Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Friday rejected the bail application of Hilal Rather, the son of senior National Conference leader and former Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, in a bank fraud case. To seek interim bail, the accused had moved an application before single bench of Justice Puneet Gupta. He pleaded that in view […]
Baramulla: An army soldier was injured in an accidental fire inside their camp in Hari area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday morning. Sources said that Hawaldar Rakash Kumar belongs to 8 Jat regiment was cleaning his service rifle, however, it went off accidentally and the soldier received a bullet on his chest from […]
PAMPORE: An bike-borne youth was killed in a road mishap near Galander Pulwama along the the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Friday after his bike collided with a car. According to SHO Pampore Manzoor Ahmad a collision occurred between car bearing registration number DL10CA/4145 and motorcycle number DL10SE/3449 near Chandhara crossing on the national highway near Galander […]
SRINAGAR : The department of Legal Metrology intensified its market inspections and booked 45 erring traders for violating Legal Metrology laws. The department received 17 complaints from the consumers during the current month for over-charging on sanitizers and facemasks by the drug, grocery stores and cooking gas dealers. The complaints regarding use of false weights, […]
SMC celebrates Frontline Workers Day to boost morale of ground level workers
SRINAGAR : In a bid to boost the morale of frontl ine workers, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) celebrated Frontl ine Workers Day, here on Friday. The day was celebrated by felicitating the Safai Karamcharis with garlands and by distributing sweets among them. The felicitation ceremonies were held in all wards of SMC. Appreciating the efforts […]
NEW DELHI: The biggest lesson the Covid-19 pandemic has taught India is to become self-reliant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said while interacting with gram panchayat members. He complimented them for describing social distancing in simple words ‘Do Gaz Ki Doori’ (maintaining distance of two yards) so that people can understand it easily. “The […]
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 723 with 37 fatalities reported since Thursday evening, while the number of cases saw a record jump of 1,752 to go up to 23,452 cases on Friday, according to the Union health ministry. The previous highest single day increase was on April 20 […]
WASHINGTON: Blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it has caused a “huge challenge” for the global as well as the US economy by not sharing the information they had and the ruling Communist Party “will pay a price” for it. China has come under increasing pressure from nations […]
CAPE TOWN: One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll. The WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where it already kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) has noted with dismay that despite pleas for an enabling environment for media, J&K Police has not withdrawn its latest cases against three journalists in Kashmir. In a statement issued in Friday, KWJA condemned the “continued harassment of journalists in Kashmir at the hands of police” while reiterating demand […]