COVID-19: Pakistan partially resumes international flights to repatriate citizens stranded abroad
Islamabad, Jun 22 (PTI) After nearly three months, Pakistan has partially resumed international flights to repatriate its citizens stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 lockdown, according to a media report. On March 21, Pakistan suspended all international flight operations to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The government has now reopened […]
Eastern Ladakh standoff: India, China hold second round of Lt Gen-level talks
New Delhi, June 22 (PTI) India and China are holding another round of Lt General-level talks on Monday to discuss ways to de-escalate tension between the two sides in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. The talks were scheduled to start at 11:30 am at Moldo on the Chinese side of Chushul sector in eastern Ladakh. […]
Soldier dies of heart attack in Poonch
Poonch, Jun 22: An Army soldier died of cardiac arrest in this frontier Poonch district on Monday, official sources said on Monday. They said that the soldier was on duty when he died of cardiac attack early this morning at Army’s 8 Garhwal Unit in Baloni sector of Mankote in Mendhar area. The soldier fell […]
Woman dies at LD hospital, relatives stage protest
Srinagar, June 22: Massive protests rocked the lone maternity hospital of Srinagar—Lal Ded—against the alleged negligence as a a pregnant woman died here during treatment. The hospital administration, however, refuted the allegations of medical negligence stating that the deceased was a “high risk patient” and died of a cardiac arrest and that her samples for […]
Village Defence Committee member injured in firing in Doda
Bhaderwah/Jammu, Jun 22 (PTI) A Dhok Defence Committee (DDC) member was injured in firing in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a police official said on Monday. Gopal Nath (35), a resident of village Duggi-Dandi, suffered injury in the right leg when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a dhok (mudhouse) in Jhompari […]
LAC faceoff: Manmohan breaks silence, says PM must be mindful of implications of his words
New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) In his first remarks on the Ladakh face-off, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said PM Narendra Modi must be mindful of the implications of his words and cannot allow China to use them as a vindication of its position. Noting that disinformation is no substitute for diplomacy or […]
India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699
New Delhi, June 22 (PTI) India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country crossed the four lakh-mark on Sunday eight days after recording three lakh COVID-19 cases and has witnessed […]
Reliance Industries becomes first Indian firm to hit USD 150 bn market cap
New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) Reliance Industries on Monday became the first Indian firm to hit a market valuation of USD 150 billion helped by a continuous rally in its share price. In morning trade, the company’s market valuation jumped Rs 28,248.97 crore to Rs 11,43,667 crore (USD 150 billion) on the BSE. The heavyweight […]
Mobile Internet restored in Srinagar district
Srinagar, June 22 (PTI) Mobile Internet was restored in Srinagar district late on Sunday night, 17 hours after it was snapped in view of an encounter between militants and security forces, officials said. The Internet on mobile devices was restored at 11 pm on Sunday, the officials said. It was snapped in the district at […]