HANOI (VIETNAM): China and 14 other countries have agreed to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed […]
Srinagar: The upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh received fresh snowfall on Saturday, while rains lashed the plains to bring a chill in the air across Kashmir valley, as the winter season sets in. The snow and rainfall was forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) as well as the local meteorological department, […]
Longewala (Rajasthan): Delivering an unambiguous message to India’s enemies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that it will give a “prachand jawab” (fierce reply) if provoked, as he flew to Longewala Post to celebrate Diwali with soldiers, a custom he has been observing since assuming office in 2014. Addressing soldiers at the forward post, […]
Baramulla: Hours after four civilians, four army soldiers, and an officer of the Border Security Force (BSF) were killed in cross-border firing and shelling in Uri, Gurez, Karnah, and Tangdar sectors, the guns fell silent along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir on Friday night. Locals said the four civilians killed on Friday, […]
Anantnag: The homes of four people who had purchased the ancestral land of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti a few years ago were on Saturday raided by sleuths of the CID wing of police here in Bijbehara town of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. They were among others whose offices, shops and homes were raided in […]
Hospital admin denies allegations, but DC Bandipora orders inquiry Bandipora: In a shocking incident, a woman delivered her baby at the gate of the district hospital Bandipora on Saturday after being “forcibly expelled” from the hospital premise by a doctor citing her Covid-19 positive report. According to the family, the 30-year-old woman, identified as Hafiza, […]
Srinagar: The number of Covid-19 cases detected in Jammu and Kashmir reached 1,02,159 with 565 fresh cases reported on Saturday evening. According to officials, six more deaths of persons infected with Covid-19 were reported in Kashmir in the past 24 hours. The deceased persons included two each from Srinagar and Baramulla district, one each from […]
BUDGAM: The School Education Department has not been handed over two new school buildings that were constructed long ago, while a third building has still not been fully constructed due to lack of funds, for three different middle schools in Khag zone of Budgam district. The school children in these three middle schools still study […]
Srinagar: Senior political leader Muzafar Hussain Beigh on Saturday quit People’s Democratic Party over the seat sharing agreement with other parties of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD). “NC is contesting a majority of seats. It is not in the interests of PDP. I respect Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and I wish them luck. I […]
448 Nomination papers received at B’la BARAMULLA: For the Phase Ist of Panchayat by-elections, 448 nomination papers including 53 for vacant Sarpanch seats and 395 for vacant Panch seats were received here at Baramulla. These nominations papers were received from Kandi, Rafiabad, Tangmarg, Khaipora, Chandilwanigam and Wailoo blocks of the district till the last date […]