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 […]

KU’s South Campus organises webinar on personal finance management

KU’s South Campus organises webinar on personal finance management

  Srinagar: The South Campus of the University of Kashmir Saturday organised a webinar on personal finance management. Vice-Chancellor, Prof Talat Ahmad inaugurated the national-level webinar “Strategy for Managing Personal Finance, Including NPS and Mutual Funds”, organised by the Department of Management Studies, South Campus, in collaboration with the Association of Mutual Funds India (AMFI). In […]

608 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 5,720

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 608 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,05,984. Out of the total cases, 98,640 have already recovered and 1,624 have died leaving a total of 5,720 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 297 were reported in Kashmir […]

ED raids multiple locations in Kashmir in J&K Bank money laundering case

New Delhi;  The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted multiple raids in Kashmir in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged suspicious transactions in the J&K Bank. The central probe agency covered a total of seven locations– six in Srinagar and one in Anantnag district– as part of the searches conducted under the Prevention […]

Centre sabotaging participation of non-BJP political parties in DDC polls: Mehbooba

Centre sabotaging participation of non-BJP political parties in DDC polls: Mehbooba

Srinagar:  PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Centre of “sabotaging” the participation of political parties other than the BJP in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir by not allowing them to campaign freely. Mehbooba’s allegations came as major political parties in the Valley, including the NC and the PDP, […]

Farooq Abdullah writes to SEC, alleges ‘gross interference’ by govt in upcoming DDC polls

Farooq Abdullah writes to SEC, alleges ‘gross interference’ by govt in upcoming DDC polls

Srinagar: People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) President, Dr Farooq Abdullah has written to J&K Election Commissioner, K K Sharma alleging gross “interference in democracy” by the authorities ahead of the upcoming DDC and Panchayat elections. A letter shot by Farooq to Sharma reads that the candidates put up by the PAGD, the united front […]