Covid resurgence: US averaging 100,000 new infections daily
Fort Lauderdale (US): The US is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant has spread through the country. Health officials fear that cases, hospitalisations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t […]
Kishtwar Cloudburst: No trace of missing people even after after 11 days
Jammu: There was still no trace of 19 persons who went missing following a cloudburst at Honzar Dachan in Kishtwar district as rescuers continued the search operation on Saturday. Eight women among 19 persons went missing following the cloudburst and subsequent flash floods in the remote village on intervening night of July 27 and 28. […]
Shot in the arm: Ex-PDP MPs among five politicians join People’s Conference
Srinagar: People’s Conference received a shot in the arm to its expansion programme as five politicians, including two former PDP MPs, from various parts of Jammu and Kashmir joined the party on Saturday. Former MLC and ex-PDP leader Murtaza Khan, former PDP MPs Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohammad Fayaz, DDC chairman Baramulla Safina Baig […]
142 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 142 fresh covid-19 cases even as no person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Saturday. They said 59 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 83 from Kashmir Valley, taking the infection tally to 322428. Providing the district-wise details, the officials said that […]
Massive search operation continues for second day in Rajouri
Jammu: A massive search operation continued for the second day on Saturday in a dense forest area in Rajouri district where two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter by security forces, officials said. The joint operation by the police and the army in remote Pangai village, located in a forested area of Thanamandi, […]
Continuous school closure: Fundamental knowledge of students weakened, says Par Panel
New Delhi: The learning loss of more than one year due to prolonged school closure in wake of COVID-19 pandemic would necessarily have weakened the foundational knowledge of students, especially in the subjects of mathematics, sciences and languages, at school level, a Parliamentary panel has noted. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth […]
No talk by the US for military base in Pakistan: NSA
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that no US official or lawmaker asked for a military base in Pakistan, rejecting reports that the Biden administration was seeking American military bases in the country to influence developments in neighbouring Afghanistan. Yusuf made the comments as he wrapped up his 10-day trip to the […]
Taliban enter north Afghan provincial capital: Report
Kabul: Taliban fighters entered the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province Saturday, a provincial lawmaker said, after sweeping through nine of 10 districts in the province. The government did not deny lawmaker Mohammad Karim Jawzjani’s claim that Taliban fighters had entered Sheberghan, but said the city had not fallen. If the city falls, it will […]
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account temporarily suspended
Due process being followed for its restoration: Congress
New Delhi: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been temporarily suspended and due process is being followed to restore it, the party said Saturday. This comes a day after Twitter removed a controversial post of Gandhi with a picture of him meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who died here following […]
Skill development schemes: Govt launches web portal, mobile app to make plans accessible
New Delhi: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar on Saturday launched an online portal and a mobile application to make skill development schemes accessible to the target groups of Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and sanitation workers. Through the ‘PM Daksh’ portal and the ‘PM Daksh’ mobile app, the government said, the youths […]
