PARIS: The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 114,539 on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources. More than 1,853,300 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these cases, at least 395,000 are now […]
NEW YORK: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New York City has surpassed the 100,000 mark with a total of 6,898 deaths, taking the overall number of infections and fatalities in the US to 557,571 and 22,108, respectively, according to data complied by the Johns Hopkins University. With this, the US now accounts for […]
NEW DELHI/KABUL: The Afghanistan government has so far released over 350 Taliban prisoners out of the 5,000 it committed to free under the US-Taliban peace deal to end the 18-year-old war. The Taliban on Sunday claimed to have released 20 Afghan prisoners. Javid Faisal, spokesman for the Afghan National Security Council, told local media in […]
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the government to provide 10 kg grains per person to beneficiaries of National Food Security Act till September this year. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she also demanded that 10 kg grains per person be provided free of cost for 6 months to […]
LUCKNOW: With the beginning of Ramzan just about 10 days away, Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, the chairperson of the Islamic Centre of India and the Imam of Aishbagh Eidgah has issued an advisory to people on how to observe Ramzan during the lockdown. In his appeal, the Sunni cleric, who is a member of […]
Bhadarwah/Jammu:Three people, including a woman, allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. Mohammad Rafiq (35), a resident of Sekwan village, jumped into the Chenab river from Ganpat bridge on Monday afternoon and drowned, a police official said. Efforts are on to recover his body, he […]
Srinagar: Kashmir recorded another major jump in Covid-19 cases on Sunday after 17 more persons were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of positive cases recorded in Jammu and Kashmir to 245, including four deaths. Four new Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Sunday at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu. “21 new […]
Agriculture operations to continue in controlled manner
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, Sunday directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Heads for strict implementation of restrictions in all 77 Red Zones declared in Jammu and Kashmir. To control the further spread of coronavirus, he also stressed for proper regulation of Red Zones and complete lockdown in the identified areas. Chief Secretary was chairing […]
Srinagar: How difficult it is to detect the novel coronavirus can be seen from the example of the first Covid-19 patient from Anantnag district. The tests results of this patient came positive on Thursday, more than a week after he was sent home from a quarantine facility where he stayed seven days, and almost 20 days […]
Kupwara: At least three civilians, including a little boy and a woman who had five children, were killed and several were injured on Sunday afternoon in cross-border shelling in Kupwara in north Kashmir. Many houses of civilians were also damaged in the shelling. Sources said that armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy gunfire in […]