Soldier ends life in Poonch

Soldier ends life in Poonch

  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 start selling mutton at government approved rates

Pampore butchers start selling mutton at government approved rates

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 […]

SC sets aside high court order, says liberty of citizen can’t be taken away in this manner

SC sets aside high court order, says liberty of citizen can’t be taken away in this manner

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 […]

Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification

Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification

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 […]

Petrol, diesel prices rise for third straight day

Petrol, diesel prices rise for third straight day

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 […]

High alert after ‘drone like object’ spotted along LoC in Poonch

  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 […]

Midnight blaze damages IPD Block of Dist Hospital Shopian

Midnight blaze damages IPD Block of Dist Hospital Shopian

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

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 90.95 lakh with 45,209 new cases

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 90.95 lakh with 45,209 new cases

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 […]

Pompeo meets Taliban, Afghan negotiators in Doha

Pompeo meets Taliban, Afghan negotiators in Doha

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 […]

Want LAHDC-Kargil to complete its full term, says BJP MP from Ladakh on support to NC

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 […]