COVID-19: Active cases lowest in 140 days

  COVID-19: Active cases lowest in 140 days         New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 38,353 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,20,36,511, while the active cases have declined to 3,86,351, the lowest in 140 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on […]

5,886 security personnel killed in JK since 1989: Govt

5,886 security personnel killed in JK since 1989: Govt

New Delhi: More than 5,800 security personnel have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since the inception of militancy there in 1989, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said Jammu and Kashmir has been affected by militant violence that is sponsored and supported from across the border. […]

Two arrested for militant funding in Poonch

Two arrested for militant funding in Poonch

Jammu: Two persons were arrested on the charge of militant funding in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district after Rs 25.81 lakh was recovered from them, officials said on Tuesday. On a specific information, a police team along with Army personnel raided several locations in Kanga Bhrooti village near the Line of Control on Tuesday and […]

Statehood should be restored before elections: Azad

Statehood should be restored before elections: Azad

Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday called for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood before assembly elections are held and batted for land and job rights for its residents. Speaking to reporters outside the Kheer Bhawani temple complex in Tullamulla area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, Azad said Kashmiri Pandits who left […]

‘Have faith in the system’: SC takes exception to parallel debates over Pegasus on social media

‘Have faith in the system’: SC takes exception to parallel debates over Pegasus on social media

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to parallel debates on social media and websites by some petitioners, who have filed pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter, and said they should observe discipline. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the apex court is not […]

India urges its citizens to return from Afghanistan ‘immediately’ as violence escalates

India urges its citizens to return from Afghanistan ‘immediately’ as violence escalates

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday strongly advised all its citizens residing in Afghanistan to make immediate travel arrangements to return home before commercial air services are discontinued from the country in view of massive spike in violence. In a fresh advisory, the Indian embassy in Kabul also advised the Indian companies operating in Afghanistan to […]