FATF likely to carry out evaluation of India’s mechanism to deal with financial crimes this year
New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) The FATF, the global body against money laundering and terror financing, is likely to carry out an evaluation of India’s established mechanism to deal with such financial crimes later this year. The mutual evaluation of country specific anti-money laundering and terror-financing mechanism by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is […]
Chinese vaccines effectiveness low: Officials
Beijing, Apr 12 (AP) In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to get a boost. Chinese vaccines don’t have very high protection rates, said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, […]
Lt Governor chairs meeting of all DCs of Kashmir Division
SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: In order to receive a first-hand appraisal of the Administration’s response towards addressing the issues of public, besides ensuring transparency & accountability in the governance system, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a meeting of all Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir Division here at Raj Bhavan. The meeting was also attended by Sh. […]
Suspected PaK resident detained on LoC in Poonch
Poonch, Apr 11: A man, suspected to be a resident of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), has been detained along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch. Reports said that a suspect was seen moving along LoC and was subsequently detained by Army. It said that he has been taken to nearby camp for questioning. “His questioning […]
915 covid-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in JK
Srinagar, Apr 11: A day after recording highest single day count of covid-19 cases this year, Jammu and Kashmir reported 915 fresh infections while five more people succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. Among the fresh cases, 288 cases were reported from Jammu division and 627 from Kashmir […]
Chinese military says Indian should cherish ‘current positive trend’ of de-escalation in eastern Ladakh
Beijing, Apr 11 (PTI) With no forward movement at the latest round of Sino-India military talks on disengagement from the remaining areas in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese military has said that India should cherish the “current positive trend” of de-escalation and cooling down of tensions in the border area. A day after the 11th round […]
Four militants killed in encounters in south Kashmir
Srinagar, Apr 11 (PTI) Four militants, including those responsible for the killing of an Army man in Anantnag district, were killed in two overnight encounters with security forces in south Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The total number of militants killed in the twin encounters which began on Saturday in Shopian and Anantnag districts has […]
India’s COVID-19 active cases breach 11-lakh mark for first time, record daily high of 1,52,879
New Delhi, Apr 11 (PTI) Hitting another record daily high of 1,52,879 new coronavirus infections, India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 1,33,58,805, while the active cases breached the 11-lakh mark for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll increased […]
Covid-19 Surge: Schools upto 12th to remain closed till April 18 in JK
Srinagar, Apr 11: Amid continuing spike in the reported covid-19 cases, all schools in the Jammu and Kashmir upto 12th standard shall continue to remain closed for imparting on-campus and in-person education to the students till April 18, officials said on Sunday. While schools upto 9th standard were already closed till April 18, others—10th to […]
35-year old man shot dead by unknown gunmen in Budgam
Srinagar, Apr 11: A 35-year old man was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mazahama area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district here on Sunday. SSP Budgam, Tahir Saleem said that suspected militants fired upon a civilian identified as Nasir Ahmad Khan son of Ghulam Mohammad Khan resident of Buchipora Magam. He was shifted to nearby […]
