New Delhi: India logged 37,875 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,30,96,718, while the active cases declined to 3,91,256, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,41,411 with 369 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The […]
NEW DELHI/PUNE: Hopeful of an early resolution to the long-running farmers’ protests on the national capital borders, a key member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on contentious agri-laws on Wednesday said the report submitted by the committee is “cent per cent” in favour of farmers and the apex court must take up the matter without […]
United Nations: The United Nations is making an emergency appeal for $606 million to help nearly 11 million people in Afghanistan for the four remaining months of 2021. It says they face a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by drought, displacement, chronic poverty and the sharp increase in hostilities as the Taliban swept to power. The UN […]
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said supply of regular drinking water was a fundamental right and it was unfortunate that people have to knock on the court’s doors to get water even after 75 years of independence. The strong remarks were made by a division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Milind […]
KABUL: Former president Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country last month as the Taliban entered Kabul, apologised Wednesday to the Afghan people, because “I could not make it end differently”. In a statement on Twitter, Ghani said he left at the urging of the palace security in order to avoid the risk of bloody street […]
The R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS is conducting a study to ascertain the presence of the coronavirus in various parts of the eye of those who have died due to the infection, the centre’s chief Dr J S Titiyal said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference on the 36th Eye Donation Fortnight […]
Srinagar: A meeting of Onshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) was Wednesday held at Srinagar under the chairmanship of Director General of Police Shri Dilbag Singh, who is also chairman of the OSCC J&K UT. The meeting was attended by IGP Kashmir Shri Vijay Kumar, DIG BSF Srinagar, Shri M.A Joyee, Rajan Kumar Mohaptra DHR Indian […]
Born in downtown, the jailed 50-year-old has served more than 20 years in jail Srinagar: Days after Kashmir’s staunchest pro-Pakistan leader, Syed Ali Geelani, passed away, his protégé Masrat Alam Bhat, who is behind bars, has been made the new chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC). In a statement issued to the media, the […]
Police release videos of Geelani’s burial to contest family’s claim Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday held an extensive tour of Srinagar and reviewed the ground situation of the city, nearly six days after the demise of veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geeelani. He reviewed security and deployment arrangements, which have been […]
Srinagar: Mobile internet services were restored in Srinagar and Budgam districts on Tuesday evening after remaining suspended for six days. Police’s Twitter handle quoting IGP Kashmir said that mobile internet service will be restored in the twin districts at 7 pm today and had stated the inconvenience caused to students due to suspension of mobile […]