NEW DELHI: India had hoped it might be able to persuade Pakistan through “back channel” to release retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in 2017, senior advocate Harish Salve has said. Salve was the lead counsel for India in […]
LONDON: The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 to 28,131 as of May 1, just short of Italy which has so far had the world’s second most deadly outbreak of the disease after the United States. As Britain shadows Italy for the grim status of being the worst hit country in Europe, Prime […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was “glad” about the reappearance of Kim Jong Un and that the North Korea leader is apparently healthy. “I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!” Trump tweeted, following Kim’s first public appearance in nearly three weeks after intense speculation that he was […]
DUBAI: Over 150,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have applied through the online registration process to the Indian missions here, according to media reports. The Indian missions in the country last week opened online registration for the expatriates who wish to fly back home after getting stuck […]
NEW DELHI: A fleet of military jets on Sunday carried out a spectacular fly-past over the national capital as part of a nationwide exercise to express gratitude to lakhs of doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff and other front-line workers engaged in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The military jets, including Sukhoi-30 MKI, MiG-29 and Jaguar, flew over […]
PUNE: The state-run Sassoon General Hospital in Maharashtra’s Pune city has received the Indian Council of Medical Research’s nod to apply plasma therapy on critical COVID-19 patients, a senior health official said on Sunday. Technically called “convalescent-plasma therapy”, the treatment aims at using the immune power gained by a recovered person to treat a sick […]
NEW DELHI: The headquarters of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) here has been sealed after a personal staff of a senior officer and a bus driver of the paramilitary tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Sunday. The five-storeyed building is located inside the Central Government Offices (CGO) complex on Lodhi Road. A personal […]
Jammu: Dozens of stranded Kashmiris and some migrant labourers on Saturday assembled outside the Divisional Commissioner office here and demanded early evacuation to their home, officials said. The protesters alleged that the administration was not paying heed to their pleas and are shuttling them from one office to another for redressal of their grievances. However, […]
CS discusses modalities for movement of stranded students/migrant labour
JAMMU : Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam Saturday held video conference interaction with the Deputy Commissioners to discuss the action plan for allowing students and migrant labour stranded in different parts of the country. The Government has initiated the process of bringing back students and labour who had stuck in various states due to lockdown in […]
BARAMU LLA: Acting tough against such elements who indulge in violation of prescribed norms and guidelines pertaining to COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Commissioner(DC) Baramulla, Dr. G N Itoo today sealed a petrol pump, 15 shops and seized 2 vehicles for violating the prohibitory orders. By this act, the total number of seized vehicles and sealed shops […]