10 CRPF men injured after vehicle turns turtle in Beerwah
Budgam, May 04 (KNS) At least 10 CRPF men recieve minor injuries in a road mishap at Ohangam area of Beerwah in central Kashmir’s Budgam District on Monday. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a CRPF vehicle of 159 BN deployed to Rathson Beerwah from Police station Beerwah were on way and after reaching Ohangam […]
Entire Kashmir Valley, 3 Jammu Districts Declared As Coronavirus Red Zones
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has declared the entire Kashmir valley and three districts of the Jammu region as “red zone” based on an overall assessment of the coronavirus situation and expected movement of stranded persons to the union territory. The classification of districts was given in an order issued by Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on […]
3 CRPF men killed in militant attack in Handwara
Srinagar, May 04 (KNS)At least three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed in a militant attack in Wangam Area of Kralgund Qaziabad on Monday evening, officials Source said. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said militants attacked a CRPF in which several jawans were injured, who were immediately shifted to hospital. “A CRPF […]
Centre Opposes 4G In J&K For Now, Cites Handwara Encounter In Top Court
New Delhi: The demand to increase cellphone internet speed in Jammu and Kashmir to 4G was opposed by the Centre, citing increased terror activity. “National security is paramount,” the government told the Supreme Court today, contending that protection of the lives of the entirety of the population takes precedence. “Terrorists are being pushed into the […]
Heavy cross-LoC shelling at multiple locations in J-K
Srinagar: Heavy cross Line of Control shelling started on Sunday evening along Line of Control (LoC) in three sectors of Rajouri and Mendhar. Officials told that in Tarkundi, Balakote and Manjakote sectors of Line of Control, ceasefire violation started on Sunday evening at around 09:30 PM, adding that heavy shelling is going on in the area. […]
Civil secretariat re-opens amid lockdown in Kashmir
Srinagar: Amid lockdown over COVID-19, Jammu and Kashmir’s highest seat of power –the civil secretariat opened here partially on Monday after a gap of six months. All the employees who turned up on the opening day of civil secretariat walked through sanitisation tunnels installed by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation. “We have installed four sanitisation tunnels in […]
Navy is tracking China & Pakistan’s activities amid pandemic, Covid has no impact on ops
New Delhi: The Indian Navy is closely tracking the naval activities of China and Pakistan in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had no impact on the force’s operational capability, a top naval officer has said. In an interview to ThePrint Sunday, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) Vice Admiral […]
US will have coronavirus vaccine by end of year, says Trump
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year. “We are very confident that we’re going to have a vaccine at the end of the year, by the end of the year,” Trump said in a Fox News “town hall” show broadcast from the […]
Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 3.5 million: Report
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with three quarters of them in Europe and the United States, an AFP tally based on official sources showed. At least 3,500,517 infections and 246,893 deaths have been recorded globally. Europe is the continent most affected with more than 1.5 million cases and […]
PM Modi to take part in NAM meeting on Covid-19 today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the virtual summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Monday, for the first time since taking the helm of affairs in India, to discuss ways to fight the coronavirus pandemic together. Reports said the meeting will take place at around 4.30pm India time and will also be attended […]