PM Modi chairs important meeting on Covid situation

        New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing an important meeting on the Covid situation and the vaccination drive in the country with top officials, government sources said on Saturday.       The meeting comes amid rising global concerns over a new strain of the coronavirus which the World Health Organization […]

India’s total active cases down to 1,07,019, lowest in 541 days

    New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 8,318 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,63,749, while the active cases have declined to 1,07,019, the lowest in 541 days, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 4,67,933 with 465 […]

Ladakh reports 32 fresh COVID-19 cases

    Leh: Thirty-two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall virus tally in the union territory to 21,467, officials said on Saturday.       The count of active cases stands at 243 224 in Leh and 19 in Kargil.   Ladakh has registered 213 Covid-related deaths — 155 […]

India to resume scheduled international flights from December 15

India to resume scheduled international flights from December 15

New Delhi: Scheduled international flights to and from India will be resumed from December 15, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Friday. Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, special international passenger flights have been operating since July last year under air bubble […]

Pak militant killed along LoC in Poonch: Army

Pak militant killed along LoC in Poonch: Army

Jammu: The Army has foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Poonch district and has killed a Pakistani militant, a defence spokesperson said on Friday. Alert Army troops detected the infiltration attempt along the Line of Control in a forward area of Bhimber Gali on late Thursday night, the spokesperson said. They […]

Night temp dips again in Kashmir

Night temp dips again in Kashmir

Srinagar: Cold conditions returned to Kashmir on Friday after two days of respite as the night temperature at most places in the valley settled below the freezing point, officials said. Kokernag town in south Kashmir was the only recorded place where the minimum temperature stayed above the freezing point. Srinagar recorded a low of minus […]

Rambagh encounter: Downtown continues to remain shut, mobile internet remains suspended

Rambagh encounter: Downtown continues to remain shut, mobile internet remains suspended

Srinagar: Majority of the shops and business establishments in downtown Srinagar were shut on the second consecutive day on Friday while mobile internet remained suspended in many parts of the city following the killing of three militants, officials said. The shutdown was observed mainly in interior areas such as Nowhatta, Gojwara, Khanyar, Safakadal, Nawakadal, Rajouri […]

Farmers in hundreds descend at Delhi-UP border on protest anniversary

Ghaziabad: Hundreds of farmers in tractors started arriving at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as Friday marked one year of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the central laws. Many of them brought along vegetables, sacks of flour and lentils, spices and cooking oil on their tractor-trollies, saying they have come prepared for a long […]