Dr Ahangar gets 6 months extension as Director SKIMS
Srinagar, Jun 26: Director Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Prof. A.G. Ahangar, who was going to retire today, got further extension in his service on Saturday by the Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha. In an order, government said that Dr A.G. Ahanger, who was going to retire today has been given further extension of six […]
Two arrested for murdering teenager in Rajouri village: Police
Rajouri, Jun 26: The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old boy in Khawas village of Rajouri district. Police in an official statement, issued here said that one person identified as Balvinder Singh (19) son of Suraj Ram, resident of Keri, Khawas was attacked by two […]
Lot of mistrust exists between New Delhi, Kashmir: Farooq
Srinagar, June 26: National Conference president and member parliament Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that “let’s not jump and see if the centre was ready to remove mistrust existing on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir. “Let me make it clear. I told them that the first Prime Minister promised us plebiscite and went back […]
Youth commits suicide in Bandipora’s Ajas
Bandipora, Jun 26: A 28-year-old youth committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at his home in Bazipora Ajas area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. An official said that the youth (name withheld) consumed some poisonous substance at his residence in Bazipora locality of Ajas today morning. “Soon after the incident he was […]
Top BJP leaders hold meeting at party headquarters
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Senior BJP leaders, including Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and party president J P Nadda, held a meeting here on Saturday. The meeting, held at the party headquarters, was attended by several other senior leaders, including those handling organisational charges, sources said. The ruling party leaders have been holding […]
India records 48,698 COVID-19 cases, 1,183 deaths in a day
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) A single-day rise of 48,698 COVID-19 infections took India’s case tally to 3,01,83,143 while the weekly positivity rate declined to 2.97 per cent, according to Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. The death toll climbed to 3,94,493 with 1,183 more people succumbing to the viral disease in a day. The […]
Police prevents minor girl from committing suicide
Ganderbal, June 26: Police prevented a minor girl from committing suicide in Shalhar Dab area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. An official said that the police on late Saturday evening prevented the minor from committing suicide after she was found attempting to jump into river Jhelum near Shalhar Dab village. He said that after noticing […]
Partnership between Afghanistan, US to be sustained: Biden
Washington, Jun 26 (PTI) As the United States prepares to withdraw its soldiers from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden on Friday said his country’s partnership with the South Asian nation is going to be sustained. The partnership between Afghanistan and the United States is not ending. It’s going to be sustained, Biden told reporters in the […]
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
Minneapolis, Jun 26 (AP) Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. The punishment which came after Chauvin broke his yearlong silence to […]
Militants target police station in Anantnag, no loss of life reported
Srinagar, Jun 26 (PTI) Militants targeted a police station in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Friday, lobbing a grenade at it but the explosion did not cause any damage, police said. At about 8.45 pm, militants hurled a grenade towards Police station Bijbehara in the south Kashmir district, a police official said. He said […]