Tokyo: Japan’s economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released on Monday. The Cabinet Office reported that Japan’s preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a nation’s goods and services, fell […]
Srinagar: Government forces recovered an IED in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district late night on Sunday. A senior police officer said that the IED was planted by militants under a bridge near Tujan village in Pulwama district. The bridge connects Tujan and Dalwan villages, the officer said. By the timely recovery of the IED, a […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit the right chord with India by standing up to China and never intervening in the Kashmir issue, officials of his presidential campaign have asserted. Seeking re-election for a second consecutive term, Trump, 74, is pitted against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, in the November 3 presidential elections. Before […]
Srinagar: The authorities are restoring 4G internet services in Ganderbal and Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir tonight. Official sources said that the high speed internet is being restored in Ganderbal district of the central Kashmir at 9 p.m. tonight. Confirming it, a top police officer said that 4G internet will be restored on […]
New Delhi: The Centre will assist the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to establish public grievance portal in each of its 20 districts to ensure timely redressal of governance-related complaints, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. In a significant drive to strengthen the ongoing good governance initiatives there, Singh […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 449 more COVID-19 infections taking the overall tally to 28470. While 349 cases were detected in Kashmir, the remaining 100 cases were detected in Jammu division, the government’s COVID-19 bulletin for the day read. As per the data, the death toll related to the disease has risen to […]
New Delhi:Former cricketer and UP cabinet minister Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday due to COVID-19 related complications, his brother Pushpendra Chauhan said. Chauhan, who played 40 Tests for India, was 73. He is survived by his wife and son Vinayak, who is scheduled to arrive from Melbourne later in the day. Due to kidney […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday took cognizance of a communally sensitive video doing rounds on social media and assured strict legal action against the accused persons. The police, however, refrained from sharing details of the video. “An incident involving video of communally sensitive nature, has gone viral on social media which seems […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal to expand the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in 173 border and coastal districts from where one lakh new cadets will be inducted, an official statement said on Sunday. The expansion of the NCC was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech […]
Dubai:Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has begun as the two countries open diplomatic ties. Associated Press journalists in Jerusalem and Dubai were able to call each other from both landline and cellular phones on Sunday. Officials in Israel and the UAE did not immediately acknowledge the lines had begun working. Israel […]