Health authorities in China’s capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus after the city reported 13 consecutive days without new cases. Despite the relaxed guidelines, a large proportion of people continued to wear masks in Beijing on Friday. Some […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hired the services of icon Mohammad Yousuf as batting coach at the National High Performance Centre (NHPC) besides also reshuffling the domestic coaches’ panel as well as bringing in new members of the national selection committee, headed by Misbah-ul-Haq. Overall, 39 new coaching appointments, including three in the […]
A video of Kreeri militant attack in Baramulla district has gone viral since last night showing militants firing on CRPF personnel during an ambush. The attack that happened some two days ago had left two CRPF personnel and a cop dead. The video shows volley of bullets being fired by militants towards the CRPF men […]
Islamic Scholars and locals of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district held a peaceful protest march after prayers against the ‘blasphemous’ remarks against our Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and demanded exemplary punishment to the accused. Reports reaching to KNS that hundreds of Islamic scholars locals and shopkeepers started march towards Main market of Oldtown from Dargah-e-allaie Masjid Shareef.the […]
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Friday due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district, leaving over 3000 vehicles stranded, officials said. The highway was blocked by a major landslide at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas on Thursday, officials said. Deputy Superintendent of […]
An army trooper shot himself dead with his service rifle along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu region, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), quoting unnamed official sources. The source informed that the trooper, Mohit Kumar, of 39 Rashtriya Rifles died on the spot after he shot himself on […]
New Delhi: The Centre’s move to bring development and healing touch to Jammu and Kashmir after bifurcating it into two Union Territories, has not improved the security situation in the Kashmr Valley. Too many locals are still joining the ranks of terrorists despite the growing number of encounters, becoming a huge concern for security forces […]
India’s COVID-19 tally zoomed past 29 lakh, a day after it crossed 28 lakh, with a single-day spike of 68,898 infections, while the recoveries have increased to 21,58,946 on Friday pushing the recovery rate to over 74 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 29,05,823, while the […]
Union health and family welfare minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spoke to Sanchita Sharma about when Covid cases will peak in India, whether Delhi and Mumbai have already crossed their peaks, a possible second wave of infections, the low fatality rate in the country, and India’s vaccine procurement plan, among other Covid-related issues. Have Covid-19 cases already peaked […]
Aslam Khan, younger brother of veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, passed away on Friday morning in Mumbai due to coronavirus-related complications, Lilavati Hospital said in a statement. The statement reads, “Aslam Khan, younger brother of Dilip Kumar, passed away early morning in Lilavati hospital under Dr Jalil Parkar due to covid19 with diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart […]