UN Security Council endorses US-Taliban deal
United Nations, Mar 11 (AFP) The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a United States’ resolution on the recent deal between the US and the Afghan Taliban, a rare endorsement of an agreement with a militant group. The US military has begun withdrawing troops as part of the pullout agreed in the February 29 […]
People with travel history to Italy, S Korea need ‘negative’ COVID-19 certificate to enter India
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) In addition to visa restrictions already in place, people travelling from or having visited Italy and South Korea will now have to mandatorily submit certificate of having tested negative for COVID-19 from laboratories authorised by the health authorities of their countries. This measure came into effect from 0000 hrs of […]
US calls for a UN vote Tuesday on Taliban deal: diplomats
United Nations: The United States has called for a Tuesday vote at the UN Security Council to endorse Washington’s deal with the Taliban that was meant to pave the way to peace in Afghanistan, diplomats said. The US military has begun withdrawing troops as part of the pullout agreed in the February 29 agreement with […]
CRPF man wounded in Pulwama grenade attack
Srinagar, Mar 10: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man was injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade towards the Police Station Kakapora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Tuesday. Reports said that suspected militants this evening hurled a grenade towards Police Station Kakapora, which exploded in its compound, causing injuries to a […]
Groundwater situation alarming in Ganga basin states due to rising dry days: Official
New Delhi: The groundwater situation as well as the availability of overground water for irrigation have become alarming due to increasing number of dry days during Southwest monsoon, a top Ministry of Earth Sciences official has told a parliamentary panel. The official testified to the panel that Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal have […]
Coronavirus: Round-the-clock central control room established in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, MARCH 10: The round-the-clock control room established in Srinagar as part of arrangements put in place to prevent spread of novel coronavirus has made and received some 400 calls since Monday afternoon after it was activated. While most of these calls were dialled out from the control room a significant number of these calls […]
41 locals who return from Iran, China quarantined, tests negative: DDC Budgam
BUDGAM, MARCH 10: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai today said that there is no need to panic as all the 41 Budgam residents who arrived from China and Iran have been quarantined and tested negative with no symptoms of infection of Coronavirus. DDC made these remarks during his visit to various isolation […]
Coronavirus: 7 people put under home isolation in Samba
Jammu, Mar 10 (PTI) Four people with travel history to coronavirus-hit countries and three more who had a guest from Italy stay with them have been put under home quarantine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. Two persons each in Vijaypur and Swankha areas and three in Samba area of the district […]
Incarcerated Omar Abdullah turns 50
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah turned 50 on Tuesday and spent the day at Hari Nivas here where he has been under detention for the last seven months. Detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), Omar had a quiet day in the sub-jail not far from his residence on Gupkar road. […]
