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Coronavirus cases in US cross 700,000, death toll more than 35K

Washington: The number of the coronavirus cases in the US crossed 700,000 on Friday, while over 35,000 people have died from the disease, as...

Looking into reports that coronavirus ‘escaped’ from Wuhan lab: Trump

Washington: The US is looking into reports that the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 150,000 people globally, "escaped" from a Wuhan lab...

US must improve COVID-19 strategy to keep millions from falling into poverty: UN expert

United Nations:  The US must take urgent additional steps to prevent tens of millions of middle-class Americans hit by the COVID-19 pandemic from plunging...

Case filed against Kashmir hotelier Mushtaq Chaya for defying lockdown

Srinagar: Police has registered First Information report (FIR) against Kashmir businessman Mushtaq Ahmad Chaya for defying prohibitory orders imposed by the government to prevent...

BPL families to get free ration in Srinagar from tomorrow: DC Srinagar 

SRINAGAR: In view of the prevailing situation with restrictions in place due to outbreak of COVID-19, the BPL families in Srinagar will be provided...

CRPF soldier injured in Pulwama attack 

Pulwama: A CRPF soldier was injured in a militant attack in Pulwama on Friday, a police official said.  Militants hurled grenade followed by firing on a joint camp of...

Unable to get ‘likes’ on TikTok, teenager ends life in Noida

Noida: A teenager allegedly hanged himself to death at his home here as he was apparently "depressed" over not getting "likes" on his TikTok...

Lt Guv e-inaugurates J-K’s first COVID-19 call centre

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday inaugurated  first Covid response call centre in Srinagar, an official spokesperson said. It also launched web and...

14 fresh COVID-19 cases in Kashmir take J&K tally to 328

Srinagar: Fourteen more COVID-19 cases were detected in Kashmir valley on Friday taking the J&K tally of cases to 328. The new reported cases, as...

Srinagar-Leh highway closed due to fresh snowfall

Sonamarg:  The Srinagar-Sonamarg-Leh highway has been closed for the vehicular traffic after the area received fresh snowfall at the Zojila pass in the Kashmir...

Opening of annual Darbar in Srinagar deferred till June 15

Srinagar: Amid a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and the extension in the all India lockdown till May 3, the Jammu and...

2 militants killed in Kishtwar encounter: Police

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter with government forces in Dachan area ofJammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar on Friday, police said. The official Twitter...

J&K’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 5 as 70-year old Sopore man succumbs

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported fifth death related to novel Coronavirus on Friday after an elderly man from north Kashmir's Sopore breathed his last...

MeT predicts rains, snow in Kashmir

  SRINAGAR:The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast light to moderate rains for plains and light snowfall for the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley for...

Europe still ‘in eye of the storm’ despite moves to ease virus lockdowns

  London:  Europe was still in the "eye of the storm" of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization warned Thursday, as parts of the...

Trump unveils guidelines to reopen country, lets governors to take call

  Washington: US President Donald Trump Thursday unveiled a new phase-wise approach to reopen the country's economy jolted by the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing governors to...

US coronavirus death toll passes 32,000: Tracker

  Washington: The confirmed coronavirus death toll in the United States reached 32,917 on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The toll as...

Covid-19: RBI sees inflation falling below 4 pc target by mid-FY21

Mumbai:  RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the inflation is on a declining trajectory and could fall below the central bank's 4 per...

COVID-19 pandemic could cost millions of jobs in global tourism industry: UN body

United Nations: Millions of jobs in the global tourism industry could be lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted travel like no other...

COVID-19 lockdown completes one month in Kashmir

Srinagar:  Restrictions on the movement of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus completed one month on Friday, even as the number...

US provides nearly USD 5.9 million in health assistance to India on COVID-19

  Washington: The US has provided nearly USD 5.9 million in health assistance to India to contain the spread of COVID-19, the State Department has...

Two militants killed in Shopian encounter

Srinagar:  Two militants were killed in an encounter with government  forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, police said. Government forces launched a...

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 437; cases climb to 13,387

New Delhi:  The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437 and the number of cases to 13,387 in the country on Friday, according...

China revises coronavirus figures in epicentre Wuhan; death toll jumps to 4,632

Beijing:  China's coronavirus death toll mounted to 4,632 on Friday as the country revised figures in its epicentre Wuhan with 1,290 additional fatalities amid...

Coronavirus-hit Chinese economy shrinks 6.8 pct in Q1, worst since 1976

Beijing,:  China's GDP took the worst hit since the disastrous Cultural Revolution in 1976, plummeting by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of...

Oil climbs as Trump lays out reopening of virus-hit US

Singapore: Oil prices pushed higher Friday as President Donald Trump's plan for a reopening of the virus-battered United States offset worries about a devastating...

Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Shopian

Srinagar: A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, the Army said. The encounter began...

Woman travels 2,700 km across six states to meet ailing son in hospital

Kottayam/Thiruvananthapuram :A 50-year-old woman travelled 2700 km in a car crisscrossing 6 states to meet her critically ill son, a BSF man in Jodhpur,...

Pharmacist suspended for refusing to serve food at Kupwara Hospital’s quarantine center

Srinagar:A pharmacist working with the ISM Department in Kupwara district has been suspended on Thursday after he refused to serve food at a quarantine...

COVID-19: Rajnath reviews preventive measures taken by 62 cantonment boards across country

New Delhi:  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reviewed the preventive measures taken by 62 cantonment boards across the country to contain the spread...

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