Ladakh reports 9 new covid-19 cases
Leh: Ladakh reported nine fresh Covid cases on Saturday that took the infection tally to 28,348, officials said. All the new cases were detected in Leh district, they said. So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to officials. Officials […]
Major drive against timber smugglers started in Bhaderwah, four held
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Four alleged timber smugglers were arrested on Saturday in a major drive in the Bhaderwah area of Doda district, a senior official said. One of the arrested smugglers, Masood Ahmed of Batara village in Phigsoo tehsil, was booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and lodged in district jail Bhadarwah, Divisional Forest Officer, […]
Army holds seminar on Agnipath for youth in Poonch
Poonch: The Army on Saturday organised an awareness programme in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to educate the youths about the Agnipath scheme. The scheme under which youths of 17.5 to 23 years of age will be recruited in the Army, the Air Force and the Navy on a four-year contract has triggered violent protests […]
Admin sacks nine govt employees over corruption charges
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday sacked nine government employees, including five officers, on corruption charges. All the employees have been sacked under 226(2) Article of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations which allows the administration to retire government employees at any time after completing 22 years of service or attaining the age of […]
Global food shortage: UN chief warns of ‘catastrophe’
Berlin: The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces catastrophe because of the growing shortage of food around the globe. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine has added to the disruptions caused by climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and inequality to produce an unprecedented global hunger crisis already […]
Aftershock in Afghanistan as quake death toll rises to 1,150
Gayan (Afghanistan): An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week. Among the dead from Wednesday’s magnitude 6 quake are 121 children, but that figure is expected to climb, said Mohamed […]
India says ready to provide assistance
United Nations: India said it is ready to provide assistance and support to the people of Afghanistan in their hour of need as a devastating earthquake killed nearly 1000 people, destroyed houses and displaced several. “At the outset, I express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families, and to all those impacted by […]
