Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on Saturday said the upcoming Amarnath yatra was subject to a periodic review of the COVID-19 situation as comprehensive planning and execution are involved in the conduct of the annual pilgrimage. The 42-day-long yatra to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in the south […]
SRINAGAR: Police in Ganderbal took cognizance over misuse of social media, arrested a person for using abusive language / threat comment on official Facebook account of District Police Ganderbal. A case FIR number 74/2020 under relevant sections of law stands registered at Police Station Ganderbal and investigations were initiated. During the investigation of the case, […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday took a strong exception to procedure and criteria adopted for appointment of people to the top posts in J&K Bank. He said there seems to be a sinister design to dilute J&K Bank’s functional autonomy. In a statement issued here, Bukhari […]
SRINAGAR: Acting tough against social crimes, Srinagar Police have arrested four gamblers from a gambling site. A police party from Police Station Parimpora & Police Post Qamarwari raided a gambling site following an input about gambling activities and apprehended four gamblers identified as Taimur Ahmad sheikh resident of Sir Syed Abad Bemina, Mohd Shafi Shah […]
NEW DELHI: The average doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in the country is 9.1 days as of now and from Friday 8 am to Saturday 8 am, India recorded a six-per cent growth in new cases, which is the lowest daily growth rate recorded since the country crossed 100 cases, the government said on Saturday. […]
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 779 and the number of cases climbed to 24,942 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 56 deaths and 1,490 cases since Friday evening, according to the Union health ministry. The 56 deaths were the maximum reported in the country in a span […]
BERLIN: The World Health Organization is cautioning against the idea of “immunity passports.” It says there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected against a second infection. The concept of “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” has been floated as a way of allowing people protected against […]
WASHINGTON: The United States accounts for more than one fourth of the global Covid-19 deaths and over one-third of the total number of people infected with the deadly virus, latest figures revealed on Friday. The coronavirus pandemic that started from Wuhan City in China in November, 2019 has so far killed more than 195,000 people […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of “human rights advances” made by the king and his powerful son. Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn condemnation from human rights groups. But they say […]
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha spends 40 per cent of its functional time on deliberating issues of public importance, 32 per cent on ensuring accountability of the executive and 28 per cent in making laws, a survey has revealed. The first-of-its-kind analysis conducted by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat also reveals that the Upper House functioned […]