Rupee settles 6 paise lower at 76.20 against US dollar
The rupee settled 6 paise lower at 76.20 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday as strengthening of the US currency and rising Covid-19 cases weighed on investor sentiment. Forex traders said factors like strengthening US dollar, rising coronavirus cases and border tension between India and China dragged down the local unit, while positive domestic […]
District hospital Anantnag unequipped to tackle COVID cases: JKAP
SRINAGAR, June 19: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Nazir Wani Dailgami on Friday demanded upgradation of healthcare infrastructure especially in the district hospital Anantnag in order to make it efficient to tackle COVID-19 cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Dailgami, said that a number of testing equipment in district hospital Anantnag are […]
Sri Lanka ‘sold’ 2011 World Cup final: minister
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country’s former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket’s most explosive match-fixing controversies. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was sports minister at the time, is the second senior figure to allege the final was fixed, after 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga. “I […]
NC welcomes shift from jingoism to peace
Srinagar, June 19 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has welcomed the apparent shift in the BJP’s stand from belligerence to amity and peace, discernible from the recent statements of Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, two senior Ministers in the Union Cabinet. The NC Members of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Hasnain Masoodi […]
Forest Fire Triggers Landmine Blasts Along LoC In Poonch
Jammu- A massive forest fire broke out along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district triggering some landmine blasts on Friday, sources said. There was a forest fire which spread along the LoC in the Mankote sector. Few landmines exploded due to it, they said. Forest officials and the army are working to […]
Eight militants killed in Shopian, Pulwama encounters
Shopian/ Pulwama: Eight militants were killed in two separate encounters in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts in the past 24 hours. The slain include two militants who had taken refuge inside a mosque in Meej area of Pampore in Pulwama district. The gunfights broke out yesterday with police confirming a militant killing in each […]
Three Days After The Galwan Clash, China Set Free 10 Soldiers
SRINAGAR: Chinese army has set free 10 soldiers on Thursday evening after the two sides reached an agreement, The Hindu reported. Those set free after three days of detention included a lieutenant Colonel and three Major rank officers. “A security source told The Hindu that all 10 persons were released around 5 p.m. after an […]
This is how govt plans to trim Class 10, 12 syllabus to ease lockdown blow for students
New Delhi: The proposed syllabus cuts for Class 10 and 12 students, to make up for missed classes due to the Covid-19 lockdown, will not result in the deletion of entire chapters, ThePrint has learnt. Instead, the experts tasked with the exercise have been asked to trim the syllabus by eliminating repetitions in themes and topics, government […]
Shopian Gunfight: Four militants killed, operation on
Shopian, June 19 (KNO): One more militant was killed in a gunfight that broke out on Thursday in Bandpawa area of Chitragam Tehsil in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official told News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that one more militant was killed in the gunfight. With this killing, the death toll of the militants in […]
2 militants hiding in mosque killed in Pampore using ‘teargas only’; toll 3
Srinagar, June 19 (GNS): Two militants who had taken shelter inside a mosque have been killed at Meej Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Friday. “Two (militants) hiding in the mosque have also been neutralised by the operation party. With this, all three (militants) trapped at Meez Pampore are neutralized,” Director […]