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Police arrests a cattle thief; Stolen cattle recovered within hours

May 24: Police in Sopore today arrested a cattle thief within hours of incidence and also recovered stolen cattle. Police Post Putkha today received a complaint...

Extend loan automatically to all eligible borrowers without fear of 3Cs: FM to banks

New Delhi, May 23  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said banks have been asked to extend loans automatically to eligible borrowers without fear...

Taliban, Ghani declare three-day ceasefire for Eid holiday

Islamabad, May 24 (AP) The Taliban and Afghanistan's president announced late Saturday a three-day ceasefire ahead of a major Islamic holiday that begins Sunday to...

RML hospital dean tests positive for coronavirus

New Delhi, May 24  The Dean of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here has tested...

Four associates of LeT militants arrested in Budgam

Srinagar: Police on Sunday arrested four associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. "Police in Budgam along...

Lockdown casts shadow on Eid celebrations in Kashmir valley

Srinagar: Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations in Kashmir on Sunday were a low-key affair as most of the faithful marked the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan...

Record 6,767 new COVID-19 cases in India in last 24 hours; death toll climbs to 3,867

New Delhi: COVID-19 cases in India saw the biggest spike for the third consecutive day on Sunday with 6,767 new infections reported in the last...

Wuhan lab head calls virus leak claims ”pure fabrication”

New York: Claims promoted by the Trump administration that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the central Chinese city...

Tension mounts in Ladakh as China brings in more troops; India maintains aggressive posturing

New Delhi: The Chinese military is fast increasing its troops in areas around Pangong Tso lake and Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control...

3,300 JK residents evacuated from Maharashtra

Jammu: Around 3,300 residents of Jammu and Kashmir including 1,200 students who were stranded in different parts of Maharashtra have returned to their homes...

Eid in J&K tomorrow: Grand Mufti Nasir-ul- Islam

  Srinagar: Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir ul Islam today said that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across J&K tomorrow as moon “has been sighted.” Islam said that...

Flyers to undergo COVID-19 test, quarantine upon entering J&K

Jammu: With domestic flights scheduled to resume from next week, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday said all inbound passengers would have to...

Authorities impose complete lockdown in Srinagar till May 31

Srinagar: Ahead of Eid ul Fitr, authorities in Srinagar on Saturday imposed a complete lockdown till May 31 in the district amid the prevailing...

97 dead, 2 survived in Pakistan plane crash: Officials

Karachi, May 23 Ninety-seven people were killed and two passengers miraculously survived a deadly crash after a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 travellers...

Trade union leader Dada Samant hangs self

Mumbai, May 23  Apparently fed up with the COVID situation and personal health issues, senior trade union leader Dada Samant has committed suicide by hanging...

You’ve my total commitment to reject anti-Muslim bigotry, hate: UN chief to OIC members

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced his "total commitment" to rejecting anti-Muslim bigotry, hate and all forms of intolerance, urging all to draw...

Trump declares churches ‘essential,’ calls on them to reopen

Washington: President Donald Trump has labeled churches and other houses of worship as essential" and called on governors nationwide to let them reopen this weekend...

Delhi govt orders reopening of 66 private liquor shops

New Delhi, May 22  Delhi government's excise department on Friday allowed 66 private liquor shops to reopen but asked the owners to follow the...

Record jump in COVID-19 cases, 137 more deaths

New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The COVID-19 cases in India saw the biggest spike for the second consecutive day on Saturday with 6,654 new...

Pak troops shell LoC areas in twin sectors of Poonch, Rajouri

Jammu, May 22 The Pakistan Army on Friday shelled forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri...

Six prominent Indian-Americans named to Biden-Sanders unity task forces

Washington, May 22  Six prominent Indian-Americans from diverse fields have been named to the Biden-Sanders unity task forces announced by former vice president Joe...

Trump counting on Supreme Court to block probes, lawsuits

Washington, May 22 (AP) President Donald Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court earlier this week in keeping secret grand...

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

Washington, May 22 (AP) "A Trump enemy statement, he said of one study. A political hit job, he said of another. As President Donald Trump pushes...

China introduces new security bill in parliament to tighten controls over Hong Kong

Beijing: China on Friday introduced the draft of a controversial national security law in Hong Kong in its parliament to tighten Beijing's control over the...

2 OGWs arrested in Pulwama

Srinagar: Two overground workers of militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said on...

Pak says debt in CPEC-related projects is just 10%, rejects US’ concern

Islamaba: Pakistan on Friday said that its debt in the multi-billion dollar CPEC-related projects is just 10 per cent of the total public debts, days...

Pakistan plane with 107 on board crashes in residential area in Karachi; several feared dead

Karachi: Many people are feared dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 107 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential area...

RBI ramps up economic support; cuts interest rates, extends loan moratorium

Mumbai, May 22 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed interest rates, extended moratorium on loan repayments and allowed banks to lend...

Driver killed after vehicle turns turtle in Pampore village

PAMPORE: A 55-year-old tipper driver was killed when the vehicle he was driving turned turtle at Wuyan village of Pampore in south Kashmir's Pulwama...

Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases go past 50,000 with record 2,603 new patients

Islamabad: Pakistan's coronavirus cases on Friday crossed the 50,000-mark after a record 2,603 more patients were diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease, the health ministry said. The...

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