Taliban announce ‘amnesty’, urge women to join government

Taliban announce ‘amnesty’, urge women to join government

The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government on Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across the tense capital city of Kabul that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee the Taliban rule. The comments by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s […]

Covid: India Reports 25,166 Fresh Cases, Lowest In 154 Days

Covid: India Reports 25,166 Fresh Cases, Lowest In 154 Days

India reported 25,166 new Covid-19 cases and 437 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. Out of the new cases, Kerala reported 12,294 new cases, 142 deaths while Maharashtra had 4,145 new infections and 101 fatalities. Active cases in the country have come down to 3.69 lakh. The […]

Role of volunteers

Role of volunteers

Recently the government has created a lot of youth clubs and has decided to provide necessary training to the youth volunteers so that they can play their part to bring the youth on the right path in Jammu and Kashmir. LG Manoj Sinha recently while interacting with these volunteers said that they have a huge […]

Media men thrashed while covering Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk

Media men thrashed while covering Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk

Scores of media persons were on Tuesday allegedly thrashed by the policemen when they were performing their processional duties at Jehangir Chowk in Srinagar. Waseem Andrabi, a photojournalist, working with Hindustan Times, told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the media men were covering Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk today. However, he said […]

CRPF trooper injured in Handwara grenade attack

CRPF trooper injured in Handwara grenade attack

Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper of CRPF was injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade towards security forces in Langate area of North Kashmir’s Handwara on Monday. Confirming the incident a police officer told GNS that militants lobbed a grenade on E-07 CRPF. In this incident a CRPF trooper recieved minor splinter injuries. He has been […]

China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after Kabul takeover

China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after Kabul takeover

China is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said on Monday, after the Taliban seized control of the country. Beijing has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, which spurred an advance by the hardliners across the country that saw them capture the […]

DC Srinagar urges public to strictly adhere to Covid-19 SOPs to tackle 3rd wave

DC Srinagar urges public to strictly adhere to Covid-19 SOPs to tackle 3rd wave

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad urged the general public of Srinagar district to ensure strict adherence to Covid-19 SOPs and other related guidelines laid down by the Government to contain infection of Covid-19 and to tackle any 3rd wave as predicted by Health Experts. The DC said though the […]

DDC Chairpersons, President JK Workers Party call on Lt Governor

DDC Chairpersons, President JK Workers Party call on Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Ms. Safina Baig, DDC Chairperson, Baramulla today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The DDC Chairperson apprised the Lt Governor about various developmental demands of her constituency, besides other issues of public importance. Similarly, Dr. Shamshad Shan, DDC Chairperson, Ramban met the Lt Governor and submitted a memorandum […]

Overall positivity rate comes down to 0.43%, recovery increases to 98.4%: DC Gbl

Overall positivity rate comes down to 0.43%, recovery increases to 98.4%: DC Gbl

Stresses for adherence of CAB, SOPs strictly GANDERBAL, AUGUST 16: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Krittika Jyotsna today said that overall Covid positivity rate has come down to 0.43 percent and recovery rate increases to 98.4 percent in the district. The DC said this during a routine press briefing to present an overall situation of […]