COVID-19: India records single day rise of over 38K new infections, 448 more deaths

COVID-19: India records single day rise of over 38K new infections, 448 more deaths

New Delhi:  India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,91,730 with 38,073 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 79,59,406 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.64 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to […]

Trump accuses FDA and Pfizer of withholding COVID-19 vaccine announcement before elections

Trump accuses FDA and Pfizer of withholding COVID-19 vaccine announcement before elections

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday accused the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Pfizer of withholding the announcement on COVID-19 vaccine before elections to prevent him from getting a “vaccine win”. The US Food and Drug Administration “and the Democrats didn’t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election, […]

LG for accountable, transparent governance

LG for accountable, transparent governance

Receives guard of honour at opening of Darbar offices in Jammu Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said good governance should be the touchstone of the administrative processes at all levels in Jammu and Kashmir. As the Darbar Move’ offices resumed their functioning in the winter capital, Sinha on Monday visited the civil secretariat […]

Mehbooba blames BJP for growing militancy

Mehbooba blames BJP for growing militancy

Jammu: PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday batted for dialogue with Pakistan and the stakeholders within J&K and opening of cross-border roads to bring the divided parts together can bring peace and everlasting solution to the problem. She advised the BJP to take a leaf out of former Prime Minister A […]

Clarify stand on ‘disputed’ area before holding polls: Govt to Bar Association

Srinagar: The administration on Monday issued three notices to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association asking it to clarify its position on terming Kashmir a disputed territory and prohibiting it from holding elections, besides imposing prohibitory orders in premises of the district court complex. Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Choudhury issued the notices […]

Army officer found dead under mysterious circumstances in Rajouri

Army officer found dead under mysterious circumstances in Rajouri

Jammu: An Army officer of Major-rank was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Rashtriya Rifles camp in Rajouri district on Monday morning, police said. The body was found at the camp in the Thanamandi belt of the district and brought to the knowledge of the police, they said. Senior Army and police officers rushed […]

Justify denial of information; don’t merely cite exemption clause: CIC to CBI

Justify denial of information; don’t merely cite exemption clause: CIC to CBI

NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the CBI to provide a justification for denial of information on the ground that the disclosure might impede an ongoing investigation or the prosecution of an accused and not merely cite the relevant clause in its RTI response. Information Commissioner Vanaja N Sarna directed the Central […]

India records 45,903 new COVID-19 cases, 490 more deaths

India records 45,903 new COVID-19 cases, 490 more deaths

NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,53,657 with 45,903 new infections being reported, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 79 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.56 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday The death toll from the disease climbed to […]

Shame we couldn’t make IPL final but boys can be proud: Williamson

Abu Dhabi: It’s a “shame” that Sunrisers Hyderabad could not make the IPL final, feels top batsman Kane Williamson but asserted that the side can take pride in its remarkable fightback to make the play-offs after the early struggle in the tournament. Williamson’s counter-attacking 67 went in vain as Delhi Capitals made it to their […]

HC refuses interim bail to Arnab, asks him to move lower court

HC refuses interim bail to Arnab, asks him to move lower court

Mumbai:The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant interim bail to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and two others in a 2018 case of abetment of suicide of an interior designer. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik while rejecting the interim bail pleas of Goswami and the two […]