Pandemic: Death toll climbs to 1,389 across India

42,836 Covid-19 cases also reported: Health Ministry

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,389 and the total number of cases climbed to 42,836 in the country on Monday, registering an increase of 83 deaths and a record jump of 2,573 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood […]

Handwara encounter: Colonel, Major among five personnel killed

Srinagar: In a setback, two senior army officers, including a colonel-rank officer, were among five security personnel killed during an encounter with militants at a village in Rajwar forests of North Kashmir, officials said Sunday. The deceased security personnel are: Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood, Naik Rajesh and Lance Naik Dinesh, all from the […]

Handling Pakistan no big deal for India: Ram Madhav

New Delhi: The post-COVID19 world order will be “markedly different” and it will be in Pakistan’s own interest to change its actions like supporting terrorism, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said on Sunday, asserting that India knows how to handle such countries. In an exclusive interview to PTI, he also said that there will be […]

Seven children injured as unexploded substance goes off

Srinagar: Seven children were injured when an unexploded substance went off in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Sunday, police said. “Around 2 pm an unexploded substance (probably a shell) went off at Ahgam Zachaldara in Handwara area of the north Kashmir district when some children were playing there,” a police officer said. The injured […]

Lockdown 3.0: JK chalks out plan for phase-wise return of stranded people

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has chalked out a plan for the phase-wise return of the residents of the union territory including students and migrant labourers stranded in different parts of the country due to the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said on Sunday. The administration, however, said all the returnees will be tested for […]

MHA clarifies on inter-state movement during lockdown

Says permission given to migrant workers, stranded tourists, pilgrims, students only

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Sunday made it clear that the relaxations given for the inter-state movement of people during the lockdown was available only to distressed migrant workers, stranded tourists, pilgrims and students only. In a communication to all States and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said the home ministry […]

Lockdown: Low speed internet makes e-learning process a dull affair

Srinagar: Students in Kashmir are keeping up with their academics by taking to the online mode of education amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, even as the clamour for the restoration of high-speed internet services has grown in view of the difficulties faced by them to access the study material. In Kashmir, school education has been affected […]