With 22,771 people testing positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 3,94,226 and one patient has migrated. […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into the 2011 cricket World Cup final, saying they found no evidence of match-fixing by players to let their Indian opponents win. Former chief selector Aravinda de Silva, and the team’s skipper Kumar Sangakkara and opening batsman Upul Tharanga were questioned this week over suspicions […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday recovered a headless body from river Jhelum near Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that the remains were also without legs and right-hand and some passerby first spotted it who subsequently alerted the police. Confirming the recovery of the body, Station House Officer Muneeb-ul-Islam […]
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A local news gathering agency, Global News Service (GNS) quoting unnamed official reported that in an ongoing firefight one unidentified militant has been killed so far. Pertinently, 120 militants have been killed so far this year in […]
With the border standoff with China in its ninth week, Ladakh, a rugged, high-altitude region that is generally far removed from the lives and imagination of most Indians, has become part of their daily conversations and worries. A short primer on the region, its history, and some of the places where Indian soldiers are locked in […]
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised everyone when he landed up at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee airport at Leh to be briefed about operational preparedness of the Indian military against the aggressive Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane, Modi’s first stop was the […]
The death toll due to the Novel Coronavirus has mounted to 125 in Jammu and Kashmir as four more patients died on Saturday due to the virus in the Union Territory, officials said. The four deceased patients include 65-year-old man from Handwara, 75-year-old man from Dailgam and 55-year-old man from Tangmarg Baramulla and 65-year-old man […]
Amid the stand-off along the border with China, Power Minister R K Singh Friday said India would not import power equipment from its northern neighbour. Addressing his counterparts from other states over a video conference, Singh said, “This is something we cannot tolerate that a country will transgress into our territory… we will not take anything […]
Commissioner Secretary, General Administration and Industries & Commerce Departments, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi today convened a series of meetings of GAD and I&C Departments here today and reviewed their functioning. Mr. Dwivedi advised the officers to accord top priority to the service delivery by their respective offices. He underscored the need for expediting and fast tracking […]
30 patients were discharged from SKIMS Bemina Hospital today after recuperating from COVID-19 and successfully testing negative prior to discharging. With this the total figure of recovered patients has raised to 529 out of 640 COVID-19 positive patients admitted till date from April 2020, taking the overall recovery rate to 82.6 percent. The admitted patients […]