Wedding Causes Biggest COVID-19 Infection Chain In Bihar; Groom Dies, Over 100 Test Positive
A wedding ceremony in rural Patna a fortnight ago where the groom was running high fever, two days before he died and his body cremated without being tested for COVID-19, appears to have set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar so far, health department officials said on Tuesday. More than 100 people have tested […]
Assessment of regional coaches begins today
KARACHI: As a major step forward in implementing the set of reforms at the domestic level, the evaluation process of coaches in all the six regions will start from Wednesday (today). As per the information available to this correspondent, a panel which includes Grant Bradburn, the newly appointed head of high-performance coaching, and Saqlain Mushtaq, […]
UN blames Afghan forces for deadly market shelling
KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday blamed Afghan forces for firing mortar shells that struck a busy market in a southern province, killing at least 23 civilians. The Monday morning explosions came as the Taliban and the Afghan government are expected to launch much delayed peace talks aimed at ending the country’s […]
COVID-19: Kashmir records three more deaths, J-K tally 104
Srinagar: Three more COVID-19 positive patients died in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Wednesday. These deaths take the fatality count due to the COVID-19 to 104 in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Salim Tak, Medical Superintendent Chest Disease (CD) hospital, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 patients here, told a local […]
LAC de-escalation talks stretch, Army prepares for the long haul
Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin to discuss a roadmap for de-escalation and disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control continued well into the night Tuesday at the Chushul border point. The meeting, the third between the two commanders who first met on June 6, started around 11 am at Chushul – the meetings on […]
Militants attack CRPF party in J&K’s Sopore: One CRPF man, Civilian killed, 3-year-old boy rescued
A CRPF man and a father of a three-year-old baby were killed while three CRPF men received bullet injuries after militants attacked CRPF patrolling party in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The condition of three injured CRPF men is stated as critical. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that at 8:45 am, […]
Gunfight starts in South Kashmir’s Tral
Srinagar: Gunfight breaks out between militants and government forces in Brintal area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. According to the reports reaching GNS, a joint team of Police, Army’s 42 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation Brintal. As the joint team encircled the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them. […]