India backs 62-nation coalition that wants probe into Covid-19 origin, WHO response

India backs 62-nation coalition that wants probe into Covid-19 origin, WHO response

India has backed calls to identify how the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 was transmitted from animals to humans and conduct an ‘impartial’ evaluation of the World Health Organisation’s response to the pandemic, according to a draft resolution proposed for the WHO’s annual meet beginning tomorrow. New Delhi’s decision to sign off on the push for […]

AAC pays tribute to its founder Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq

AAC pays tribute to its founder Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq

Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC) paid glorious tributes to its founder, the distinguished religious scholar and preacher and illustrious political leader Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq (RA) on his 30th martyrdom anniversary, as well as the 21st May martyrs of hawal , mourners who weee carrying his dead body. It also paid rich tributes […]

Army jawan, two militants killed in encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir

Army jawan, two militants killed in encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir

An Army jawan and two militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight in a village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. The encounter started when security forces launched a joint operation in Posta-Potra village in Gundana area, 26 km from Doda town, following information about presence of some militants, the officials […]

COVID-19: Kunzer town in North Kashmir declared red zone after one shopkeeper tests positive

COVID-19: Kunzer town in North Kashmir declared red zone after one shopkeeper tests positive

Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday declared Kunzer town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla District as red zone after a shopkeeper tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Reports reaching said that all entry and exit points leading to main Kunzer areas were sealed after a case of COVID-19 person was reported. However, a health official told that samples will […]

Lockdown 4.0 Guidelines LIVE Updates: Maharashtra extends lockdown till May 31

Lockdown 4.0 Guidelines LIVE Updates: Maharashtra extends lockdown till May 31

Lockdown 4.0 Guidelines & Rules, Coronavirus India Lockdown Extension LIVE Updates: With the government expected to announce new guidelines for the next phase of lockdown today, Maharashtra has joined Punjab and Mizoram to extend the lockdown till May 31. Telangana has already extended it till May 29. The nationwide lockdown was first imposed for 21 days starting March […]

Sunday starts with heavy shelling in Poonch sector

Sunday starts with heavy shelling in Poonch sector

By: Shayib Bhat Poonch: According to our local reporter from Poonch panic has gripped the villagers on Sunday as heavy shelling was going on between the Pakistan army and security forces. Initial reports said that cross border firing started in Degwar sector on Sunday morning and the shelling was going on till this report was […]

FM Nirmala Sitharaman LIVE updates: States can borrow 5% of GSDP; insolvency mark hiked to 1 crore

FM Nirmala Sitharaman LIVE updates: States can borrow 5% of GSDP; insolvency mark hiked to 1 crore

An increased borrowing by states, an additional allocation of Rs 40,000 crore for MNGREGA workers and the inclusion of private players in public sectors were among the seven announcements made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the last tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore COVID package on Sunday. While addressing reporters […]

Two Killed, Nine Injured in Landslide on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Two Killed, Nine Injured in Landslide on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Two person was killed, nine were rescued and four went missing on Sunday when a massive landslide hit the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in J&K’s Ramban district. A police officer said a massive landslide washed away an earth-moving machine and a truck along with their operators in Seri sector of Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district. […]