DC Kupwara appeals people not to lower guard against Covid pandemic
Stresses for Administration of vaccination, continue following CAB KUPWARA, AUGUST 9: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Imam Din today appealed to the people, not to lower guard against the Covid pandemic and continue following the Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB). The DC was addressing a presser in his office chamber, here today. Giving details, the DC […]
BJP Leader, His Wife From Kulgam Shot Dead In Anantnag
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead BJP leader and his wife at Lal Chowk Anantnag south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. They said the gunmen barged inside the rented accommodation of the BJP leader Ghulam Rasool Dar (Sarpanch) of Redwani Kulgam at Lal Chowk Anantnag and fired indiscriminately. Both Dar and his wife Jawahira […]
02 Newly recruit Hizb militants arrested in Kishtwar: Police
Kishtwar: Police on Monday said that it has arrested two newly recruited militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Outfit in Kishtwar district of Jammu. In a statement, the police that two youths namely Yasir Hussain son of Ghulam Rasool resident of Sounder Tehsil Dachhan District Kishtwar and Usman Qadir son of Ghulam Qadir resident of Tander Tehsil Dachhan […]
Power transmission tower in Iraq bombed
Unidentified miscreants bombed a power transmission tower in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Ministry of Electricity said in a statement. The attack on Sunday sabotaged the tower that links the areas east of the provincial capital Mosul to Mosul Dam, and led to an almost complete power outage, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement […]
Heavy downpours affect over 100,000 in China’s Sichuan
Torrential rains have affected more than 100,000 residents in China’s Sichuan province and forced the emergency evacuation of over 7,000 people, local authorities said. The heavy downpours lashed the northeastern part of Sichuan, including the cities of Bazhong, Nanchong and Dazhou, from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, flooding roads and rising water levels […]
India logs over 35,000 fresh Covid cases, 447 casualties in a day
With 35,499 more people testing positive for COVID-19, India’s infection tally now stands at 3,19,69,954, while the death toll climbed to 4,28,309 with 447 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The number of active cases has declined to 4,02,188 which comprise 1.27 per cent of the total infections, and the national […]
Taliban Takes Over Three More Provincial Capitals In Afghanistan, Fifth This Week
Taliban fighters have taken over three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan following a month-long seige. On Sunday, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul and Taloqan fell into militant hands within hours of each other. The advances were the latest in a series of blows to government forces as U.S. troops complete their pullout after nearly two decades in the country. Taliban […]
Indian spot gold rate and silver price on Monday, Aug 09, 2021
The spot gold price today( ₹ 46680) is lower than this week’s average of ₹47378.6 by 1.47%. The price though was lower than yesterday’s value of ₹46690. Although global gold prices($1816.7) experienced growth of 0.18%, the spot gold price remained low in Indian market( ₹46680). Gold and other precious metals on Monday, Aug 09, 2021 Following yesterday’s trend, global spot […]
Venkaiah Naidu lauds Punjab and Haryana for providing infrastructure to sportspersons
While complimenting the Indian contingent for their “commendable performance” in the Tokyo Olympics, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday lauded Punjab and Haryana for providing right kind of infrastructure for sportspersons. “Forty per cent of the members of the Indian contingent were from Punjab and Haryana,” Naidu said, adding that “other states should emulate […]
California wildfire now second-worst in state history
The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California has grown to become the second-largest wildfire in state history, authorities said on Sunday, with three people reported missing and thousands fleeing the advancing flames. As of Sunday, the fire had destroyed 489,287 acres, authorities said, up from the previous day’s 447,723 acres. It now covers an area […]