Pakistan is the only member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) that hasn’t contributed to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund for the grouping that has already received commitments worth $18.8 million. The fund, created with an initial contribution of $10 million from India, was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video […]
New Delhi: Two CRPF personnel were killed on Tuesday after an exchange of firing following a scuffle at Dal Lake here, officials said. The scuffle broke out between the jawans over some issue at the place of their posting at a hotel at Dal lake in the city, they said, adding the the exchange of firing […]
US President Donald Trump has defended the Asian Americans, calling them “amazing people”, following the increasing attack on the community after his use of the term “Chinese virus” for the deadly coronavirus. Last week, President Trump said that China is responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus and called the COVID-19 as the “Chinese Virus”. He […]
In his first remarks after his release from detention after seven months, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asked the government to restore mobile data connectivity in the state so that the people could be made aware of the precautions to be taken to avoid coronavirus disease. Abdullah, who turned […]
Srinagar: A 50-year-old man was found dead under mysterious conditions on Tuesday in Noorbagh area of Srinagar, officials said. A man identified as Bashir Ahmad Pakhtoon, son of Ghulam Muhammad Pakhtoon was found dead under mysterious conditions today. Officials said that body of Pakhtoon, who is Auto Driver by profession, was taken to Police Control […]
Srinagar: In the light of Islamic teachings and as is a precedent in Islamic history during such times , Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar has appealed people to offer prayers at home amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The Anjuman has already suspended all congregational prayers at Jama Masjid Srinagar for the time being In a statement, […]
Srinagar:Soon after his release from nearly eight months of detention, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called for the release of all detained people within and outside Jammu and Kashmir and appealed for the restoration of high-speed mobile internet services. “The politics and situation of this state, what happened on August 5 (last […]
Debit card holders will no longer need to pay extra charges while doing a transaction at any ATM for the next three months, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. While addressing the media, she also said that there shall not be any minimum balance requirement fee (in bank accounts). Earlier, the finance minister […]
Srinagar: Abject poverty and yearning to meet her son who has been held under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Agra Central Jail has pushed Zamrooda, from Srinagar, to the point of begging. Her son, Asif Ahmad, was declared a “potential threat to peace” by the Jammu and Kashmir police and picked up during a […]
Srinagar- Two people, who had arrived from Saudi Arabia and New Delhi recently, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, official sources said. As of now, three persons have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kashmir Valley while the tally of such patients in the entire J&K has gone up to 6. Three cases were […]