Art 370 abrogation removed obstacles in development: Naqvi
Leh: Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said the abrogation of Article 370 has demolished the speed breaker of redundant laws which had obstructed the development process in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh. On the first day of his two-day visit to Ladakh, Naqvi addressed various public meetings and met representatives of various […]
Pak Army shells forward areas in Poonch
Jammu: The Pakistan Army opened fire and shelled forward areas along the LoC in three sectors of Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly, a defence spokesman said. “At about 0530, 1145 and 1215 hours today, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with […]
Alarm raised along LoC after drones drop weapons
Srinagar: A quadcopter used by Pakistani spy agency ISI in Jammu and Kashmir has necessitated alert along the Line of Control (LoC) in the valley as the Army believes it could be used for dropping weapons for militants. Talking to PTI, General-Officer-in-Command of strategically located XV corps in Kashmir Lt Gen B S Raju said […]
Amid tensions with US, Iran begins expansive annual war games
Tehran: Iran’s military Thursday began an expansive annual three-day exercise near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state TV reported, with the maneuvers taking place amid heightened tensions between the Islamic Republic and the US. Units from the navy and air force and ground forces are participating in a nearly 2 million-square-kilometer (772,200-square-mile) area of the […]
India reports 89,706 fresh cases, 1115 fatalities
New Delhi: With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally went past 43 lakh, while 33,98,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Wednesday, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 43,70,128, while […]
Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality: ICMR
New Delhi: Use of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus-infected patients does not help in reducing mortality or progression to severe COVID-19, a multi-centric study funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found. The ‘open-label parallel-arm phase II multicentre randomized controlled trial’ (PLACID Trial) was conducted across 39 public and private hospitals across […]
Poonch reports heavy gunfire along LoC
Jammu: Pakistan army violated ceasefire on Wednesday by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas in Poonch district, officials said. “At about 1730 hours today, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms & intense shelling with mortars along LoC in Degwar and Malti sector,” a Defence spokesman said. […]
Unclaimed suitcase creates bomb scare
Jammu: An unclaimed suitcase on the roadside in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir created a bomb scare on Wednesday, prompting the Army to rush in a special squad to examine the object, police said. However, no explosive was detected in the suitcase, which, it was later found, belonged to a soldier and contained his […]
Two JeM workers arrested in Kulgam
Srinagar: Security forces arrested two overground workers of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said Wednesday. “In a major success in curbing militant activities and to safeguard the public from these miscreants, police alongwith other security agencies arrested two terrorist associates of banned organisation JeM and recovered live arms and […]
Omar to vacate govt accommodation in Srinagar
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he was voluntarily vacating the government accommodation provided to him 18 years ago due to the change in rules of entitlement in the union territory. Abdullah, who was a Lok Sabha member when the government accommodation in high security Gupkar area here was […]
