JK reports 65 more Covid-19 Deaths, 4509 new cases
Srinagar, May 12: Jammu and Kashmir reported 65 more covid-19 related deaths for the second consecutive day even as 4509 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 46 of the fatalities were reported from Jammu Division and 19 from Kashmir Valley, taking the […]
Death toll of Palestinians from Israeli air strikes on Gaza reaches 43
Gaza City, May 12: Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated overnight, with at least 43 Palestine Muslims killed in Gaza and five people killed in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges for years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into the early hours of Wednesday. One multi-story residential building in Gaza […]
Eid ul Fitr to likely fall on Friday in Pakistan: Met dept
Islamabad, May 12: The Meteorological Department on Tuesday said Eid-ul-Fitr is likely to be observed in the country on Friday, as there are “no chances” of the moon being sighted on Wednesday, Geo News reported. If the moon is not sighted on Wednesday — Ramadan 29 — then the holy month would be observed for […]
30 more covid-19 deaths in JK, toll 2877
Srinagar, May 12: Jammu Kashmir reported at least thirty more covid-19 deaths so far since last evening, taking the fatality count to 2877. Official sources said that 21 of these fatalities were reported at GMC Jammu and nine at various hospitals of Kashmir Valley. Among others the victims from Valley include 50-year-old woman from Dooru, […]
Corona Curfew: IGP issues helpline number for doctors, ID card of journalists to be treated as curfew pass
Srinagar, May 12: Inspector General of Police on Wednesday issued helpline numbers for doctors in case they are stopped unnecessarily by police on way to duties while ID cards of journalists have been ordered to be treated as curfew pass. IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that doctors and paramedics are advised to inform on numbers— […]
India opened up prematurely, Dr Fauci on COVID-19 crisis
Washington, May 12 (PTI) India made the “incorrect assumption” that it was finished with the COVID-19 pandemic and opened up prematurely that has left the country in such “dire straits”, America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has told senators. India has been severely affected by the unprecedented second wave of the coronavirus and […]
Ladakh reports 135 fresh COVID-19 cases; 130 patients recover
Leh, May 12 (PTI) The union territory of Ladakh reported 135 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally to 15,564, while 130 more people recovered and were discharged from hospitals, officials said on Wednesday. The total number of active cases in the Union Territory has now risen to 1,452, including 1,212 in Leh district and 240 […]
Death toll at 36 as Israel bombardment of Gaza escalates
Gaza City, May 12: The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, targeting several areas after rockets were fired from the enclave. It is the most intense airstrikes in Gaza since the bombardment in 2014. Health authorities in Gaza said at least 36 Palestinians – including 10 children […]
Youth found dead in orchard at Delina Baramulla
Baramulla, May 12: A youth was found dead mysteriously in an orchard in his native area in Sheepora Delina of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. An official said that some locals spotted the body in the orchard in Delina and accordingly informed the police. He said that a team of police from the […]
Grenade attack on police in Jammu’s Samba district, no damage reported
Jammu, May 12: Panic gripped Nud area of Jammu’s Samba district after a grenade was hurled at a police party on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police said. A police official said that an explosion took place in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday and later it was found that a grenade […]
