Injured during Anantnag encounter, detained militant succumbs
Srinagar, Dec 18: The militant who was critically injured in a gunfight yesterday with government forces in GundBaba area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district succumbed today here in Srinagar Hospital. Official sources said that the militant who was critically during encounter yesterday succumbed at SMHS hospital. Kashmir police had yesterday on its official Twitter handler […]
Govt employee arrested with pistol in Rajouri district
Jammu, Dec 18 (PTI) A government employee was arrested and a pistol and ammunition was seized from him in Rajouri district on Thursday, a police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Rajouri, Chandan Kohli said that Jasvinder Singh’s car met with an accident at Chatta Siot. When a police team reached there, he started […]
SC directs states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks […]
COVID-19 tally in India rises to 99.79 lakh
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 99.79 lakh with 22,890 new infections being reported in a day, while total recoveries crossed the 95 lakh-mark, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Friday. With 338 more fatalities, the death toll due to coronavirus reached 1,44,789, while the total COVID-19 cases […]
Woman raped by brother-in-law in UP’s Banda
Banda (UP), Dec 18 (PTI) A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law in a village here, following which the accused was arrested, police said. The incident took place on Wednesday night when the woman was alone in her house, SHO of Bisanda police station Narendra Pratap Singh said. The accused had also threatened […]
FDA advisors recommend emergency use authorisation of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Washington, Dec 18 (PTI) The US Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel, comprising external experts, has given an emergency use approval to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, making it the second drug after Pfizer to receive such an authorisation in less than a week. FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), made up of independent […]
Ladakh standoff: Talks will achieve agreement on resolution: India
New Delhi: India on Thursday hoped that further discussions with China will help both sides to achieve an agreement on a mutually acceptable solution for ensuring complete disengagement in all friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava told a media briefing the two sides […]
India to acquire military hardware worth 28,000 Cr
New Delhi: The defence ministry on Thursday approved procurement of weapons and military equipment worth Rs 28,000 crore for the three services, officials said. The procurement proposals were cleared at a time India and China are locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh. The officials said almost all the weapons and military hardware […]
Afghan peace talks: US Joint Chiefs chairman meets Taliban negotiators
Kabul: The top US general held unannounced talks with Taliban peace negotiators in the Persian Gulf to urge a reduction in violence across Afghanistan, even as senior American officials in Kabul warned that stepped-up Taliban attacks endanger the militant group’s nascent peace negotiations with the Afghan government. Army Gen. Mark A Milley, chairman of the […]
