Poonch: An army soldier deployed at a post along Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu ended his life, officials said on Sunday. They said the soldier belonged to army’s 39RR and was posted at Nambal post in village Salootri. He has been identified as Havaldar Rajender Singh. While confirming the incident, Police […]
Pampore: Butchers in saffron town Pampore of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday started selling mutton at government approved rates. The J&K administration recently fixed mutton rates at Rs 480 a kilogram. The rates were fixed after consumers complained about exorbitant mutton rates. But mutton dealers had objected to the government rates saying they were […]
New Delhi: Liberty of a citizen cannot be taken away in this manner, the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order which had dismissed a plea filed by a man on the grounds that his lawyer had remained absent on four occasions during the hearing. The apex court […]
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election. US Middle District Judge Matthew Brann in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Saturday turned down the request for […]
New Delhi: Petrol price on Sunday was hiked by 8 paise per litre and diesel by 19 paise, the third straight day of increase in rates as the firming international oil rates broke a nearly two-month-long hiatus in price revision. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 81.46 per litre from Rs 81.38, according […]
Poonch: An alert has been sounded along Line of Control in Poonch district after a flying object was spotted in the mountainous district’s Mendhar sector on Sunday morning. Official sources said that the object was probably a drone and army has even reported hitting it with a shell. SDPO Mendhar Z A Jafri said […]
Shopian: A midnight blaze gutted the IPD building of District Hospital Shopian. The patients in the IPD building wards were safely evacuated to a nearby private hospital, reports said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Raashid Hassankashmirreader.com
New Delhi: India has reported 45,209 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 90.95 lakh, while the recoveries surged to 85,21,617, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Sunday. The death toll rose to 1,33,227 with 501 more fatalities, while total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,95,806, the data updated […]
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, amidst signs of progress in their stalled talks and an uptick in violence that threatens to jeopardise the peace push in the war-torn country. This was the first meeting of the top American diplomat with the […]
Kargil: Despite their ideological differences, the BJP will continue to support National Conference in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil for a stable administration to ensure the development of the region, BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said on Saturday. He also asserted that the restoration of pre-August 5, 2019 position, when Ladakh was part of the […]