NEW DELHI: With 1,72,433 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,18,03,318, while the active cases decreased to 15,33,921, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,98,983 with 1,008 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said 34 states and union territories, including Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, are recording a decline in COVID-19 cases and positivity rate, while Kerala and Mizoram are still recording an increase in cases and positivity. It also said that the pandemic situation has improved and there is contraction in […]
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund has approved the completion of the sixth review of its stalled USD 6 billion programme for Pakistan, paving the way for an immediate disbursement of about USD 1 billion loan tranche for the cash-strapped country. The IMF’s Executive Board held a meeting in Washington DC on Wednesday to consider Pakistan’s […]
RAIPUR: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that although the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) want the rule of only one ideology in the country, it can never happen. He was speaking here after launching a financial assistance scheme of the Chhattisgarh government for landless labourers of rural areas. […]
Srinagar: Indian Oil Corporation alongwith Gauri Foundation (NGO), facilitated by Indian Army have donated an ICU Ambulance at Machhal, Kupwara. A large number of villages in the UT of J&K are situated in remote and far-flung areas. One such area is Machhal Bowl (consists a total of nine villages). Civil populace in Machhal Bowl is […]
NEW DELHI: India has a policy of “zero tolerance” on terrorism and believes in collective global efforts to counter the menace, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday in the backdrop of developments in Afghanistan. The minister said in the Rajya Sabha that India continued its engagement on issues related to […]
Police arrest 3 including stalker who wanted revenge Srinagar: The acid attack victim has suffered damages on her cheeks, chin, and forehead, doctors treating her at SMHS Hospital here told Kashmir Reader. Medical Superintendent of SMHS, Dr Kanwarjeet Singh said that overall the damage amounts to “nine percent” of the facial area. “The status of […]
Shopian: As the gruesome acid attack on a young girl at Hawal Srinagar has again shocked Kashmir, the 17-year-old girl in Shopian who was similarly attacked last year is battling to regain her face and skin, while her father has not the money to meet expenses on medicines and surgeries. This girl from Kral-Chak Shopian […]
Srinagar: Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu on Wednesday visited the acid attack victim at SMHS Hospital and handed over his one-month’s salary to the victim’s family and assured them of his complete support and solidarity. Mattu assured the victim’s family of full medical, legal and administrative support and also asked the team of doctors treating […]
Srinagar: Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu Kashmir, headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating social situation in J&K, especially in the Valley. “Our society as a whole is deteriorating at every level. Rising incidence of misbehaviour, rampant use of drug addiction, rising suicide rate, traumatic events of domestic violence, intolerance among […]