Life across summer capital Srinagar and other towns of the Valley was affected by a separatist shutdown call against the alleged sale of spurious drugs at medical stores attached to government hospitals. Shops, public …
An alleged spurious drug racket in government hospitals here is widely perceived to be not merely a health or medical issue but also a deeply political one. Members of the local doctors' association, traders, travel agents and …
Would you adopt a baby with a deformity? Your answer might be yes, but the tiny baby girl abandoned at a Sringar hospital, might think differently. Four days ago, a new born baby was abandoned in the casualty ward of G.B. Pant …
The J&K government is planning to set up a high level monitor committee to track the progress of anti-tobacco initiatives in the state. State health minister Sham Lal Sharma has sought strong measures to decrease the …
Uttarakhand has earned the dubious distinction of being the state which consumes the highest amount of tobacco, according to a survey. The second in line is Jammu and Kashmir. A Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) fact sheet for …
Expressing concern over the "alarming decline" in in Jammu and Kashmir's sex ratio - 883 females per 1,000 males - a minister said the government will continue to crackdown on illegal sex determination clinics. Health Minister …
The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdulla expressed shock at seeing pictures of a monkey in a government hospitalin Jammu and said he had sought an explanation from the minister. Hospital authorities, however, said …
With an eye on growing national and international demand, Jammu's agriculture department has begun cultivating organic basmati rice in the region. "The organic paddy is produced using organic manure and no chemical fertiliser or …
