JAMMU: On day 105 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 25 domestic flights with 3,461 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1372 passengers aboard 11 regular commercial flights and one charter flight arrived at the Jammu Airport while 14 domestic flights with about 2089 […]
BARAMULLA: A book on poetry collection titled Nida written by famous poet Bashar Zogiyari was released in a function at Sheeri area of Baramulla on Sunday, held under the banner of Sagar Cultural Forum Chokar Pattan. Ex director Radio Kashmir Syeed Humayun Kaiser was the chief guest,and Broadcaster Rashid Nizami was the guest of honour. […]
KUPWARA: In view of upcoming winter season, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Karnah, Dr. Bilal Mohiddin Bhat today convened a meeting of concerned officers to take stock of food supplies in the sub division. The meeting was informed that sufficient stock of supplies have been made available for 3 months by the Food Supplies & Consumer […]
GANDERBAL: Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting of the Health Department to review the progress of Rapid Antigen test (RAT) campaign which was recently initiated by the District Administration in Red zones. RAT campaign was started in view of a surge in positive cases from the last few days to contain the […]
Sets Oct 31 deadline for completing academic-administrative block RAJOURI: District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh on Sunday inspected progress on Government Medical College campus building. The construction work on the campus is being executed by the Public Works Department. The DDC was accompanied by Superintending Engineer PWD, Bisharat Gelani Bhatt; District Statistical and Evaluation […]
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties are planning a joint offensive against the government to corner it in Parliament on issues of national security like the border situation with China, handling of the COVID pandemic, economy and GST compensation to states, sources said. Leaders of various opposition parties are expected to meet later this week to formulate […]
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 tally of cases went past 41 lakh with a record 90,632 people being infected in a day, while 31,80,865 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.32 per cent on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 41,13,811, while the […]
NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Governors’ Conference on the National Education Policy on Monday through video conference, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The conference titled ‘Role of NEP-2020 in Transforming Higher Education’ is being organised by the Ministry of Education. The Governors’ […]
TEHRAN: Cairo, Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic as COVID-19 cases in Iran surged to 384,666 on Saturday. Meanwhile, an Iraqi health official warned that the citizens should not play down the seriousness of the coronavirus as 4,644 daily new infections were reported. Iran, the hardest-hit country […]
WASHINGTON: Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump’s word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine. In an interview excerpt broadcast by CNN on Saturday, Harris said Trump had a track record of suppressing expert opinion about the coronavirus pandemic and that she worried that might happen again […]