Snowfall in higher reaches of J-K; improvement in min temperature in Valley

Snowfall in higher reaches of J-K; improvement in min temperature in Valley

Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall even as there was improvement in the minimum temperature across the Valley, providing some respite from the cold to the residents, officials said on Monday. Fresh snowfall was recorded in many areas in the higher reaches of the valley and the […]

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul skip Congress Foundation Day event

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul skip Congress Foundation Day event

New Delhi:Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday gave the party’s 136th Foundation Day event a miss with senior party leader A K Antony unfurling the flag at the AICC headquarters here. A number of senior party functionaries were present at the meeting, inclding AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. […]

9 injured in Poonch mishap

9 injured in Poonch mishap

Srinagar: At least nine passengers were injured after the cab they were traveling in met an accident near Sundri area of Saujiyan Mandi tehsil of Poonch district of Jammu on Monday. An official said that the cab skidded off the road and fell into a gorge covered with snow adding all the nine occupants suffered […]

Srinagar teen dies under mysterious circumstances at Pahalgam hotel

Srinagar teen dies under mysterious circumstances at Pahalgam hotel

Srinagar: A 19-year-old boy hailing from Srinagar was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Mubashir Sajad Dar (19) son of Sajad Ahmad Dar, a resident of Nowpora locality. Officials said, Dar had checked into a hotel there along […]

COVID-19: Over 20,000 new infections reported in single-day

COVID-19: Over 20,000 new infections reported in single-day

  New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,02,07,871 with 20,021 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 97.82 lakh, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased to 1,47,901 with 279 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who […]

7 Pak soldiers killed in Balochistan militant attack

Islamabad:At least seven Pakistani soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the country’s restive Balochistan province, the Army said on Sunday. The militants fire-raided a Frontier Corps (FC) outpost in Harnai region of the province late last night, it said. During the intense exchange of fire, seven soldiers were killed, it said. The area […]

260 new COVID-19 cases in J&K, two more deaths

260 new COVID-19 cases in J&K, two more deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 260 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally of cases to 1,20,137. As per the government’s media bulletin, two more COVID-19 patients have died taking the death toll to 1869. The fresh cases reported today comprise 119 in Kashmir while as Jammu division reported 141 new cases. Of the […]

Implementation of lockdown, reopening of livelihood kept MHA busy in 2020

New Delhi: With normal life going haywire due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the home ministry was busy almost the entire 2020 in formulating strategies for strict implementation of nationwide lockdown measures, subsequent reopening of livelihood and economic activities and providing relief to those hit by the restrictions like migrant workers. The year also saw Union […]

European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations

European Union nations kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations

Warsaw (Poland): European Union nations on Sunday officially kicked off a coordinated effort to give COVID-19 vaccinations to adults among their 450 million citizens, marking a moment of hope in the continent’s battle against the worst public health crisis in a century. Shots were administered Sunday morning to the most vulnerable people. health care workers who […]

Oman starts vaccinations with 1st batch of shots

Dubai:  The Persian Gulf state of Oman has launched its COVID-19 inoculation campaign, with the sultanate’s health minister receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. State-run media reported that the first batch of 15,600 doses was flown in industrial freezers to Muscat International Airport last week to vaccinate a priority group of older adults, […]