18,645 fresh cases push India’s COVID-19 tally to 1,04,50,284

18,645 fresh cases push India’s COVID-19 tally to 1,04,50,284

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,04,50,284 with 18,645 infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,75,950, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Sunday. The death toll reached 1,50,999 with 201 more people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated […]

Massive power outage in Pakistan

Massive power outage in Pakistan

Islamabad: Several cities and towns in Pakistan plunged into darkness after a huge blackout, according to media reports. The outage was reported shortly before midnight on Sunday almost simultaneously in many cities, the Dawn reported. Residents of Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan, and others faced the blackout, the reports stated. Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat […]

122 new COVID-19 cases, two more fatalities in J&K

122 new COVID-19 cases, two more fatalities in J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 122 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,22,425. Out of the total cases, 1,18,422 have recovered so far. A total of 1,909 patients have died leaving a total of 2,094 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 58 […]

PDP youth leader Waheed Para granted bail by NIA court

Jammu: PDP youth president Waheed Para was on Saturday granted bail by an NIA court here after remaining in custody for one-and-a-half month in a militancy case.   Para, who recently won district development council (DDC) elections from his home town Pulwama district of south Kashmir, was produced in the NIA court, which granted him […]

Indonesian airliner loses contact on domestic flight

Indonesian airliner loses contact on domestic flight

Jakarta:A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said.   Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta at about 1:56 pm and lost contact with the control tower at […]

Wooden constructions suit Kashmir in view of seismicity: VC KU

KU’s UGC-HRDC organises special lecture for refresher course participants

Wooden constructions suit Kashmir in view of seismicity: VC KU

  Srinagar: Internationally-acclaimed earth scientist and Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Saturday urged inhabitants and policy-planners of the Himalayan region, including Kashmir, to do away with constructing heavy concrete houses and buildings to minimise casualties during earthquakes. Addressing as lead speaker a technical session of the ongoing two-week refresher course in […]

30-year-old Bandipora youth dies of cardiac arrest

30-year-old Bandipora youth dies of cardiac arrest

  Bandipora: A 30-year-old man died of a massive cardiac arrest at his native village in Quil Muqam area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday afternoon. An official identified the deceased as Irfan Mohammad Mir, a resident of Quil Muqam saying he died after suffering a heart attack at his home. He was immediately […]

Mutant Coronavirus strain enters Kashmir as two test positive

Male patients from Srinagar undergoing treatment at JLNM hospital

Mutant Coronavirus strain enters Kashmir as two test positive

Srinagar: Amid a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir lately, two cases of new mutant UK COVID-19 strain were found in Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. Dr. Bilquees Shah, Nodal officer for COVID-19 at JLNM Hospital Srinagar informed that two male patients from Kashmir have been tested positive for new […]

Chinese soldier captured in eastern Ladakh

Chinese soldier captured in eastern Ladakh

  New Delhi:A Chinese soldier was apprehended by Indian troops from an area south of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh in the early hours of January 8, official sources said on Saturday. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier had transgressed into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control and was taken into custody […]

Days after participating in Covaxin trial, man dies in Bhopal

Days after participating in Covaxin trial, man dies in Bhopal

Bhopal: A 42-year-old volunteer from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh died nearly ten days after he participated in the clinical trial for Covaxin held at a private hospital, its vice chancellor said on Saturday while a government official suspected poisoning but added that the exact cause of the death will be known after viscera test. Dr […]