‘Gupkar Gang’ deceiving people, Article 370 can never be restored: BJP leader
Srinagar, Nov 20: Former Union Minister and National spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said that the Article 370 can never be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that the ‘Gupkar Gang’ is deceiving people by making promises over its restoration. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Hussain, who was […]
COVID-19 patients likely to be most infectious during first week after symptom onset: Study
London, Nov 20 (PTI) Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says. The research, published in The Lancet Microbe journal, noted that people […]
China will have to play by rules; US to rejoin WHO: Biden
Washington, Nov 20 (PTI) US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wanted to punish China over […]
Burglars strike at two shrines in north Kashmir, decamp with cash
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, Nov 20: Burglars struck at two Shrines in two separate burglary incidents and decamped with cash in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday night. Local sources said that burglars struck at the shrine of Hazrat Syed Nizam u din Bukhari in Delina Baramulla during the intervening night of Thursday-Friday, they broke the […]
COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 90-lakh mark
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the 90-lakh mark on Friday with 45,882 new cases, while the recoveries surged to 84.28 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.6 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,04,365 and the death toll climbed to 1,32,162 […]
19 persons rescued at Pir Ki Gali, Mughal road closed for traffic
Poonch, Nov 20: The Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, has been closed even as authorities rescued 19 persons including a minor who had got trapped amid fresh snowfall along the thoroughfare last night, officials said on Friday. “19 persons have been rescued by teams of police and Army from Pir Ki Gali area […]
Trump sending damaging message to the world by not conceding election results: Biden
Washington, Nov 20 (PTI) US President Donald Trump is sending an incredibly damaging message to the international community by not conceding the election results, President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday. Major news networks have declared Biden as the winner of the November 3 presidential elections, weeks ahead of their formal certification by the respective State […]
Young Journalist Mudasir Ali is no more
Srinagar, Nov 20: Mudasir Ali, a young and promising Journalist associated with ‘Greater Kashmir’ died due to sudden cardiac arrest on Friday morning, his friends said. Ali was also contributing to news portal ‘Thewire’. They said that he had suffered a fracture some days back for which he received treatment but in all probability fat […]
Positivity at last
Two good developments have surfaced over the past two days. The Russian sputnik Covid-19 vaccine and the one developed by global drug makers Pfizer and BioNTech have proven their efficacy in dealing with the novel coronavirus. Particularly, the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech claims to have achei3eved 95% success during the third and final […]
Funny side is the Sunny side
Desh Bir Four months from November to February witness plenty of elderly Kashmiri shawl hawkers descending upon the streets of Punjab. Their usual trade call is “Have woolen shawls, have Kashmiri Shawls” They know their customized clients/ customers are in every household and like skilled salesmen the lady of each house is their ‘Bhain ji […]