Srinagar, June 18: The death count due to covid-19 mounted to 71 in Jammu and Kashmir after an 80-year-old from Srinagar and a 65-year-old from Shopian succumbed to the virus at a hospital here, officials said on Thursday. Dr. Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital here told GNS that the octogenarian from Srinagar’s Nawa […]
Srinagar:One militant was killed in an ongoing operation with government forces in Meej Pampore area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Local news agency Global News Service quoting a senior police officer reported that one militant has been killed in the operation. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was […]
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on Thursday died by suicide in Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting an official reported that an ASI Moti Ram of 178 bn, who was deployed for convey duty at DIG range awantipora, has died after he shot […]
As of mid-June, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected over eight million people and killed more than 430,000 people. If this was not bad already, the pandemic is wreaking havoc on every aspect of global health, from TB, AIDS and malaria to maternal and newborn health. Even before Covid-19, TB was the leading infectious killer, with 1.5 million people dying […]
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is set to ask state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) not to use Chinese telecom gear in its 4G upgradation, which is being supported as part of the company’s revival package, according to sources. The development comes at a time when Indian and Chinese armies are engaged in a standoff […]
India has warned China that the face-off in which 20 of its soldiers were killed, will have serious impact on the bilateral ties. Foreign minister S Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone conversation on Wednesday that the Chinese side’s “pre-meditated and planned action” was behind the violence and casualties. This was […]
In what is seen as one of the strongest statements from New Delhi against Beijing in recent times, the Government Wednesday squarely indicted China, holding it responsible for Monday night’s clashes, and called upon Beijing to “re-assess” and take “corrective” action. A day after the killing of 20 Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel-rank officer, in clashes with […]
Srinagar, June 18:(GNS) A fierce gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Meej Pampore area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thrusday. Reports reaching GNS said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Meej Pampore. As the joint team of forces approached towards […]
The world health organization on Wednesday said that green shoots of hope have emerged despite the world crossing a grim milestone of over 8 million deaths due to coronavirus pandemic. The director general of the global health organization added that the developments in the past couple of months have shown that together through global solidarity, […]
Jammu, June 17 (KNS): Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today chaired a meeting, through video conferencing, to review the functioning of Housing and Urban Development Department with focus on the working of Jammu Development Authority and Jammu Municipal Corporation. The Lt Governor took stock of the overall working and progress made under several developmental works […]