A residential house on Monday partially damaged in Border town area of Tangdar in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy gunfire in the area. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that a house owned by Abdul Hamid Mir of Kawarpora got partially damaged after armies from both […]
In wake of spike in admission cases of Covid-19 patients in Valley, Department of Hospital Administration, SKIMS, Soura ordered patients admitted in Sarai-II to immediately vacate rooms. An order issued to Security Officer SKIMS reads, “In view of administrative emergency and shifting of Covid-19 patients to Sarai-II, you are advised to direct the patients/attendants staying […]
Confirmed coronavirus cases crossed 13 million worldwide and resulted in 5.72 lakh deaths so far. While Hong Kong tightened restrictions to contain a resurgence in virus cases, Queensland imposed compulsory quarantine for anyone entering the Australian state from “hotspots” in neighboring New South Wales. Hong Kong also introduced a fine of $645 for anyone refusing […]
Election to the post of the Srinagar Mayor has been deferred by two days to July 16 even as the Congress is yet to take a call over which candidate to support. Former Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran and former Mayor Junaid Mattu will be contesting the election that was earlier scheduled for July 14. While […]
It’s been five years since Jermaine Blackwood featured in a T20 match, and three years since he enlisted his name in a Caribbean Premier League auction. Yet, when you watch him tee away in Test cricket, striking sweetly and cleanly, straight off a bygone Caribbean batting canon, you must have presumed that he’s already a […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against 17 Islamic State suspects who had allegedly formed a terror group named Al-Hind to carry “out terrorist attacks in South India, especially in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and for establishing Islamic Khilafat in India”. Among those chargesheeted is Khaja Mohideen, who is one of […]
Srinagar: A 22-year-old youth died while another sustained injuries after they received an electric shock in Kuloosa area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting an unnamed official reported that Irfan Ahmad Hajam, son of Gulam Rasool of Kaloosa received an electric shock when he […]
The United States has the biggest COVID-19 testing programme in the world, better than big countries like Russia, China, India and Brazil, President Donald Trump said on Monday, asserting that America has “just about the lowest mortality rate” due to the disease in the world. “We have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere,” Trump […]
Gangster Vikas Dubey, who was killed in an encounter on July 10, earned Rs 1 crore a month, Hindustan Times’ sister publication Hindustan reported quoting Enforcement Directorate officials. Dubey, however, led a simple life – he was a teetotaller and didn’t like splurging on a lavish lifestyle. So, it is becoming difficult for the ED […]
XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh will hold talks Tuesday with South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin on the next phase of disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. This will be the fourth round of discussions between the two Corps Commanders to resolve the standoff which started early May. […]