Wife killed husband with paramour’s help: Police
Srinagar, Apr 22: More than a month after death of a 34-year-old man at Renji Pattan, police on Thursday claimed to have worked out the case by arresting his wife and another person, alleged paramour of the woman, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “On intervening night of 8/9th March one Mohammad Altaf Malik son Ghulam […]
Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir, rains lash plains
Srinagar, Apr 22: The higher reaches of Kashmir including tourist resort Gulmarg and remote Gurez valley on Thursday received fresh snowfall while rains lashed the plains, resulting in a considerable dip in the maximum temperature. An official said that snowfall started in Gurez at around 06 AM today, following which the traffic movement on Bandipora-Gurez […]
Vice Chancellor KU Talat Ahmad Admitted To SKIMS
Srinagar, Apr 22: Professor Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor Kashmir University, has been admitted to SKIMS Soura, days after testing positive for the covid-19, official sources said on Thursday. They said that Talat is suffering from bilateral covid pneumonia and was admitted to SKIMS Soura where his condition is now stated to be stable. Dr G […]
Sitaram Yechury’s son dies of COVID-19 in Gurgaon hospital
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning. Ashish, a journalist by profession who would have celebrated his 35th birthday on June 9, was recovering well at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added. They described his sudden death […]
Polling begins for sixth phase of Bengal elections
Kolkata, Apr 22 (PTI) Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 43 seats in the sixth phase of the assembly election in West Bengal amid a surge in COVID-19 cases with the state reporting record infections. Long queues were seen outside most of the polling boths even before the voting began. In this phase, […]
India crosses 3 lakh covid cases mark
New Delhi, Apr 22: For the first time, more than 3 lakh COVID-19 cases were registered in a single day in India on April 21. As many as 3,15,660 cases and 2,091 deaths were recorded in the country as of 11.15 p.m. IST on April 21. No country has recorded more cases in a single […]
Bombing in hotel parking lot kills at least 4 in SW Pakistan
Quetta, Apr 22 (AP) A powerful bomb exploded in the parking area of a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding at least nine others, police said. It was unclear who was behind the bombing at the Serena Hotel. Police said rescuers transported victims […]
Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passes away in Delhi
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passed away on Wednesday at the age of 96. He had recently tested positive for COVID-19. Family sources said he breathed his last at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on April 12 due to the coronavirus infection. In January this year, […]
Admin sets up STF to scrutinise cases of govt employees involved in ‘suspected activities’
Jammu, Apr 22 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday set up a special task force (STF) for identifying and scrutinising cases of government employees involved in “suspected activities” against the government. Additional director general of police (DGP) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will be the chairman of the six-member STF, according to […]
Zojila pass connecting Kashmir valley and Ladakh opens
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI) The BRO on Wednesday opened the Zojila pass that provides vital road link between the Kashmir valley and Ladakh, officials said. The pass normally closes by mid-November every year, with the onset of winters when the temperatures dip to subzero degrees and opens only by end April the next year, […]
