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25-year-old among 8 die of Covid

Srinagas: Eight deaths were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir due to Covid-19 on Wednesday taking the toll of victims to 498 whereas 482 fresh...

Shopian doing quite well against Covid

Shopian: The situation in Shopian district has considerably improved in the past week with only 36 new cases reported. The number of active cases...

Srinagar contributing 30% of Kashmir’s corona cases

Pulwama second-worst district, but situation in Anantnag, Baramulla improving Anantnag: Since the beginning of this month, Srinagar district has been reporting more than 5 times...

Install all procured ventilators by August 15: Div Com to DCs

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole on Wednesday chaired a weekly Covid-19 review meeting with all Deputy Commissioners, Health Officers and other concerned. While...

Sans proper data Russian Covid-19 vaccine’s efficacy, safety unknown: CCMB chief

HYDERABAD: The efficacy and safety levels of the vaccine developed by Russia for treating Covid-19 patients is not predictable in the absence of data,...

Scientists sceptical about Russia’s vaccine, cite lack of evidence for efficacy

New Delhi: Responding with scepticism to Russia's approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, several scientists around the world, including in India, suggest it hasn't been...

Hizb militant, army soldier killed in gunfight in Pulwama orchard

Anantnag: A local Hizbul Mujahideen militant and an army soldier were killed during a gunfight between government forces and militants here in Pulwama district. Another...

Soldier injured in Sopore attack

Baramulla: An army soldier was injured in a militant attack at Hygam area of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday afternoon. Official sources...

Facilitate resolution of the Kashmir issue: Pak to US

Islamabad: Pakistan and the US have reviewed their bilateral relationship as top officials from the two countries took part in a virtual conference during...

4500 engineers left jobless as J&K govt abolishes 17-year-old employment scheme

Srinagar: At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has wiped out thousands of jobs, the Jammu and Kashmir government has abolished a 17-year-old scheme...

3 killed after police open fire to quell mob in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: At least three people were killed after police opened fire to quell a mob that went on a rampage, irked over a social...

LG promises better security for panchayat representatives

Srinagar: Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that the administration led by him will ensure better security arrangements for all elected panchayat representatives and...

Myanmar bars Rohingya Muslim candidate from election

DHAKA: A Rohingya Muslim has been barred from standing in Myanmar’s upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights groups as discriminatory and a...

12 more die of Covid, toll 490

Srinagar: Twelve deaths were recorded on Tuesday due to Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir taking the overall toll of victims to 490. According to officials,...

Russia makes history, develops maiden Covid vaccine

Putin says his daughter received dose Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use...

Urdu poet Rahat Indori dies

INDORE: Renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who was being treated for COVID-19, died of a heart attack at the Aurobindo Hospital here on Tuesday,...

Intensive Red Zone testing strategy being prepared: Govt

Asymptomatic patients not to be home quarantined in Jammu SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam on Tuesday chaired a meeting to take stock of...

4G internet on trial basis in one district each in Jammu, Kashmir, GoI tells SC

New Delhi: A special committee looking into the issue of restoring mobile internet has decided to provide 4G internet services on a trial basis...

Those quitting party ‘opportunists’, says BJP

Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that a section of workers who resigned from the party after string of attacks on its...

Parents of Rajouri labourer unaware about their son’s fate

Shopian: Even as the army is investigating the Shopian encounter, parents of one of the three labourers allegedly killed in the encounter are unaware...

Will carry out DNA sampling: Police

Srinagar: Police Tuesday said that they will carry out DNA sampling of slain ‘militants’ killed in Shopian encounter for cross examination and matching purpose...

NC seeks time-bound probe

Srinagar: National Conference on Tuesday demanded a time-bound, impartial probe into the incident of three missing laborers from Rajouri who as per unverified reports...

My ‘innocuous dissent’ was seen as act of ‘treason’: Shah Faesal

Srinagar/New Delhi: Shah Faesal, the first resident of Jammu and Kashmir who topped the civil services exam in 2009, on Tuesday said his decision...

No NC leader detention, Govt tells HC

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday was informed by the government that none of the National Conference (NC) leaders had been ‘detained’ last...

Militant, four OGWs held in Kupwara: Police

Kupwara: Police on Tuesday claimed that they held an active militant and four over ground workers in north Kashmir’s Kupwara, who were involved in...

Covid toll 478 with 8 more deaths in Kashmir

470 new cases take tally past 25k mark Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported eight deaths due to Covid-19 on Monday, taking the toll of victims...

Cabs in Shopian fleecing as well as endangering passengers

Shopian: Despite growing number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Shopian district, transporters here, particularly cab drivers, are charging double fares without following any...

3 Budgam villages declared Red Zones

BUDGAM: Authorities in Budgam declared three villages as red zones in view of a spike in COVID-19 cases. As per an order issued by the...

Pranab Mukherjee tests positive

New Delhi: Former President of India and veteran Congress leader, Pranab Mukherjee has contracted COVID-19, he announced on Twitter on Sunday. “On a visit to...

3 ‘militants’ killed in Shopian said to be actually Rajouri labourers

Shopian: Twenty-one days after three cousin brothers who worked as labourers left Rajouri on July 16 for Shopian, their families registered a missing person’s...

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