US engaged in strategic competition with China: WH

US engaged in strategic competition with China: WH

Washington:The Biden Administration sees the US as engaged in a strategic competition with China and technology is a central domain of it, the White House has said. “This administration sees the United States as engaged in strategic competition with China, and technology is a central domain of that competition,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki […]

Three LeT associates held in Bandipora

Three LeT associates held in Bandipora

  Srinagar: Government forces have arrested three militant associates of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday. Acting on specific input, government forces apprehended three militant associates linked with LeT in the Rakhi Hajin area of the north Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. He identified them as […]

4G mobile internet being restored in entire Jammu & Kashmir

4G mobile internet being restored in entire Jammu & Kashmir

  Srinagar: After a wait of all but two years finally 4G internet services are going to be restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Government spokesperson Rohit Kansal tweets that” 4G internet services being restored in entire Jammu and Kashmir” As per official, the committee has decided that the restoration of 4G internet in the entire […]

66 new COVID-19 cases in J&K

66 new COVID-19 cases in J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 66 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 124785 Of the cases reported today, 51 were reported in Kashmir while Jammu division reported 15 infections. Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com

JeM over-ground worker held at Delhi airport

JeM over-ground worker held at Delhi airport

Srinagar: A top over-ground worker (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit was on Friday arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, police said. Munib Sofi, a resident of Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, was arrested by a police party from Kulgam district, the police said on Twitter. Sofi was working for […]

SC grants interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in case lodged in MP

New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in a case lodged at Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.   A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman also issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh Government on Munawar’s plea challenging the high court order refusing to […]

RBI maintains status quo for fourth time in a row; keeps key rate static at 4%

Mumbai: The RBI on Friday decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained an accommodative stance, implying rate cuts in future if need arises to support the economy hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to leave the repo rate unchanged at […]

COVID-19: India records 12,408 new cases

COVID-19: India records 12,408 new cases

  New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 1.08 crore with 12,408 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The total cases mounted to 1,08,02,591, while the death toll increased to 1,54,823 with 120 daily […]

US virus deaths surpass 450K; daily toll is stubbornly high

Washington:Coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 450,000 on Thursday, and daily deaths remain stubbornly high at more than 3,000 a day, despite falling infections and the arrival of multiple vaccines. Infectious disease specialists expect deaths to start dropping soon, after new cases hit a peak right around the beginning of the year. New COVID-19 […]

Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany

Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany

Washington: President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of US troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun. Speaking at the State Department on Thursday, Biden said the troop pullout would be halted until Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin does a review of America’s troops […]