JAMMU: In the wake of the prevailing surge in Covid-19 cases, the Jammu & Kashmir administration announced a 34-hour curfew effective from 8pm Saturday till 6pm on April 26. The government also decided to provide Covid-19 vaccination free of cost to all persons aged 18 to 45.
Office of J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha said that essential and emergency services will be allowed during the curfew, but all markets and commercial institutions will remain closed. In a tweet, the LG office stated: “It has been decided that Covid-19 vaccination for people in the age group 18 to 45 years will be cost-free in the UT. The cost of the vaccine will be fully borne by the government of J&K. The health department will constitute a panel to work out the logistics.”
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 11 (ANI): A man was critically injured after unknown terrorists fired upon him in the Budgam area Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Sunday.
The terrorists fired on Nasir Khan near his residence in Buchipora in the Magam area of the central Kashmir district on Sunday. The civilian was rushed to a hospital but was declared brought dead by doctors.