New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,33,19,396 on Tuesday with 9,923 fresh cases, while the number of active cases increased to 79,313, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,24,890 with 17 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.18 per cent of the […]
Pulwama: Two militants were killed in a gunfight that broke out between militants and government forces at Tujan area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Tuesday. An official said that a joint team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of militants launched search operation in the area. He […]
Srinagar: The minimum temperature continued to hover below normal in Jammu and Kashmir as intermittent light to moderate rain continued on Tuesday. While predicting an overall improvement in the weather from June 23 onwards, a meteorological department official here said that there was possibility of heavy rain at “scattered places” of South Kashmir and Jammu […]
Srinagar: An unidentified militant has been killed in ongoing encounter in Tulibal area North Kashmir’s Sopore, where as another gunfight is underway in South Kashmir’s Tujjan area of Pulwama district, an offcial said. For Sopore Kashmir Police Zone in a tweet wrote, “01 militant killed. Operation in progress. Further details shall follow,”. Meanwhile a senior […]
Srinagar: General Manager of Daily Aftab Newspaper, Ghulam Nabi, passed away on Monday. Nabi, who served the newspaper for more than four decades, breathed his last after brief illness this evening at SMHS Hospital, family sources said. Kashmir Reader team extended condolences to the bereaved as well as entire Aftab family and beseech Almighty Allah […]
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan on Monday chaired meetings of the Budget Assessment & Approval Committee (BAAC) for the financial year 2022-23. The BAAC comprises top functionaries of the University and also includes Prof Mushtaq Ahmad Siddiqui, Former Vice Chancellor, IUST, Mr Altaf Hussain Mirza, Former Director General, Accounts & Treasuries, J&K […]
Kolkata:Non-BJP parties are mulling putting up former union minister Yashwant Sinha as a possible joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election, a senior Trinamool Congress leader said on Monday. The name of the former BJP leader who joined the TMC last year has been proposed as a presidential poll candidate by a few opposition parties […]
Srinagar: Over 112 doctors including Medical Officers were on Monday terminated by H&ME department for their “unauthorised” absence from duties for over five years. An official of the Health and Medical education department said that 112 doctors were terminated as they remained absent duties without any authority. He said that in some cases, the notices […]
Leh: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday arrived in Leh on a four-day long visit to Ladakh to review the operational preparedness of troops in the union territory, officials said. He is also scheduled to visit Siachen sector, the world’s highest battlefield. Lt Gen Dwivedi arrived in Leh and was received by […]
Jammu/Bhaderwah: Educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah opened on Monday after a 10-day closure following communal tension in the town over now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad and some social media posts by local right-wing activists in her support. The day curfew in the town was lifted as the overall […]