Life in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley was affected on Monday by a shutdown against the alleged spurious drugs scam called by the Doctors Association of Kashmir The scam has been hogging headlines in local …
What started as an allegation over the wrongful purchase of antibiotics by a government-appointed committee in Jammu and Kashmir has now started haunting the imagination of the public in the Valley. But is the issue being blown …
Taking cognizance of the seriousness of the spurious drug scam in Jammu and Kashmir, a local court ordered the immediate arrest of 15 people involved in the racket whose names have so-far cropped in investigations. The court …
The Omar Abdullah government has given a clean chit to former Health Minister Lal Sharma in J&K and handed over investigations of the spurious drug scam to the Crime Branch. Current Minister of State for Health, Shabhir Ahmed …
On Tuesday, the J&K government started talking tough to check fake drugs promising to upgrade drug testing laboratories in Srinagar and Jammu to facilitate the speedy testing of drugs. ‘Nobody will be allowed to supply …
Kashmir is simmering again and it has nothing to do with army violence or militant activity. Ten days ago, the Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) and the Jammu and Kashmir Chemists and Druggists Association demanded the …
Authorities in the Kashmir Valley, issued a Swine flu alert as doctors said the H1N1 virus was present in some parts of the local community. ‘In 2008-2009, we had 53 cases of H1N1 virus which tested positive for the disease. …
Admitting the lack of adequate medical facilities in the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday warned the medics either to perform or quit. The warning came after two children died due to alleged …
The death of two infants at the district hospital in Baramulla in north Kashmir has brought back the spectre of crib deaths. Earlier in May, the GB Pant Children’s hospital was in the news for an abnormally high number of …
In yet another example of society's callousness to infant girls, authorities at G.B. Pant Hospital here Monday discovered an infant abandoned in the hospital's corridor. Speaking to reporters, Muneer Masood, superintendent of …
The uranium content in the groundwater of Himachal Pradesh is not at alarming levels, a minister said here Wednesday. The maximum concentration of uranium in the state was recorded in Kasol village, 42 km from Kullu town, at …
Another infant death at the G B Pant hospital on Wednesday sparked off protests by aggrieved family members. According to the family, the new born baby was shifted to the G B Pant hospital from Biijbehara Sub-District hospital on …
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) alleges that the action taken against doctors in the J & K infant deaths case has been done to cover up administrative botches. Even the selection of a retired doctor as Medical …
There has been alarming number of neonatal deaths at the GB Pant Children’s hospital and the doctors and government are playing the usual blame game, saying the other party is responsible for these dire circumstances. What most …
