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 […]
J&K conducts over 2,500 tests in a day
Thirty five persons tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, taking the total caseload in the UT to 701. The testing has been amplified as 2,578 tests were conducted today. “Finally, J&K breaks the 2,000 tests-a-day barrier. Over 2,500 tests conducted in a day. New positives – 35; Recoveries – 33. Total […]
10 CRPF troopers injured as vehicle turns turtle in Beerwah
Srinagar, May 4 (GNS): Ten Paramilitary troopers were injured in a road mishap at Beerwah in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. Reports reaching GNS said that today in the morning a vehicle EACHER of CRPF 159 Bn deployed to Rathsun Beerwah from police station Beerwah. “On reaching near Ohangam village the vehicle turned turtle […]
Handwara gunfight: Local among two slain militants, say officials
Srinagar: The two militants killed in an encounter with a joint team of army and police in Kupwara district on Sunday have been identified and one of them includes a local resident of Handwara, officials said on Sunday. A senior police officer told that slain duo includes Asif Reshi son of Mohammad Sultan Reshi of Gund […]
Ladakh’s BJP president resigns against “failure Of UT admin”
Srinagar: President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Union Territory of Ladakh, Cherring Dorjay Lakruk resigned from his political position and from primary membership of BJP “in protest against utter failure of UT administration Ladakh in evacuating passengers, patients, pilgrims, and students stranded at different places throughout India.” In a press release issued by Lakruk, he adds that […]