Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Monday said that three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants came from the orchards and targeted a joint naka party of police and CRPF at Kreeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district resulting the killing of two CRPF men and a special police officer (SPO). “After checking the statements of eye-witnesses […]
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 26,47,663 on Monday with a single-day spike of 57,981 infections, while the death toll crossed the 50,000 mark with 941 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The recoveries surged to 19,19,842, pushing the recovery rate to 72.51 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. The […]
Srinagar: Dead body of a 50-year-old man was found near GB Pant Hospital on Monday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unnamed police officer told GNS said that locals spotted the body near the hospital and accordingly contacted concerned police station. Later, a police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit the right chord with India by standing up to China and never intervening in the Kashmir issue, officials of his presidential campaign have asserted. Seeking re-election for a second consecutive term, Trump, 74, is pitted against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, in the November 3 presidential elections. […]
Srinagar: Government forces recovered an IED in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district late night on Sunday. A senior police officer said that the IED was planted by militants under a bridge near Tujan village in Pulwama district. The bridge connects Tujan and Dalwan villages, the officer said. By the timely recovery of the IED, a major […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was looking to ban other Chinese-owned companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba in the United States, days after signing an executive order targetting TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, Fox News reported. The development came after Trump issued an executive order on August 14, requiring ByteDance to divest its interests in video-sharing app […]
Two CRPF personnel succumbed to their injuries after they were injured during a shootout in Kreeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla. A senior police officer told GNS that one SPO and two CRPF were killed during exchange of firing with militants at Naka in Kreeri. Till this report was being filed more reinforcement was brought […]
Covid-19 vaccines being developed by UK’s Oxford-AstraZeneca and United States’s Moderna-NIAID are the top candidates India is looking at for possible acquisition discussions, senior government officials aware of the country’s vaccine strategy said, adding that a group of experts spearheading the process will hold a crucial meeting on Monday with the heads of pharma firms […]
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology will look into the report in The Wall Street Journal that Facebook’s top public policy executive in India, citing business reasons, didn’t apply “hate-speech rules” to at least four individuals and groups linked with the BJP who were “flagged internally for promoting or participating in violence”. “I will certainly look into the issue […]
A Special Police Office was killed, and two Central Reserve Police Force troopers were injured after suspected militants on Monday morning attacked joint Naka party in Kreeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unnamed senior police officer told GNS that militants fired upon the Naka […]