Admin de-notifies Andherhama, Manigah Villages from Red Zone Status
Kupwara, Jul 16: Almost two months after the last positive case was detected in the areas, administration here in the frontier district has partially done away with the red zone status from Andherhama and Manigah villages. Two separate notifications issued by Additional Magistrate Kupwara, issued said that after aggressive contact tracing and sampling was done […]
39.69 lakh recovered from senior IAS officer in JK: Sources
Srinagar, Jul 16 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recovered Rs 39.69 lakh from a senior IAS officer he allegedly took from an organisation and recommended a probe into his alleged illegal monetary benefits, sources said on Thursday. The Lt Governor administration put a notice to the senior IAS officer for allegedly getting illegal […]
Cop dies of cardiac arrest in Dooru
Dooru, July 16: A police constable died due to cardiac arrest in Dooru area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday afternoon. An official said that a police constable identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Parray son of Ghulam Qadir Parray, a resident of Ukjan Dialgam suffered a heart attack at around 12: 30 pm while he […]
Complete disengagement process in eastern Ladakh intricate, needs constant verification: Indian Army
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) The process of complete disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh is “intricate” and requires constant verification, the Indian Army said on Thursday after the fourth round of marathon military talks between India and China. The army said senior commanders of the Indian and Chinese military reviewed the progress on implementation […]
Committee constituted to consider restoration of 4G Internet service in JK: SC told
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) The Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a special committee has been constituted to consider the issue of restoration of 4G Internet services in the Union Territory. High speed Internet in Jammu and Kashmir has been suspended since August 5, 2019 when the […]
Twitter accounts of Obama, Biden, Musk, Gates and others hacked in Bitcoin scam
New York, Jul 16 (PTI) Several prominent Twitter accounts, including those of former US president Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, were hacked apparently to promote a Bitcoin scam in what the microblogging site believes to be a “coordinated social engineering attack.” The account of former US vice-president Joe Biden, […]
India records over 30,000 COVID-19 cases in single day for first time
New Delhi, July 16 (PTI) COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 30,000 mark in a single day for the first time pushing the tally to 9,68,876 on Thursday, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country saw a record increase […]
Imran Khan kicks off construction of Diamer-Bhasha dam project in PaK
Islamabad, Jul 16 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday kicked off construction work at the Diamer-Bhasha dam in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, notwithstanding India’s objection to the China-backed mega project. Addressing a public gathering in Chilas in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khan said the Diamer-Bhasha will be Pakistan’s third largest dam after Tarbela and Mangla dams. The project […]