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Two cats in New York are first pets in US to test positive for COVID19

New York: Two cats in New York State have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, marking the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 infection...

Two killed in accident on J-K highway

Banihal/Jammu:Two persons were killed and another injured when a load carrier skidded off a highway and rolled down down a 400-feet gorge in Jammu...

Remittances to India to decline by 23 pc in 2020 due to COVID-19: World Bank

Washington: As a result of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in a global recession, remittances to India are likely to drop by...

Islamic tradition of hospitality a remarkable lesson in this world: Guterres in Ramzan message

United Nations: As Muslims around the world will be observing "a very different" Ramzan amid a devastating COVID19 pandemic, UN chief has said the...

China buys crude as prices collapse, adding to stockpiles

Beijing: China, the world's biggest energy consumer, is building up stockpiles of crude oil as global prices plunge due to the coronavirus outbreak. Imports rose...

World coronavirus death toll tops 180,000: AFP tally

Paris: More than 180,000 people in the world have died from the novel coronavirus, nearly two-thirds of them in Europe, since it emerged in...

Trump tweets order to destroy harassing Iranian gunboats

Washington: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats that harass U.S. ships,...

Lockdown in India has impacted 40 million internal migrants: World Bank

Washington: The nationwide lockdown in India which started about a month ago has impacted nearly 40 million internal migrants, the World Bank has said. “The...

US was attacked: Trump on coronavirus

Washington:  Struggling to restore normalcy in the US where COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 47,000 people and infected over 8,52,000, President...

J-K’s Pulwama, Kishtwar become coronavirus-free

Srinagar: Pulwama and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir have become coronavirus-free as all four patients in the two districts have recovered from the infection, according...

DAK demands reinstatement of SKIMS doctor

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday strongly condemned the  unprecedented termination of a doctor of SKIMS Bemina who it said was has been sacked for demanding standard...

J&K government extends Rs 1 crore assistance to lawyers 

Jammu: The J&K government has become the first in the country to extend financial relief to financially distressed, young Advocates whose livelihoods have been...

30 discharged after completing quarantine period

Hajin: At least 30 people were discharged after completing 14-day quarantine period in north Kashmir’s Hajin on Wednesday. Nodal officer Sumbal Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari told...

COVID-19 tally crosses 400 mark in J&K, 27 more test positive in Kashmir

Srinagar: The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir crossed the 400 mark on Wednesday as 27 more cases- all from Kashmir- were...

Kashmir Press Club demands withdrawal of case against journalist Gowhar Geelani

  Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club has condemned the police FIR against journalist and author Gowhar Geelani. Geelani is the third journalist against whom the police...

Won’t succumb to intimidation: KWJA on FIRs against journalists

  Srinagar: Condemning the ongoing offensive against journalists launched by J&K Police, the Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) Wednesday said that journalists in Kashmir won’t...

KU’s EMRC introduces Digital Learning Corner for students

Srinagar: To provide novel learning opportunities for students in the time of pandemic, EMRC (Educational Multimedia Research Centre), University of Kashmir (KU) has come...

J&K teachers to evaluate answer papers of class 10, 12 exams at home

Srinagar: The J&K board of School Education (JKBOSE) has decided to home evaluate answer scripts of class 10 and 12 examinations of summer zone...

Safety of doctors non-negotiable:HM Shah

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said safety of doctors at their work place is non-negotiable and that the government is committed...

I&B Min issues advisory, asks media persons covering COVID19-related incidents to take precautions

Ok New Delhi: In the wake of a large number of media persons contracting COVID-19, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an advisory to...

Lightning strike kills man in Poonch

Jammu: A 62-year-old man was killed after being struck by lightning in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Hussain Mohammad was grazing...

Wuhan embraces Yangtze River as virus-hit city reopens

Wuhan:  Bathed in golden late-afternoon light, Chen Enting snapped a photo of his ticket to commemorate his first ferry ride across the Yangtze River...

CRPF man deployed in J&K tests positive for COVID-19 in Delhi, admitted

New Delhi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man, part of a battalion deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, has tested positive for COVID-19 in...

Shopian encounter: Two more militants killed, toll 4

  Shopian: Two more militants have been killed in an encounter that broke out between Government forces and militants in Melhoora village of Zainapora Sub...

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 640; cases rise to 19,984

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 640 and the number of cases to 19,984 in the country on Wednesday, according...

US State files lawsuit against China on coronavirus handling

Washington: US State has filed a lawsuit against China alleging that Beijing's actions to suppress information, arrest whistleblowers and denying the contagious nature of...

US will have second wave of coronavirus: health official

Washington:A second wave of the novel coronavirus will hit the US later this year with even more difficult ramifications than the current COVID-19 crisis...

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 Wednesday, police said. Government forces launched a...

G20 vows ‘sufficient’ global food supplies amid virus

Riyadh: G20 agriculture ministers on Tuesday pledged to ensure "sufficient" global food supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic as the UN warned the number of...

Oil prices keep crumbling, stocks around the world tumble

New York :Oil's chaotic collapse deepened, and stocks around the world dropped on Tuesday as the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic turns...

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