Pulwama encounter: Both militants surrendered, one injured shifted to hospital: Police

Pulwama encounter: Both militants surrendered, one injured shifted to hospital: Police

  Pulwama: Two militants who were trapped in an encounter at Batpora Lelhara village of Kakapora belt in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have surrendered before forces, officials said on Saturday. They said that two militants surrendered before senior officers of police and security forces along with 02 AK 47 rifles. They further added that one […]

Encounter breaks out in Kakapora, 2nd in a day in Pulwama district

Encounter breaks out in Kakapora, 2nd in a day in Pulwama district

  Pulwama: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces in Batpora Lelhara village of Kakapora belt in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific […]

76 fresh Covid-19 cases in J&K

76 fresh Covid-19 cases in J&K

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 76 fresh covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total case tally to 124373. Among the cases, officials said that 60 were from Kashmir Valley and 16 from Jammu. In all, nine districts reported no fresh case. Giving district wise details, they said, Srinagar reported 32 cases, […]

Tral encounter: Three militants killed, search on

  Awantipora: Three militants have been killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Mandoora village of Tral belt in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that three unidentified militants have been killed so far while as the search operation […]

FM tables Economic Survey 2020-21 in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the Economic Survey that details the state of the economy ahead of the government’s Budget for fiscal year beginning April 1, 2021. The Economic Survey 2020-21, authored by a team led by Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian, details the state of different sectors of the […]

Cold wave conditions intensify in Kashmir

Cold wave conditions intensify in Kashmir

  Srinagar,: Cold wave conditions intensified in Kashmir on Friday as mercury plunged by two degrees in Srinagar, while the minimum temperature elsewhere in the valley stayed mostly 10 degrees below freezing point, officials said. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 7.7 degrees Celsius plunging more than two degrees from minus 5.6 degrees Celsius the […]

COVID-19: India records 18,855 fresh cases, 163 more fatalities; recovery rate surges to 96.96 pc

COVID-19: India records 18,855 fresh cases, 163 more fatalities; recovery rate surges to 96.96 pc

New Delhi:With 18,855 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has gone up to 1,07,20,048, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,03,94,352, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.96 per cent, the health ministry said on Friday. The death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 1,54,010 […]

Any military confrontation between India, Pak would be disaster of unmitigated proportion:UN chief

Any military confrontation between India, Pak would be disaster of unmitigated proportion:UN chief

United Nations:UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is “absolutely essential” for India and Pakistan to be able to come together and seriously discuss their problems, cautioning that any military confrontation would be a “disaster of unmitigated proportions” for both countries and the whole world. “Well, what I said in the statement…is unfortunately the same […]

UN chief lauds India’s COVID-19 vaccine assistance to nations

UN chief lauds India’s COVID-19 vaccine assistance to nations

United Nations:India’s vaccine production capacity is one of the best assets the world has today, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said as he applauded India for supplying COVID-19 doses to nations around the world to combat the catastrophic global health crisis. The UN Secretary-General also expressed hope that India will have all instruments necessary to […]

Farmers stay put at UP Gate, ‘excess force’ removed

Farmers stay put at UP Gate, ‘excess force’ removed

Ghaziabad: Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union members stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway early on Friday, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site. A confrontation was building up at the UP Gate in Ghazipur even as frequent power cuts were witnessed in the evening at the protest site, where BKU […]