Further relaxations in movement, business activities allowed in Kashmir
Srinagar, Sept 05: Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on Sunday said that “further relaxations in movement and business activities have been ordered in whole Kashmir from Sunday afternoon. “We thank people for cooperation extended over last four days,” the top police officer said. “Keeping in mind the cooperation extended by people in maintenance of […]
Rahul Gandhi likely to visit Jammu next week
Jammu, Sep 5 (PTI) Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Jammu, the city of temples, next week, a senior party leader said Sunday. Gandhi was in Kashmir for two days last month. Rajni Patil, the AICC in-charge of J&K affairs, said Gandhi would commence his Jammu visit by paying obeisance at the […]
Jammu and Kashmir records 110 fresh Covid cases, no new death
Srinagar, Sep 5 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded 110 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, taking the infection tally to 3,25,940 while the Union Territory registered no new death in the past 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 27 were from the Jammu division and 83 from the Kashmir division of the Union […]
Admin issues new COVID-19 guidelines, allows reopening of schools for classes 10, 12
Jammu, Sep 5 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday allowed reopening of higher educational institutions and schools for students of classes 10 and 12 with certain conditions. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A K Mehta. It was also decided to retain most of the COVID-19 containment guidelines, […]
Suicide bomber blows himself up in Pakistan; 3 killed, 20 injured
Karachi, Sep 5 (PTI) At least three paramilitary troops were killed and 20 others injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Sunday, media reports said. The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, Dawn newspaper reported. The explosion took place near a checkpost of the Frontier Corps (FC) on […]
PM Modi congratulates IAS officer on medal win at Paralympics
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Congratulating Suhas Yathiraj, an IAS officer who won a silver medal at the Paralympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described him as a fantastic confluence of service and sports who has captured the imagination of the entire nation. Yathiraj ended his campaign with a historic silver after going down […]
Restrictions eased out in Kashmir, shops open in many areas
Srinagar, Sep 5 (PTI) Restrictions were eased out in Kashmir, but security forces continued to remain deployed on the fourth day on Sunday following the death of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, officials said. There are no restrictions on movement of people in the Valley, but barricades continue to remain in place along […]
Biden tells storm-ravaged Louisiana: ‘I know you’re hurting’
Laplace (US), Sep 5 (AP) Giant trees knocked sideways. Homes boarded up with plywood. Off-kilter street signs. Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood and told local residents, I know you’re hurting, I know you’re hurting. Such a scene likely […]
Iran president calls for election in Afghanistan
Tehran, Sep 5 (AP) Iran’s president is calling for elections in Afghanistan to determine the future of the country, where he hopes peace will return after Western troops have left and the Taliban have seized control. Speaking on state TV on Saturday, Ebrahim Raisi said that the Afghan people should vote to determine their own […]
