Kupwara,: Body of a mentally unsound non-local woman was recovered in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday morning. Reports said that the woman used to wander around in Kupwara district for last 7-8 years and her body was found near Regipora Bridge in the district. Meanwhile, a police officer told GNS said that the […]
Srinagar: Many parts of Kashmir, including Srinagar, received fresh snowfall on Saturday, the third time this month, even as the minimum temperatures across the Valley increased due to an overcast sky, officials said. Earlier, Kashmir had received heavy snowfall for over four days from January 3 and moderate snowfall on January 9. The famous ski-resort […]
London: Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK towards the end of last year may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Based on preliminary data briefing by scientists at the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG), Johnson admitted that it would seem the new […]
Washington: The Biden administration has said it will review the US-Taliban deal to assess whether the militant group is reducing violence in keeping with its side of the agreement in the Afghan peace accord. During a telephonic conversation with his Afghan counterpart Hamdullah Mohib, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan underscored that the US will support […]
New Delhi: With 14,256 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 1,06,39,684 on Saturday, while 1,03,00,838 patients have recuperated so far in the country, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.81 per cent, according to the health ministry. There are 1,85,662 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country currently, which accounts for only […]
Ankara:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a further 10 million doses of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine could arrive in Turkey by this weekend. Speaking after prayers in Istanbul, Erdogan said delivery of a second batch of the vaccine had been approved by China. Turkey has so far received 3 million doses and has vaccinated […]
Srinagar: The air traffic to and fro Kashmir was affected on Saturday in the wake of snowfall in most parts of the valley, officials said. The snowfall began early in the morning and was continuing when the last reports came in. “No flight operations have taken place at the Srinagar airport so far this […]
Washington: The United State Senate has confirmed the nomination of General (retired) Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of the defence department, making him the first ever African American to occupy the top Pentagon position. The nomination was confirmed in an overwhelming 93-2 vote. Soon he was sworn in by Tom Muir, acting director of […]
New Delhi: The board of directors of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has appointed Justice Gita Mittal, former chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, as the new chairperson of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC). The BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body set up by the IBF in June 2011 to look […]
Srinagar: : A paramelatary CRPF trooper died of cardiac arrest at SMHS hospital here, officials said on Friday. They said that the trooper of 49 Batallion, Kajol Kumar Saha, was admitted to the hospital after suffering heart attack. Confirming the death, a police officer told GNS that the body of 51-year-old trooper will be […]