Active cases in country rise to 1,10, 133

  New Delhi:India logged 10,549 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,55,431, while the active cases rose to 1,10,133, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.   The death toll climbed to 4,67,468 with 488 fresh fatalities, including 384 in Kerala, according to the data updated […]

Doubts over authenticity of Rambagh shootout: Mehbooba

Doubts over authenticity of Rambagh shootout: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said “legitimate doubts are looming” over the authenticity of the encounter in Rambagh area of the city here in which police killed three militants. Officials had said that three militants, including a commander of The Resistance Front (TRF), wanted in the recent civilian killings in the city, were […]

Night temperature rises in Valley

Night temperature rises in Valley

Srinagar: The night temperature at most places in Kashmir stayed above the freezing point on Thursday as the residents in the valley experienced slight relief from cold conditions which had set in earlier than usual this year, officials said. Pahalgam and Gulmarg were the only two places in the valley which experienced sub-zero night temperature […]

NIA carries out searches in Al-Qaeda related case in Kashmir

NIA carries out searches in Al-Qaeda related case in Kashmir

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at five locations in Kashmir in connection with its investigation into a case related to an Al-Qaeda group’s planning to launch attacks in India, an official said. The case was initially registered in Lucknow by Uttar Pradesh’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on July 7 and […]

PaK minor held along LoC in Poonch

PaK minor held along LoC in Poonch

Jammu: A 14-year-old boy from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) was apprehended by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. Asmad Ali, a resident of Tatrinote tehsil in Rawalakot, crossed into this side of the LoC near a forward post, following which he was nabbed, they said. He […]

Pak informs India of allowing its territory to transport humanitarian wheat shipment to Afghanistan

Pak informs India of allowing its territory to transport humanitarian wheat shipment to Afghanistan

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday said it has formally informed India about its decision to allow the transportation of an Indian humanitarian shipment of 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat and life saving drugs to neighbouring Afghanistan through its territory on an “exceptional basis for humanitarian purposes”. Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday that his government […]

Responsibility for content on social media platforms, websites must be clearly defined: Union Minister

Responsibility for content on social media platforms, websites must be clearly defined: Union Minister

NEW DELHI: The responsibility for content put out on social media platforms and websites should be “clearly defined”, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The Minister further said changes in technology and internet over the last few decades requires fundamental rethink in the governance structure of the internet. “The way content is created, the […]

China’s military hardware export to Pak will affect region’s security dynamics: Navy chief

China’s military hardware export to Pak will affect region’s security dynamics: Navy chief

MUMBAI: China is exporting a lot of military hardware like ships and submarines to Pakistan and it will affect security dynamics in the region, Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Thursday. The Indian Navy has to be prepared for this development, he said, adding India is closely watching the naval cooperation between Pakistan and […]