Afghan official says rockets hit near presidential palace
Kabul, Jul 20 (AP) At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid-a-Adha. There were no injuries and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds, said Mirwais Stanikzai, spokesman for the interior minister. […]
MeT predicts ‘significant decrease’ in rainfall from tomorrow
Jammu, July 20: Rains continued to lash Jammu and Kashmir with Katra recording downpour of 99.6mm in last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. The weatherman has also forecast a “significant decrease” in rainfall from tomorrow. “As expected light to moderate rain occurred at widespread places of J&K with heavy falls at isolated places of […]
Train services in Kashmir to remain suspended for two days
Srinagar, July 20: The railway authorities on Tuesday decided to suspend train services in the Kashmir Valley for next two days, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. An official said that the train services between Banihal-Baramulla section and vice-versa will remain suspended with effect from July 21 to 22. He said that the train […]
Businessman Raj Kundra arrested in case related to creation of porn films
Mumbai, Jul 20 (PTI) Mumbai police have arrested businessman Raj Kundra, the husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, in a case related to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps, a senior official said. Kundra (45) appears to be the “key conspirator” of the case, the official said on Monday. The […]
An Afghan govt that doesn’t respect human rights will lack international legitimacy: US
Washington, Jul 20 (PTI) The United States has warned the Taliban that any government that does not respect human rights and seeks to rule at the barrel of a gun will lack international legitimacy. The Taliban militants have seized dozens of districts in recent weeks and are now thought to control about a third of […]
WHO assessing Covaxin data for EUL; Decision date “to be confirmed”
Hyderabad, Jul 20 (PTI) The World Health Organisation, which is currently reviewing Bharat Biotech’s application for an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, has said it is assessing the data of the jab. In an update on its website, the WHO, which began rolling data on July 6, said the date for […]
Daily COVID-19 tally in India lowest in 125 days
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) India recorded 30,093 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 125 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,11,74,322, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,14,482 with 374 daily fatalities, the lowest in 111 days, while the active cases have […]
Municipal Council employee dies in wall collapse
Jammu, July 20: An employee of Municipal Council died after a boundary wall of Army’s signal regiment collapsed at old bus stand amid incessant rains in Rajouri district on Tuesday, reports said. They said that Dhani Ram son of Lachuu Ram of Peer Kanju died on spot after he came under the wall while he […]
Hajj amidst pandemic
The Muslim pilgrimage of hajj begun Saturday and for the second year running the pilgrimage has attracted least crowds. This year also only sixty thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims have been permitted to circle Islam’s holiest site in Mecca. The pilgrimage which once drew some 2.5 million Muslims from all walks of life from across […]
Depression
Ahangar Iqra Aziz Depression leaves you lost That is all And in a way, I guess it’s true In every other way, it’s a lie Today you ask me what depression is I m tired, I say Feeling of sadness; loneliness; tearfullness Emptiness and hopelessness Depression is a murder It kills me everyday I look […]