposed In Srinagar To WHO: Rush To Hospitals, Fight Virus Big Gatherings Worsen 25 MORE DIE India Covid Crisis

Soldier Shoots Self Dead In Banihal OF COVID-19 JAMMU: A soldier on Tuesday alleg- J&K Sees Record Single-Day Spike, 3164 Test Positive edly committed suicide by shooting himself dead inside an army camp in Observer Monitoring Desk Ramban district of Jammu and Kash- mir. 28-year-old Asangeppa Madar of SRINAGAR: The number of SRINAGAR: The district Karnataka shot himself dead with his confirmed coronavirus cases administration here on service weapon at army’s transit camp in Jammu and Kashmir took Tuesday ordered imposition in Banihal area around 2 am Tuesday another big one-day leap of Section 144 CrPC, banning , officials said. The young soldier, they on Tuesday as 3,164 more the assembly of five or more said, was posted at the R-centre camp people tested positive for persons, in this capital city, at Banihal.  More On P10 Covid-19, while the deadly to fight coronavirus as cases infection claimed the lives continue to shoot up rapidly. Truck Mows of 25 more people across the “In view of massive spurt File Photo: Abid Bhat Down Traffic Cop Union Territory during the in positive cases in District Agencies World Health Organization last 24 hours. Srinagar & after due delib- (WHO) said on Tuesday. SRINAGAR: A traffic policeman was According to the offi- erations, Section 144 CrPc GENEVA: People in India are India's death toll is now knocked to death by an over speed- cials, among the 25 fatali- toll due to pandemic to 2197 the victims who succumbed File Photo: Abid Bhat is imposed hereby within rushing unnecessarily to hos- pushing towards 200,000, ing truck on the Srinagar-Jammu ties, 15 were reported from in J&K. A 20-year-old girl and to Covid-19 since overnight. the Municipal limits of the pital, exacerbating a crisis and hospitals that do not have highway near Qazigund on Tuesday. Jammu division and ten from two women aged between They said the 20-year-old district to contain further over surging Covid-19 infec- enough oxygen supplies and Constable Abdul Majeed Tantray was Kashmir, raising the death 47 to 55 years were among was resident spread of the epidemic,” tions caused by mass gather- beds are turning away coro- critically injured after being hit by an said Deputy Commissioner, ings, more contagious variants navirus patients. The WHO is over speedy truck (JK01W-2973) at Mohammad Aijaz Asad, in a and low vaccination rates, the providing  More On P10 Chumullah crossing in Qazigund area Teaching, Non- tweet. “Assembly of five or along the highway in south Kashmir more persons is banned with around 7:00 am today,  More On P10 Govt Asks DCs To Check Black Teaching Staff To Marketing Of Oxygen Work From Home immediate effect,” he added. PM's Aunt rime Minister Narendra Modi's aunt Narmadaben 47 Booked For Asad’s Tweet came in the Modi who was undergoing treatment for corona- he Lieutenant Governor led dispensation on Tuesday directed he Jammu and Kashmir gov- backdrop of Srinagar report- Dies During Pvirus infection died at the civil hospital here on Grabbing Forest Land the Divisional Commissioners to keep a strict check on the ernment on Tuesday said that ing 1144 fresh cases of corona- Covid-19 Tuesday, the family said. Narmadaben (80) lived in the SRINAGAR: Police have registered a Tblack marketing of oxygen cylinders and deploy Magistrates Tteaching and non-teaching virus during the last 24 hours. New Ranip area of the city with her children. "Our aunt case against 47 persons for allegedly and concerned staff to cross check the supply of oxygen cylinders staff was not required to be physi- Former Chief Minister of Treatment Narmadaben was admitted to the civil  More On P10 encroaching upon forest land in Pa- reaching their destinations from the source industrial plants. cally present for any educational es- J&K and National Conference halgam and cultivating cannabis over These directions were passed to the  More On P10 tablishment in Jammu and Kashmir. vice president Omar Abdullah it, officials said on Tuesday. They said Top officials of  More On P10 said that all the precautions CURRENTLY, PART OF THE PROBLEM Police station Pahalgam registered that can be  More On P10 is that many people rush to the hospital the FIR (No 18/2021) under sections of 8/20 NDPS Act and 26 Indian [also because they do not have access to Forest Act on the basis of a criminal Avalanche Truce Holds In Kashmir, Giving information or advice], even though home-based care complaint lodged by a Forest Range Kills 2 Soldiers monitoring at home can be managed very safely." officer of the area.  