Bangladesh to lift lockdown on Wednesday

Bangladesh to lift lockdown on Wednesday

Bangladesh is all set to end its weeks-long strict lockdown imposed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday. The lifting of the lockdown will allow public and vehicular movement, while all shops and offices will also reopen, reports Xinhua news agency. Bangladesh’s Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard on Sunday. According […]

Thousands flee as wildfires engulf Greek island of Evia

Thousands flee as wildfires engulf Greek island of Evia

Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea. The blaze on Evia, a large island east of the capital, quickly burgeoned into several fronts, ripping […]

Youth Goes Missing In Bijbhera, Family Lodge Report with Police

Youth Goes Missing In Bijbhera, Family Lodge Report with Police

Anantnag: A family from Bijbhera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday lodged a missing report with police, stating that their 23-year-old son has missing since August 6, officials said. “Today one Abdul Hamid Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat of Veeri Biibehara reported in police station Bijbhera along with written application, mentioning therein […]

Taliban kill Afghan radio station manager, kidnap journalist: officials

Taliban kill Afghan radio station manager, kidnap journalist: officials

Suspected Taliban fighters killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers. Gunmen shot Toofan Omar, the station manager of Paktia Ghag radio and an officer for NAI, a rights group supporting […]

PMGSY roads

PMGSY roads

While the Jammu and Kashmir government has said that they have provided all the support and finances for the PMGSY roads in the villages, there are many such projects lingering due to the delay by the bureaucrats in clearing the problems on the ground. In a recent interaction with DDC members of Kashmir division LG […]

COVID-19: India records 35,499 new cases, 447 deaths

COVID-19: India records 35,499 new cases, 447 deaths

New Delhi:With 35,499 more people testing positive for COVID-19, India’s infection tally now stands at 3,19,69,954, while the death toll climbed to 4,28,309 with 447 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The number of active cases has declined to 4,02,188 which comprise 1.27 per cent of the total infections, and the […]