Manila, June 01 (KMS): The Philippines has extended travel restrictions on inbound travelers coming from India and six other countries until June 15, 2021. In a statement, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte approved extending the travel bans imposed on India, and six other countries including Pakistan, Sri …
Read More »Second COVID surge crests in India
New York, June 01 (KMS): The coronavirus catastrophe in the Republic of India ripples around the planet, even here. “I have learned that India has lost 5,000 doctors and more healthcare workers in the second round of coronavirus surge,” Dr. Prem Gandhi, SUNY Plattsburgh Distinguished Professor emeritus, said. “That is …
Read More »Feature: The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19
Vikas Pandey & Andrew Clarance June 01, 2021 Five-year-old Pratham and his 10-month-old brother Ayush lost their father to Covid in April. Days later, at a different Delhi hospital, they lost their mother. Their world had changed and they didn’t even know it. They couldn’t understand why their parents were …
Read More »Critical Muslim patient denied treatment at Jammu hospital
Jammu, June 01 (KMS): An elderly Muslim person from district Ramban, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), who was in critical condition, was not attended by the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, while being brought in the emergency. The family members said that the doctors in …
Read More »Will die of hunger rather than corona, say Jammu residents
Jammu, June 01 (KMS): In Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), residents of different localities of Jammu are up in arms against the authorities for failing to provide them with any assistance during COVID-19 lockdown. Residents Maratha Mohalla in Jammu while talking to media said, “We will die of …
Read More »Kashmir’s ill-equipped health system and India’s push for tourism led to a COVID crisis
Adil Rashid June 01, 2021 In the first week of May, Qazi Idrees, a 29-year-old government employee, was making desperate calls to get a ventilator supported ICU bed for his father, Qazi Aftaab. Aftaab was admitted at JVC Medical College and Hospital in Srinagar, which was severely understaffed and under-resourced. …
Read More »In deadliest month, IIOJK Records 1625 Covid-19 deaths in May alone
Srinagar, June 01 (KMS): Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), recorded the deadliest month of the pandemic with 1625 Covid-19 deaths in May this year thanks to the apathy of the Modi-led Indian regime as it blocked the vaccine quota for the territory and diverted the medicines meant for …
Read More »‘Stripped naked, hung upside down’: UN Rapporteurs on Waheed Parra’s detention
Srinagar (KMS): The United Nations Rapporteurs have disclosed that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Waheed Parra, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), was subjected to abusive interrogations after his arrest by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which lasted from 10 to 12 hours at a time. In a …
Read More »APHC welcomes Pakistan PM’s Kashmir remarks
Srinagar, May 31 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Harriet Conference (APHC) has welcomed the statement of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in which he stated that to engage in trade with India in the present circumstances is tantamount to the betrayal to the Kashmiris’ …
Read More »JKPRM delegation visits martyr’s family in Shopian
Srinagar, May 31 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Political Resistance Movement (JKPRM) visited the residence of Shaheed Azhar in Shopian, today, to express condolence with the bereaved family. The delegation led by JKPRM District President Ghulam Hassan visited the family at …
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