New Delhi: india’s COVID-19 tally increased to25,89,682 with a single-day spike of63,490 cases, while the total number of recoveries rose to 18,62,258 pushing the recovery rate to 71.91 per cent on Sunday,according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to coronavirus infection Climbed to 49,980 with 944 people succumbing to the disease […]
New York: President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalised in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday […]
Washington: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden asserted that if elected, his administration will stand with New Delhi in confronting the threats it faces and called for strengthening the “bond” between India and the US. Presidential elections in the US will held on November 3 and the 77-year-old is challenging incumbent Republican President Donald Trump in the […]
Anantnag: A civilian was shot at and killed by unidentified gunmen late Saturday evening here in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. The slain man has been identified as 40-year-old Azad Ahmad Dar of Kangan village in Pulwama. “Not much is known about the slain as of now. Details are being ascertained,” a police official from Pulwama said. […]
Washington, Aug 15 (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday gave the Chinese company ByteDance 90 days to divest itself of any assets used to support the popular TikTok app in the United States. Trump’s executive order said there is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance might take action that threatens to impair the […]
New Delhi, Aug 15 Indian soldiers have given befitting reply to those who challenged the country’s sovereignty “from LoC to LAC”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, in a subtle message to Pakistan and China. In his seventh straight Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort, the prime minister said the country […]
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir has tentatively scheduled the Entrance Test (KUET) – 2020 from the first week of September after it got inordinately delayed in the face of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. A notification issued Friday by Director Admissions and Competitive Examinations at the KU in this regard asked the aspirants for […]
Jammu:A police sub-inspector was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths while taking bribe from a truck driver in Srinagar, an official said on Friday. The ACB swung into action on a complaint by the truck driver who said Sub-inspector Farooq Ahmad Abassi of Batamaloo police station in Srinagar has confiscated documents of […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Friday urged the general public and business community to follow specific guidelines and protocols to stop the spread of the COVID-19 infections. In addition to the established protocols of wearing of masks, maintaining safe distance of 2 metres and regular washing/sanitisation of hands, the KCCI suggested […]
Srinagar: The Department of Labour and Employment on Friday said that 1.70 lac Building and Other construction Workers were registered with the J&K, Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (JKBOCWWB) amd are being provided different benefits under schemes including Educational Assistance for their Children, Death Assistance, Disease Assistance and Covid-19 Assistance. A statement by […]