Bandipora: An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Pannar area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday early morning. Official sources said that the army man of 14 RR, posted at Pannar area of Bandipora shot himself while he was on duty at around 03: 45 AM. Following […]
Pampore: A residential house was partially damaged in a fire incident at Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday evening. A fire broke out in a two-storey house owned by Zahoor Ahmad Bhat resident of Khankahbagh area of Pampore on Saturday evening. Eyewitnesses told Kashmir Reader that the fire damaged the upper storey of […]
Jammu: The Army’s antiexplosion experts on Sunday destroyed a live mortar shell in a forward area along the Line of Control in Poonch district, officials said. The shell had remained unexploded during the recent cross-border shelling by Pakistani army and was noticed by some border residents near Ghani village in Krishna Ghati sector, the officials […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to several leaders, including his predecessor Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former president Pranab Mukherjee, on the situation arising out of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Sources said that Modi also called up various leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi […]
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to allow domestic and international flight operations in India in a staggered manner after the 21-day lockdown is lifted on April 14 midnight, officials said on Sunday. The aviation sector has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, Air Deccan became the latest casualty of the crisis […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday the lockdown imposed to arrest the spread of novel coronavirus will be lifted on April 15 and asserted that a mechanism should be evolved to ensure crowding doesn’t take place, else all efforts will go in vain. Holding discussion with Members of Parliament from the […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the amount of Hydroxychloroquine ordered by the United States after India last month banned the drugs for exports. Trump said that he spoke to Prime Minister Modi on Saturday morning and made a request to release Hydroxycholoroquine for […]
ISLAMABAD: The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan rose to 2,880, on Sunday, officials said.According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 45 people have died so far due to the viral infection in the country and 130 have recovered. While Punjab recorded 1,163 cases, Sindh reported 864, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 372, Balochistan 185, Gilgit-Baltistan 206, […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday said lighting lamps alone will not help win the war against coronavirus and demanded answers from the government on the safety of health workers in the “absence” of adequate protective gear. The party also said lifting of lockdown should not be done in an unplanned manner as its implementation. […]
JAIPUR: A 32-year-old woman in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district lost her baby after doctors at a government hospital allegedly turned her away on learning that she was a Muslim. The woman’s husband, Irfan Khan, alleged that his wife had to deliver their child in an ambulance after the doctors refused to treat her. Meanwhile, a probe […]