COVID-19 death toll reaches 100 in Ladakh
Civil society calls for week-long shutdown
Leh: The COVID-19 death toll in the Union Territory of Ladakh reached 100 as two more people died due to the infection in Leh district, thereby prompting the civil society to call for a self-imposed week-long shutdown here from Monday to contain the spread of the virus. A total of 73 people tested positive for […]
Drug smuggling suspect dies at Jammu police station
Jammu: A 45-year-old man, who was recently arrested for his alleged involvement in cross-border narcotic smuggling, died due to some “health problems” at a police station here on Monday, an official said. Kuldeep Kumar, a resident of Akhnoor, was lodged in the lockup at R S Pura police station and complained of chest pain before […]
Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
Philadelphia: As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump’s failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centered on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania. The strategy may have played well in front of television cameras and on talk radio. But it has proved […]
DDC Polls: Democracy being impeded, customized in JK says Farooq
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of newly cobbled up People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) Farooq Abdullah on Saturday objected to the treatment meted out to the amalgam candidates, saying security is being used as a pretext to impede and customize democracy in the Union territory. In a two-page letter to […]
Centre sabotaging participation of non-BJP candidates: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Centre of “sabotaging” the participation of political parties other than the BJP in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir by not allowing them to campaign freely. Mehbooba’s allegations came as major political parties in the Valley, including the NC and the PDP, […]