Row over grant of citizenship to non-Muslim refugees: SC to hear IUML’s plea after two weeks
New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear after two weeks a plea challenging the Centre’s notification inviting non-Muslims belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The matter came up for hearing before […]
Attacks target polio teams in east Afghanistan, 4 killed
Kabul, Jun 15 (AP) Gunmen on Tuesday targeted members of polio teams in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least four staffers, officials said. No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in the city of Jalalabad. Along with the four killed, at least three members of the polio vaccination teams were wounded, said Dr. Jan […]
Death toll in China’s gas explosion rises to 25
Beijing, Jun 15 (PTI) The death toll from a powerful gas explosion in central China’s Hubei province has more than doubled to 25, according to the local authorities. The explosion ripped through a residential neighbourhood in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and trapping a large number of people […]
Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet study
London, Jun 15 (PTI) The Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the Alpha variant first found in the UK, but Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against the strain, says a study published in The Lancet journal. Researchers at Public Health Scotland and the University […]
Nursing home owners, GMC Anantnag Doctors warned against ‘Private Practice’
Anantnag, Jun 15: As more than half of doctors sanctioned for GMC Anantnag were found absent during a surprise visit officials, the authorities have warned Nursing Home owners in the south Kashmir district against allowing medical practitioner from the heath facility to practice during office hours. In a letter to the owners of the Nursing […]
Family accuses man of killing his wife, demands exhumation
Srinagar, Jun 15: A family from Hajin Sonawara area Tuesday staged a protest demanding exhumation and post-mortem of a woman who died in the house of her in-laws at Gund Jahangir Sumbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The family from Khumna Baharabad area of Bandipora emerged here in Press Enclave Srinagar and staged protest. […]
Thunderstorm with rain forecast at scattered places in JK
Srinagar, Jun 15: Weatherman on Tuesday forecast “light to moderate thunderstorm with rain” for next few days at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir. “Brief spell of light to moderate thunderstorm with rain will occur at scattered places of Kashmir like Gulmarg, Kupwara, Sopore, Baramulla, Srinagar and scattered places of Jammu and South Kashmir today,” […]
HC refuses to give custody of minor husband to wife
Allahabad, Jun 15 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has refused to give the custody of the minor husband to his wife holding that the marriage was voidable and allowing so would amount to sanctioning cohabitation between a major and a minor. But as the boy/husband, who is 16 years of age, was not willing to […]
Man eater leopard trapped, say forest dept officials
Budgam, June 15: Eleven days after mauling a 4-year-old girl to death, the man eater Leopard was caught alive by Wildlife authorities on Saturday at DC office complex in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official said that the Leopard was spotted near nursery of DC office, and the searches were intensified accordingly in the area.. […]
NATO nations ready to jointly respond to attacks in space
Brussels, Jun 15 (AP) NATO leaders on Monday expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defence clause to include a collective response to attacks in space. Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty states that an attack on any one of the 30 allies will be considered an attack on them […]