Srinagar: Normal life was affected in Kashmir on Thursday due to a shutdown to mark the 37th death anniversary of JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on this day in 1984, officials said. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar, the […]
New Delhi: India and China have reached an agreement on disengagement of troops from the north and south banks of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha today. Under the agreement, Singh said both sides will cease their forward deployments in a phased, coordinated and verified manner in […]
New Delhi : India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,08,71,294 with 12,923 fresh cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,05,73,372, the health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll in the country due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,55,360 with 108 more people succumbing to […]
Kangan: : Body of a minor boy, who was missing from his home fron Rezan Gunda area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district since yesterday, was recovered from Nallah Sindh on Thursday morning. Police official told Kashmir Reader that soon after the boy went missing from his home, a team of police and local launched […]
Washington : US President Joe Biden has expressed his fundamental concerns about China’s coercive and unfair economic practices, its crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang and increasingly assertive actions in the region, as he spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time since taking office. The phone call between […]
Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced a series of sanctions on the military leaders of Myanmar in response to their recent action to overthrow a democratically elected leadership in a coup. “Today I’m announcing a series of actions that we’re taking to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup. The US government […]
Washington:The Pentagon has established a task force to provide recommendations in the next few months to address the challenge posed by China, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday. “The task force will work quickly, drawing on civilian and military experts across the Department, to provide, within the next few months, recommendations to (Defense) Secretary (Lloyd) […]
Washington:The United States on Wednesday said that there is no change in its policy on Jammu and Kashmir. “I want to be very clear there has been no change in US policy in the region,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in view of a tweet from the South and Central Asia Bureau of […]
Bandipora: Chief Education Officer (CEO) Bandipora Wednesday suspended ten teachers of Gurez, Hajin and Bandipora zone for failing to verify the applications of students on National Scholarship portal. The order issued by CEO mentioned that teachers haven’t taken the communications seriously. The teachers of various zones have failed to verify the applications of students […]
Wellington: A powerful undersea earthquake struck north of New Zealand on Wednesday evening, prompting tsunami warnings in parts of the region. The US Geological Agency said the magnitude 7.7 quake was centered at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) southeast of the Loyalty Islands. The shaking was not expected to cause significant damage or […]