A woman died due to electrocution in Damjan area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday afternoon. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Rubeena Akhter (37) wife of Zahoor Ahmad received an electric shock when she came in contact with a live wire. “She was boiling milk on an […]
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Monday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that incidents of caste violence and hate crimes against women have become rampant in the state. Referring to the killing of a Dalit village head in Azamgarh’s Basgaon, Rahul Gandhi alleged that in UP the “jungle raj” of caste […]
The Bihar government has extended the lockdown to control the spread of Sars-Cov-2, which causes Covid-19, till September 6 amid the rising number of cases in the state, according to a report on Monday. HT’s sister publication Hindustan said the home department issued the extension order after a high-level meeting. The order issued on July […]
Chairman People’s Democratic Front ( PDF) Hakeem Yaseen has strongly condemned the blasphemy act to hurt religious sentiments of a particular community in Arnas area of district Reasi . He has appealed to the people to maintain peace and communal harmony at any cost. He has also sought stern punishment to those found involved in […]
Residents of Batpora, Langate in north Kashmir’s Handwara on Monday complained that the area is without potable drinking water from last four months and the concern department is watching as mute spectator. The residents told Kashmir News Service that they are being forced to fetch the water from nearby streams which poses them threat of […]
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking postponement of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), scheduled to be held in September 2020. It said the postponement will put students’ career in peril. Dismissing the petition, the apex court said it has taken note of assurance by the authorities that […]
Senior diplomats of India and Nepal on Monday held a virtual meeting to review the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects being implemented in the Himalayan nation. The meeting came days after Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to greet him on India’s 74th Independence Day, in […]
WASHINGTON: The historian who has correctly predicted every US presidential election since 1984 has made his pick for 2020: Joe Biden. Professor Allan Lichtman, a Harvard scholar who teaches history at the American University, Washington, was among a handful of US scholars who predicted President Donald Trump’s surprise victory in 2016. The Covid-19 pandemic, which […]
SOUTHAMPTON: Wasim Akram has insisted England ‘owe’ Pakistan for proceeding with their ongoing tour amid the coronavirus pandemic as he urged the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) officials to honour a planned returned visit in 2022. England have not visited Pakistan since 2005-06. An attack by armed militants on Sri Lanka’s team bus in […]
Another militant killed in an ongoing gunfight that broke out between the government forces and militants in Kreeri village of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The gunfight raged after the government forces launched a search operation to track down militants, who attacked a forces’ checkpoint […]