Srinagar: Spelling out the contours of his model of governance, newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has stressed on zero tolerance for corruption in the union territory and called for the promotion of youth-centric programmes, an official said here on Saturday. The Lt Governor chaired a high-level meeting with the administrative […]
Baramulla: In a tragic incident in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla a woman committed suicide by taking some poisonous substance after her husband’s death on Saturday. An official said that a 50-year-old man identified as Aulad Ali Shah son of Mang Shah hailing from Uri was admitted to Government Medical College Baramulla and died […]
Srinagar: Kashmir valley reported five more deaths related to COVID-19 since Friday night taking the disease toll to 455 in J&K, officials sources said on Saturday. The fresh victims as per officials include a 55-year-old woman from Malpora Pulwama, a 60-year-old man from Panzgam Kupwara, a 50-year-old woman from Natipora Srinagar, a 50-year-old man […]
Beijing: The incubation period of COVID-19, which is the time after which those infected with the novel coronavirus start showing the first symptoms, could be as much as eight days — longer than previous estimates of four to five days — says a new study which involved the largest amount of patient samples to date in […]
Baramulla: Sub-district hospital in Tangmarg area of north Kashmir Baramulla district was partially damaged in a fire mishap on Saturday morning. An official said that the fire damaged the first floor of the hospital including the emergency ward. He said fire tenders were rushed to the spot and they were dousing the flames. A […]
New Delhi: There were 61,537 more novel coronavirus cases in India, taking the tally to 20,88,611 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 42,518 with 933 more fatalities, the Health Ministry said. The number of recoveries surged to 14,27,005 and the recovery rate rose to 68.32 per cent, according to ministry data. There are […]
Washington: US intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting President Donald Trump’s reelection bid, the country’s counterintelligence chief said in the most specific warning to date about the threat of […]
Washington: The director of US intelligence on Friday raised concerns about interference in the 2020 election by China, Russia and Iran. U.S. intelligence has assessed that China is hoping President Donald Trump does not win reelection, Russia is working to denigrate Democrat Joe Biden and Iran is seeking to undermine democratic institutions, said Bill Evanina, […]
Kozhikode: The death toll in the Air India Express flight crash at the airport here, rose to 18 on Saturday with one more passenger succumbing to injuries. Malappuram District Collector K Gopalakrishnan told reporters here that one more passenger had succumbed to injuries. Except one, all those who had perished in the accident have been identified,he […]
Jammu: A 42-year-old man died after his throat was slit by glass-coated kite thread here on Friday night, officials said. The incident took place when Skinder Khan was returning home on a two-wheeler, they said. The kite string got entangled around Khan’s neck at New Plot area and he started bleeding. He was rushed to […]