More On P10 Shell-Shocked Residents Uneasy Peace HC Quashes On Siachen Agencies 2 PSA Detentions Press Trust Of India SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir PAKISTAN: The guns have Army Chief Visits High Court has quashed detention NEW DELHI: Two soldiers gone silent, schools have re- of two persons booked under Public were killed after an ava- opened and the bunkers are Safety Act. A bench of Justice Sanjeev lanche hit an army patrol in empty along Pakistan's restive Eastern Ladakh, Siachen Kumar quashed the detention order Siachen sector in Ladakh, ceasefire line with India, but of Abdul Qadoos Rather, a resident military sources said. even as residents in Kashmir Press Trust Of India Commanding (GOC) of the Leh- of Kupwara who was booked under The incident took place in relax thanks to an uneasy based Fire and Fury Corps. PSA on 22 November 2019 and Riyaz sub-sector Haneef around 1 truce, they fear fighting may NEW DELHI: Army Chief Gen The sources said Gen Naravane Khaliq Parray, booked under the law pm on Sunday, they said. erupt again soon. MM Naravane on Tuesday vis- interacted with troops and com- on 17 February last year by District "The two soldiers could For months, a precarious ited eastern Ladakh and Siachen plimented them for their stead-  only be rescued by 7 pm and peace has been welcomed by and reviewed India's operational fastness and high morale while Magistrate Baramulla. More On P10 File Photo: Abid Bhat they succumbed to their in- conflict-wary Kashmiris along preparedness in the strategically being deployed in some of the 3 Injured After Car juries," said a source. the so-called Line of Control in late February brought an end have used artillery, mortars, key sectors, official sources said. harshest terrain, altitude and Other soldiers and porters (LoC) -- the boundary that di- to years of violence along the and small arms. He was accompanied by Lt Gen weather conditions. Rolls Into Gorge who were also in the area vides the disputed region be- frontier that saw thousands of "Life before the ceasefire YK Joshi, Army Commander of The Chief of Army Staff was SRINAGAR: At least three people when the avalanche struck it tween Pakistan and India. skirmishes rattle the Himalayan was very miserable," Kashif the Northern Command, and Lt later briefed by Lt Gen Menon on were injured when the car they were are stable and  More On P10 The surprise truce announced territory, where the two sides Hussain,  More On P10 Gen PGK Menon, General Officer the prevailing  More On P10 travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Kalaroos area of Kupwara district, officials said Tuesday. A private car carrying Writer Marghoob three people skidded off the road Sunny Weather To HC Asks J&K SSB To Redraw and rolled into a nallah near Gurdaji Banihali No More in Kalaroos on Monday evening, an Continue Till May 3 Teachers List In 40 Notifications Agencies army official said Tuesday. He said an army patrol quickly  More On P10 Agencies Celsius below normal for this Agencies Vinod Chatterji Koul directed Line); 06/2017/15 to SRINAGAR: Famous writer, scholar time of the season in the sum- the Board to redraw the list 06/2017/28 dated 28th of and ex-HOD Kashmiri Department V-C Prof Talat SRINAGAR: The people in mer capital, he said. SRINAGAR: The High Court “expeditiously”, and, in any December, 2017 (Science/ at Kashmiri University, Dr Ghulam Discharged From SKIMS Kashmir valley continue to Qazigund recorded a low has upheld its single bench case, not later than Maths); and 06/2017/29 to Mohammad, popularly known by SRINAGAR: Vice-Chancellor of Uni- enjoy pleasant weather even of 6.6 degree Celsius against verdict, asking Jammu and eight weeks. 06/2017/42 dated 28th his pen name Marghoob Banihali, versity of Kashmir, Prof Talat Ahmad as the night temperature re- previous night’s 5.6 degree Kashmir Services Selection The Board of December, 2017 for passed away on Tuesday at his was on Tuesday discharged from mains few notches below nor- Celsius which was below nor- Board to consider additional had invited ap- different Districts of Srinagar residence after a brief Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical mal, officials said on Tuesday. mal by 1.2 degree Celsius, the points for higher qualification plications from the erstwhile State of period of illness, family sources Sciences Srinagar after recovering A meteorological de- official said. of candidates who had omit- amongst the Jammu and Kashmir. said. He was 84. from coronavirus. In a statement partment official said that Mercury settled at 4.0 de- ted to fill up the same in their eligible candi- The Single Judge The deceased was the father issued here, a varsity spokesperson Srinagar recorded a low of 9.0 gree Celsius against 2.1 degree application forms against the dates for selection had directed the Board of renowned psychiatrist, Dr said the KU Vice-Chancellor has been degree Celsius against 7.6 Celsius on the previous posts of teachers advertised against the posts to call the all the candi- Mushtaq Marghoob. discharged from SKIMS Srinagar degree Celsius on the night in Pahalgam. through as many as 40 noti- of Teacher vide noti- dates, who had filed petition Born in the Giri family in today. Prof Talat was admitted to previous night. The The temperature fications in 2017. fication Nos. 06/2017/01 to before the court, for counsel- Bankoot area of Banihal in J&K’s SKIMS Soura on Wednesday last with temperature was was below 0.4 de- A division bench of Justices 06/2017/14 dated 28th of ling, verify their documents Ramban district, Dr Marghoob bilateral Covid  More On P10 0.3 degree gree  More On P10 Ali Mohammad Magrey and December, 2017 (General and assess  More On P10 had authored  More On P10