A senior UN official said on Friday the Taliban told him they will announce “very soon” that all Afghan girls will be allowed to attend secondary schools. Unicef Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi, who visited Kabul last week, told reporters at UN headquarters that five of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces — Balkh, Jawzjan and Samangan in the […]
Srinagar: At least three persons were injured after a car they were on board rolled down into a gorge along Nilgrath road in Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Reports said that a Swift (Chassis) skidded off the road while on way back from Drass. In the incident three persons Stanzin Gyalton son of Tsewang […]
Former prime minister Manamohan Singh has been diagnosed with dengue, but his health condition is gradually improving and he is out of danger, an AIIMS official said on Saturday. The official said the former prime minister’s “platelets are increasing and he is out of danger now”. The veteran Congress leader was admitted to AIIMS on […]
Pulwama): Unknown gunmen on Saturday abducted a civilian in Nikloora area of Litter hamlet in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that suspected militants abducted a civilian namely Shakeel Ahmad Sofi, son of Ghulam Mohammad Sofi of Nikloora Pulwama, who is shopkeeper by profession. He said that police party has rushed to the spot […]
Petrol, diesel price today: While petrol price in most of the country is already above ₹100-a-litre mark, diesel rates have crossed that level in a dozen states. Petrol and diesel prices on Saturday rallied to their highest ever levels across the country, as fuel rates were hiked again by 35 paise a litre. The price of […]
Umer Mushtaq was among top 10 most wanted militants in Police list, Was Involved in killing of two cops at Baghat: IGP Kashmir Top LeT Commander among two militants were killed in an encounter at Drangal Pampore area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told […]
MUSCAT: It’s a far cry from Lord’s, the MCG and Eden Gardens, but the modest Al Amerat Ground, 15km to the south-east of the Omani capital of Muscat, will on Sunday briefly become the beating heart of international cricket as the Twenty20 World Cup gets underway. “How often does an Associate nation get to host […]
The United States said on Friday it has offered to pay unspecified compensation to relatives of 10 people in Afghanistan including seven children who were killed by mistake in a US drone strike as American forces were completing their withdrawal. In a statement, the Pentagon also said it was working with the US State Department to relocate […]
India on Saturday recorded new 15,981 Covid-19 cases with the country witnessing a further dip of 0.60 percent in active cases. According to the Union Health Ministry’s latest data, the total Covid-19 case tally in the country has reached to 3,40,53,573 cases, while 166 more fatalities have occurred due to the virus. The total death […]
Body of a 38-year-old man was recovered near a graveyard in Zaldagar area of Srinagar on Saturday, officials said. They said that some passersby spotted the body lying on the graveyard and informed the police about it. Later a team of police reached the spot and recovered it. A police officer told GNS that deceased […]