Pakistan Navy successfully test-fires anti-ship missiles
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday successfully test-fired a series of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea, a spokesman said. The missiles were fired from surface ships, fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, the Navy’s spokesperson Rear Admiral Arshid Javed said. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi witnessed the firing of the missiles, […]
Lightening kills shepherd in Rajouri
Jammu: A 30-year-old man was killed when he was struck by lightning in a forest area in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Saturday. Sajjad Hussain was grazing his sheep and goats in the forest adjoining his Pangai village in Thanamandi area when the incident took place, the official said. […]
Trade body hails move to revoke PSA detention of Yasin Khan
Srinagar: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday welcomed the Union territory administration’s order to revoke the Public Safety Act against business leader Mohammad Yasin Khan. “It is a welcome step especially on the first day of Ramadan. The whole Kashmir Inc welcomes it,” KCCI president Sheikh Ashiq said here. Ashiq said the business […]
Coronavirus pandemic has taught us to get self-reliant: PM Modi
New Delhi: The coronavirus pandemic has taught the country “to be self-reliant and self-sufficient” and not look for solutions abroad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told grassroots leaders on Friday as he stressed that every village, district and state should be able to provide for its basic needs. Applauding people for their grit in fighting the […]
COVID-19 death toll rises to 723 in India, cases climb to 23,452
Country witnesses biggest spike in cases on Friday
New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 723 with 37 fatalities reported since Thursday evening, while the number of cases saw a record jump of 1,752 to go up to 23,452 cases on Friday, according to the Union health ministry. The previous highest single day increase was on April 20 […]