Pak continues to sponsor terror: Jaishankar
New York: Terrorism remains publicly acknowledged by the Pakistan government as a policy that they justify, making it very hard to conduct normal relations with it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. “Terrorism from Pakistan remains publicly acknowledged by their government as a policy that they are justifying. So it makes it very […]
Cong welcomes unity among mainstream parties in K
Demands restoration of Art 370
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday demanded restoration of Article 370 and the rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir and welcomed the coming together of mainstream regional parties of the Union Territory. Senior Congress spokesperson P Chidambaram said the Centre must also stop looking at the mainstream political parties and the people of Jammu […]
Can’t authorize Covid-19 vaccine well before Nov: Pfizer
New York: Pfizer Inc. cannot request emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week of November — and that’s if everything goes well, the company’s CEO announced Friday. Despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises of a vaccine before Election Day, scientists have been cautioning that it’s unlikely data showing a leading shot actually […]
Congress trains guns on Modi govt
Says it has no strategy to deal with coronavirus pandemic, revive economy
New Delhi: The Congress Friday hit out at the Modi government alleging it has no strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic or revive the economy and is instead busy in building narratives which run counter to the reality. Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Supriya Srinate said the government instead of building “false narratives” should […]
Ladakh records another COVID-linked death, 89 new cases
Leh: One more novel coronavirus patient died in the Union Territory of Ladakh, raising the related toll to 65 while 89 fresh cases brought the infection count to 5,393, an official bulletin said on Friday. The new fatality was registered in Leh district, the bulletin said. Of the total deaths linked to the infection, 27 […]
US trying to create rift between China, Russia: Chinese official
Beijing: China on Friday accused the US of trying to sow discord in its close ties with Russia and asserted that the strategic partnership between the two countries is strong enough to withstand the pressure. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said this responding to a question on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s reported remarks […]
Army havildar found dead in Bandipora
Srinagar: An Army soldier was on Thursday found dead inside the sentry post of his camp in Gurez area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir, police said. Havildar K S Dayander (40) was found hanging in the sentry post at Kanzalwan in Gurez area near the Line of Control, they said. The soldier is believed […]
SSB jawan arrested in Rajouri
Jammu: A jawan of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), who had gone missing along with ammunition from Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, was arrested in Rajouri district on Friday, police officials said. SSB constable Altaf Hussain had gone missing from the camp at Nagam area near Chadoora with one magazine of INSAS rifle […]
COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 73,70,468
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 73,70,468 with 63,371 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 64 lakh, according to the Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The recovery rate stands at 87.56 per cent. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,12,161 […]