Udhampur/Jammu: Two persons were killed and 37 injured when a bus carrying a marriage party skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday, official sources said. The bus, which was on its way from Ramnagar to Chhitredi village, met with an accident near the village, they […]
Jammu: An army porter was injured in a mine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The blast occurred in Dallan sector, leaving Tanveer Hussain injured, they said. He was admitted to the military hospital at Poonch for treatment, they said. —PTI Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com
Jammu: A soldier who was injured in an accidental firing during a training exercise in Poonch district succumbed to his injuries, officials said on Thursday. The soldier was identified as Sepoy Rishkesh Choubey of the Army’s Mahar Regiment, they said. Choubey was among two soldiers who suffered splinter injuries during a training exercise at the […]
Jammu: Terming the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) an expired injection, BJP’s national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday claimed that the National Conference, PDP and the Congress have lost credibility among the people of Jammu and Kashmir. He said the questioning of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Talib Hussain Shah is underway to remove the […]
Jammu: Police assisted by paramilitary forces on Wednesday conducted a search operation in a locality here besides a vast area along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. However, no one was arrested during the separate operations, the officials said. They said a joint team of police and CRPF cordoned […]
LONDON: Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as Prime Minister and leader of Britain’s Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal-hit government. “It is clearly the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and […]
Beijing: As External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Bali on Thursday, China said the situation at the border is “stable” and both the countries have the capability and willingness to safeguard peace and stability in the border areas. Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with his Chinese counterpart […]
Geneva: The World Health Organisation on Thursday reported a 77 per cent weekly increase in the number of lab-confirmed monkeypox cases, to more than 6,000 worldwide, and two more deaths in parts of Africa where the virus has circulated for years. Most of the cases were reported in Europe and Africa. The UN health agency […]
A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the WHO sub-regions […]
KYIV: Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in Ukraine as the Russian military attempts to reassemble its forces for a renewed assault. On Wednesday, Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial gains in Ukraine “for the first time in 133 days of war,” according to the Institute for the Study […]