KUPWARA: The District Panchayat Election Officer Kupwara, Anshul Garg today issued notification for the phase-6th of the District Development Council and Panchayat by-elections, for one DDC constituency viz. Nutnussa in district Kupwara. Simultaneously, he also issued public notices for vacant seats of 03 Sarpanch and 65 Panch seats falling in the constituency. As per the […]
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Kondbarao Pole & Inspector General of Police Shri Vijay Kumar-IPS, today visited North Kashmir’s Bandipora and Kupwara districts to review preparedness for forthcoming elections. The meeting at District headquarters Bandipora and Kupwara was attended by respective senior Civil/Police officers. The meeting focused on security and other related arrangements pertaining to […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 89.58 lakh with 45,576 fresh infections, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to over 83.83 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.58 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday The total coronavirus cases mounted to […]
New Delhi: The government has decided to reserve five MBBS seats under the central pool for wards of COVID-19 warriors for the academic year 2020-2021. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the move aims to dignify and honour the noble contribution made by COVID-19 warriors who have lost their lives due to the infection or […]
NEW DELHI: India has seen an “unparalleled achievement” of providing hygienic toilets to crores of people in the last few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday on the occasion of World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day is observed globally to raise awareness about making safe sanitation accessible to all. Building toilets as part […]
WASHINGTON: China perceives a rising India as a “rival” and wants to constrain its strategic partnership with the US, its allies, and with other democracies, the State Department said in a report, emphasising that Beijing intends to displace America as the world’s foremost power. Coming ahead of the transition of power from Donald Trump’s administration […]
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China is set to change its development model from next year, relying more on domestic consumption than export-reliant growth which propelled it to become the world’s second largest economy next only to the United States. “From next year on, China will embark on new journey toward […]
Srinagar: Nine more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Wednesday, taking the total number of deaths to 1,613 in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, five deaths were reported from Kashmir and four from Jammu division. The deceased persons include two from Srinagar district, one each from Baramulla, Budgam, Pulwama and two each from Jammu […]
LONDON: Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday that final results from the late-stage trial of its Covid-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective, adding it had the required two-months of safety data and would apply for emergency US authorization within days. The drugmaker said efficacy of the vaccine, developed with German partner BioNTech SE, was consistent […]
Srinagar: A Sero survey conducted in Kashmir has found that two out of every five people in the valley have developed antibodies against the coronavirus. The survey carried out in October found the highest prevalence of antibodies in Pulwama at 43.1 percent and the lowest in Kulgam at 28.5 percent. We conducted a sero survey […]