India recorded 4,362 new Covid-19 cases
New Delhi, Mar 7: India recorded 4,362 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Monday—lowest in months—taking the country’s total tally to 4,29,62,953, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The daily Covid-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 29 consecutive days now. The death toll […]
Brent crude up $10, shares sink as Ukraine conflict deepens
Tokyo, Mar 7 (AP) The price of oil jumped more than 10 a barrel and shares were sharply lower Monday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent crude oil briefly surged over 10 to nearly 130 a barrel early Monday. Benchmark US crude was up nearly 9 […]
Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year
Bangkok, Mar 7 (AP) The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming […]
PM Modi to speak with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
New Delhi, Mar 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, official sources said. Modi’s expected talk with Zelenskyy comes amid India’s all out efforts to evacuate its nationals, mostly students, from the country facing attack from Russia. This is the second time Modi will speak to Zelenskyy since […]
Sgr grenade blast: Injured teenage girl succumbs to injuries
Srinagar, Mar 7: A 19-year-old girl, who was wounded in a grenade attack in Srinagar on Sunday afternoon, succumbed to injuries at SMHS hospital on Monday morning. An official said that Rafiya daughter of Nazir Ahmad Tinda resident of Hazratbal Srinagar succumbed to injuries at SHMS this morning. “She succumbed to injuries at around 8: […]
Ukraine says Russia steps up shelling of residential areas
Lviv (Ukraine), Mar 7 (AP) Russian forces intensified shelling of cities in Ukraine’s centre, north and south, a Ukrainian official said, as a second attempt to evacuate besieged civilians collapsed. With the Ukrainian leader urging his people to take to the streets to fight, Russian President Vladimir Putin shifted blame for the invasion, saying Moscow’s […]
Voting begins for last phase of UP Assembly polls; 613 candidates in fray on 54 seats
Lucknow, Mar 7 (PTI) Voting for the seventh and the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Monday morning, with 613 candidates in the fray on 54 seats, including those falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary segment Varanasi. The fate of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and several […]
JKSSB’s Accounts Assistant Finance Exam concludes successfully across Kashmir
SRINAGAR, MAR 06: The OMR based Objective type written test for Accounts Assistant Finance conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board’s (JKSSB) concluded successfully across Kashmir. On the occasion, the respective Deputy Commissioners of all the districts of Kashmir visited various examination centres within their jurisdiction to take stock of facilities and arrangements put […]
One civilian dead, 21 including cop injured in grenade attack at Amira Kadal Srinagar
Srinagar, Mar 06: One person was dead and atleast twenty one people including a cop were injured after suspected militants on Sunday hurled a grenade at Amira Kadal area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. A top police official said that militants lobbed grenade in busy Amira Kadal Market. In this incident one person succumbed at […]
JK reports 31 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Mar 6: Jammu and Kashmir reported 31 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said 15 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 16 Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 453245. Giving district wise […]