NEW DELHI: India recorded 22,854 cases of coronavirus infection in a day, the highest in around two-and-half-months, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,12,85,561, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll increased to 1,58,189 with 126 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraba took the coronavirus vaccine dose on Thursday. “Happy to share that my mother has taken the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today. I urge everyone to help and motivate people around you who are eligible to take the vaccine,” the prime minister tweeted. Hiraba, who is […]
NEW DELHI: As many as 170 MLAs left the Congress to join other parties during the elections held between 2016-2020, while only 18 BJP legislators switched parties to contest the polls in this period, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR, in a new report, said between […]
Says Al-Badr chief’s killing major achievement, 15 youth slapped with PSA for stone throwing in Nowhatta Anantnag: Two major Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) attacks planned to be executed along the NH-44 and on a government building in Pampore were averted as two modules were busted by the police leading to arrest of at least 7 […]
Anantnag: Following a brief exchange of fire between militants and government forces, an unknown number of militants are believed to have escaped from the Cordon and Search operation on the outskirts of Bijbehara town in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The exchange of fire took place in Kandipora area of Bijbehara at about 6 pm Wednesday […]
Handwara: Al-Badr chief Abdul Gani Khawaja alias Gani Khawja who was killed in a brief gunfight with government forces in Tujar Sharif area of Sopore outskirts was buried in a graveyard at Gantamulla area of Baramulla on Tuesday night. People said that the body of slain militant commander was shifted to Gantamulla in Baramulla where […]
‘Yellow warning’ for today, tomorrow; traffic from both sides on highway today but official advice against travelling Srinagar: As forecast by the J&K meteorological (MeT) department, some upper reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the plains received rainfall on Wednesday. The MeT department’s forecast is for more wet weather on Thursday and Friday. The […]
Srinagar: Three residents of Srinagar and Baramulla districts died of Covid-19 while 97 new positive cases including 16 from Jammu and 81 from Kashmir were reported on Wednesday, said the official Covid bulletin. It also said that 54 patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals in the last 24 hours, including 7 from Jammu […]
Srinagar: Permission has been sought by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for appointment of an ad-hoc committee to look after the affairs, management and administration of J&K Cricket Association (JKCA). The national cricketing body while seeking directions from the court in this regard termed […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday directed the District Judge, Kargil, to decide and dispose of the plea filed by Reyaz Ahmad Khan, seeking transfer of his election petition to some other court, within three months. Reyaz Ahmad Khan through his counsel, Mian Qayoom, had filed a plea before the High Court seeking transfer […]