New Delhi:India’s COVID-19 tally went past 23 lakh on Wednesday, with a single day increase of 60,963 cases, while the recoveries surged to16,39,599, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases in the country have mounted to 23,29,638, while the death toll climbed to 46,091with 834 new fatalities being reported in a […]
Pulwama: A soldier was killed in a gunfight with militants in Kamrazipora area of Pulwama during wee hours of Wednesday. An official said that one among two soldiers who received bullet injuries during exchange of fire at around 2:30 am at Kamrazipora succumbed to his injuries while the other is stable. The slain soldier has […]
New Delhi: Officials of the Union Ministry of Communications, who briefed members of a Parliamentary panel Tuesday on suspension of telecom services/internet and its impact, remained non-committal about a timeline for restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). They added that a final call on it will be taken by the home […]
On July 16, Imtiyaz Ahmad and his two cousins, who had arrived from Rajouri to find work as labourers in the Valley, rented a room in Chowgam village of Shopian. Two days later, they had lost touch with their families back home. On Monday, the families claimed the three “unidentified” men killed in an “encounter” […]
Srinagar/New Delhi: Shah Faesal, the first resident of Jammu and Kashmir who topped the civil services exam in 2009, on Tuesday said his decision to join politics last year had done more harm than benefit as his “innocuous act” of dissent was seen as an “act of treason”. A day after announcing that he was […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday that it would look into claims of three families from Rajouri about an encounter Shopian “encounter” last month after some families lodged a written complaint saying that three of their members involved in labour work were missing from the same area. The development comes on a day when […]
Even as India recorded 53,601 new infections and 871 deaths in the last 24 hours, the health ministry in its latest briefing on Tuesday said that India’s recovery rate rose to 69.8 per cent due to effective and prompt clinical management of COVID-19 cases. It also said that the deaths as a proportion of known […]
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday said the rejoinder to party’s habeas corpus petition on illegal detention of NC leaders given by the JK administration to the high court is fallacious and far from reality, saying the excuses put forth by the administration in the court of law are misleading and contemptuous. Party’s Spokesperson […]
At a time when several departments in Covid-19 pandemic discontinued its functionality across Valley, Forest Department in Ganderbal was on toes to make the district green while using multiple efforts. According to reports reaching to Kashmir News Service (KNS), around eighty thousand plants have been ensured in Zeerpora Kullan Nursery falling under Forest Division Ganderbal […]
Stresses on adherence to social distancing protocol other SOPs SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting of officers to review arrangements for the ensuing holy month of Muharram-ul- Haram. The Div Com urged people to maintain proper social distancing protocol and adherence to all Covid-19 related SOPs while […]