Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to “unprovoked firing” and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Rajouri and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. There was, however, no report of damage on the Indian side, the officials said. […]
Beijing:Beijing has gone on an alert mode following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring Hebei province while China has administered nine million coronavirus vaccines so far in a stepped-up nationwide drive to contain the virus. The National Health Commission (NHC) on Saturday reported 33 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, of whom 17 were […]
Washington:US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will introduce an immigration legislation “immediately” after taking office, reversing the Trump administration’s policies. Biden will taken the oath of office on January 20. “I will introduce an immigration bill immediately and have it sent to the appropriate committees to begin movement,” he told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware […]
Bhandara:Ten newborn babies died after fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of a hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, doctors said The infants were aged between a month and three months, a doctor said District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said fire broke out at the Bhandara district hospital at […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 1,04,31,639 with 18,222 new cases in a day, while 1,00,56,651 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.41 per cent on Saturday, according to Union Health Ministry data. There are 2,24,190 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which constitutes […]
Srinagar: The Cluster University Srinagar has postponed all the Integrated, Honor’s, Professional 1st Semester and B Tech 5th Semester examinations scheduled today in view of the prevailing inclement weather conditions in Kashmir. Controller Examinations at CUS, while confirming the postponement, said that fresh dates shall be notified separately. Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com
Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump was the “most incompetent” presidents in US history. Sidestepping the questions related to impeachment or removal from office in the remaining 12 days, Biden said that quickest way Trump could be removed is his inauguration on January 20. “I have been saying for now well over […]
Washington:Twitter has announced that it had permanently suspended the account of outgoing President Donald Trump due to “risk of further incitement of violence”, three days after his supporters stormed the US Capitol and five people died in the violence. The unprecedented move by the California-based social media platform comes after Trump tweeted that he would […]
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday said bird flu has been confirmed so far in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, and asked these six states to contain the disease as per the action plan. Unusual mortality of 16 birds has also been reported at DDA park Hastsal Village in the national […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said merger of the Jammu and Kashmir cadre of IAS and IPS officers into the AGMUT cadre would further the process of total integration of the Union Territory with the rest of the country. The Jammu and Kashmir cadre of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service […]