KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Thursday pulled out of Hajj over coronavirus fears days after neighbouring Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation, also withdrew. Millions travel from around the world to Saudi Arabia every year to perform the haj, a ritual that every Muslim must do once in their lives if able. The virus pandemic, which […]
Srinagar, June 12 (KNS): Authorities at JNLM hospital Srinagar on Friday said that sixty eight Covid 19 patients were discharged from the hospital after completely recovering from the virus. Reports reached to Kashmir News Service said that 68 covid 19 patients were discharged from the hospital which include four new born babies. Nodal officer JNLM […]
By: Shayib Bhat SRINAGAR: Police on Friday afternoon confirmed that a local lady in the front line area of Uri was killed due to heavy Pak shelling. Locals told this reporter that the shelling was so heavy that many families have fled from front line villages. Locals have identified the killed lady Akhtar Begum of […]
New Delhi- India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom in terms of coronavirus cases to become the fourth worst-hit country with a caseload of 2,97, 205, according to the Worldometer. India has registered over 9,500 cases for the seventh day in a row, while the one-day casualty figure crossed the 300-mark for the first time […]
Srinagar: Indian and Pakistan armies on Friday exchanged heavy gunfire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said reports said. They said there was heavy gunfire and exchange of mortar shells in Hajipeer sector along the LoC.Several shells landed in Nambla, Saidpora,Thajal, Silikote and adjoining villages, they […]
In this current month of June 2020, there have been frequent hailstorms in many parts of Kashmir valley ranging from North Kashmir to South Kashmir. In such a situation, with people being at the receiving end with no business horticulture sector has been hit again by the hailstorms and they have demanded survey and compensation. […]
Amid the diplomatic tensions between India and Nepal, Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF) has opened fire on Indian citizens along the border in Sitamadi district of Bihar. In the firing incident, five Indian citizens were injured, while one succumbed, reported Jagran. In the firing, a 25-year-old man, Vikesh Kumar, who was a resident of Pipra Parsain, […]
Srinagar, June 12 (GNS): A 65-year-old man Rajouri on Friday became the 53rd person to succumb to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources told GNS that sexagenarian died at Government Medical College Jammu, ten days after he tested positive of the pathogen. Medical Superintendent JMC Dr Dara Singh told GNS the man had […]
The benchmark equity market indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened over 3 per cent lower on Friday tracking losses in the global markets. At 9:15 am, the S&P BSE Sensex down 1,101.68 points (3.28 per cent) at 32,436.69, while the broader Nifty 50 was at 9,544.95, down 357.05 points (3.61 per […]
As India and China discuss the process of lowering tensions along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, Indian Army sources Thursday said both countries had moved troops forward from their usual positions across the entire length of the Sino-Indian boundary at the height of the faceoff in May. Army sources said the troop movement, not similar to […]