78,512 new COVID cases in India, 971 deaths
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) The novel coronavirus tally in India crossed 36 lakh on Monday with 78,512 new cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 27,74,801, pushing the recovery rate to 76.62 per cent, the Health Ministry said. The death toll climbed to 64,469 with 971 more people succumbing to the infection in […]
Youth goes missing, family seeks help from public, police
Baramulla, Aug 31: The family members of a 19-year-old missing youth on Monday urged their son to return home and appealed general public and police to help them in tracing him. According to the family, Zeehan Javid Dar, son of Javid Ahmad Dar of Ushkawa Baramulla is missing since August 23 this month. Family members […]
Two labourers die during digging borewell in Samba
Jammu, Aug 31 (PTI) Two labourers died of asphyxiation during digging of a borewell in Samba district, police said. Another labourer was rescued in a critical condition by a joint team of police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), which rushed to Chak Manga village after getting information about the incident, a police official said. […]
Three Pakistani soldiers killed in militant attack in northwest
Peshawar, Aug 31 (AP) Suspected militants attacked Pakistani troops amid a search operation in a former Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold in the northwest near the Afghan border, triggering a shootout that killed three soldiers, the army said Sunday. It said four soldiers also were wounded in the attack in South Waziristan, a district in the […]
Australia records its deadliest day of pandemic
Melbourne, Aug 31 (AP) Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic on Monday as the government urged hot spot Victoria state to announce its plans to lift a lockdown on the country’s second-largest city. Victoria’s health department reported 41 deaths from COVID-19 and 73 new infections in the latest 24-hour period. While the deaths […]
7 more succumb to Covid-19 in JK
Srinagar, Aug 30: Seven persons died due to covid-19 in last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the fatality count to 697. Official sources said that among the victims, three were residents of Jammu district while two others were from Srinagar and one each from Ganderbal and Bandipora district respectively. A 70-year-old woman from […]
Curbs imposed in Srinagar, Budgam districts to prevent people from taking out processions
Srinagar, Aug 30 (PTI) Authorities in Kashmir imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar and Budgam districts on Sunday to prevent people from taking out Muharram processions to mark the last day of the 10-day mourning period, officials said. They said restrictions on the movement and assembly of people under Section 144 CrPc have been imposed […]
We are not anyone”s puppets: Farooq Abdullah”s retort to Pakistan
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Reacting sharply to Pakistan hailing the recent Gupkar Declaration in which six political parties of Jammu and Kashmir vowed to fight collectively against the abrogation of Article 370, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday asserted that “we are not anyone’s puppets”. “Pakistan has always abused mainstream political parties […]
Delimitation panel to visit 4 NE states, JK after preparing broad framework to redraw constituencies
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after preparing a “broad framework” of the delimitation exercise, officials said. The commission will also seek views and inputs of its “associate […]
Suspended DySP was tasked by Pak to establish ‘contact’ in MEA: NIA chargesheet
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Devender Singh, who has been chargesheeted by the NIA for providing support to banned group Hizbul Mujahideen, was tasked by his Pakistani handler with establishing a “contact” in the Ministry of External Affairs for carrying out espionage activities. According to the chargesheet […]