At UN High-Level session, Pak raises Kashmir issue
United Nations, Jul 18 (PTI) As global leaders underscored the importance of reformed multilateralism to ensure an “effective collective response” to global crises such as COVID-19 at a high-level session here, Pakistan used it to rake up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and oppose the expansion of the Security Council’s permanent membership. Pakistan’s Minister […]
Rajnath Singh offers prayers at Amarnath cave shrine
Srinagar, Jul 18 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited the holy cave of Amarnath and offered prayers. Singh spent about an hour at the temple complex there. The Amarnath cave is considered to be one of the holiest shrines in Hinduism and hundreds of thousands of devotees make an annual pilgrimage to it […]
Tractor overturns, driver killed on spot in Anantnag
Anantnag, July 18 (KNO): A driver was killed after a tractor he was driving over turned at Kandiwara village of Kokarnag area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. Police sources said that the driver lost his control over the tractor without registration number while it was surmounting a slope and turned turtle. The driver came […]
Pak intruder arrested along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu, July 18 (PTI) A Pakistani intruder was arrested by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, an official said on Saturday. The intruder was found moving into this side in Nowshera sector late Friday night and was immediately arrested, he said. The official said the man was being questioned. This […]
Three militants killed in Shopian encounter, operation continues
Srinagar, July 18: Three militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and government forces in Amshipora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. A senior police officer said that three militant bodies have been recovered so far in an ongoing operation. However the identity of the slain militants is yet to be […]
Fighting Covid-19
The fight against Covid-19 is going on globally. While the developing world is watching a breakthrough on developing a vaccine with bated breath the developed world is claiming some achievements on human trials. Researchers at the University of Oxford believe they may have a breakthrough in their search for a COVID-19 vaccine after the team […]
Three family members killed in cross LoC shelling in Poonch
Poonch, July 17: Three members of a family were killed in alleged ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the line of control in Poonch district of Jammu on Friday evening. Official sources said that shell landed on the house of one Mohammad Rafiq in Karmara village adjacent to LoC in which the 58-year-old owner, his wife […]
601 new covid-19 cases in JK, tally rises to 12757
Srinagar, July 17: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 601 new covid-19 infections including 86 travelers. Among the cases 137 were reported from Jammu division and 464 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally of the covid-19 to 12757. Giving the district wise details, officials said that Srinagar reported 152, Baramulla 62, Kulgam10, Shopian 82, […]