Kashmir reports one new covid-19 case
Srinagar: Kashmir reported one new covid-19 case while there was no death due to the pathogen during the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that the fresh case was reported from Kupwara, taking the overall tally to 454126—166383 in Jammu and 287743 in Kashmir. There was also no death due to the […]
62. 2 square kms around Gulmarg wildlife sanctuary declared as eco-sensitive zone
Srinagar: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has declared 62.2 square kilometers around Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone (ESZ). In a notification the Ministry has notified that ESZ shall be of 62.2 square kilometers, with an extent of zero to 4.1 kilometers around the boundary of Gulmarg wildlife sanctuary. “The ‘zero’ […]
CISF personnel found dead at NHPC complex
Baramulla: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was found dead under mysterious circumstances at National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC) in Bandipora. Police official said that the CISF personnel identified as Asgar Ali son of Nizamudin, a resident of Bihar was found dead in his room at NHPC Bandipora. “The deceased’s body […]
Youth’s body found inside auto rickshaw
Anantnag: Dead body of a 24-year-old youth was inside an auto rickshaw at Cheeni Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. Official sources said that the soon after the information was recieved, police took the body in its custody and shifted it to GMC Anantnag. The youth was later identified as Tehseen Gul […]
WHO’s vaccine approval process needs streamlining: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for reforming the World Health Organisation (WHO) and streamlining its approval process for vaccines and therapeutics, and favoured making flexible the WTO’s rules relating to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS). In his address at the second global virtual summit on COVID-19 hosted by US […]
Inflation surges to 8-yr high, interest rate hike may be on cards

New Delhi: India’s headline inflation galloped for a seventh straight month to touch an 8-year high of 7.79 per cent in April on rising food and fuel prices, raising the odds of an interest rate hike by the RBI early next month to tame prices. With factory output measured in terms of the Index of […]
Startups a game changer for economic growth: Lt Guv

Says government determined to provide incubation, seed funding support
AWANTIPORA: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has termed startups as a true game changer for economic growth. Addressing the National Academia-Industrial Conclave at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) on Wednesday he said that startups as a true game changer for economic growth, adding that the government is determined to provide incubation and seed funding […]
Rapid growth in locals joining terror ranks in JK: Officials
New Delhi: The “exponential growth” in local youngsters joining terrorist ranks in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two years is a cause of concern for the security establishment with officials saying such operatives constitute about 60 per cent of the total active strength, CRPF sources said on Wednesday. At the same time, as per […]
LeT terrorist killed in Bandipora
Another operation going on at Ananatnag
Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist, who was a part of newly infiltrated militant group, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Srinder forest area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday even as another gunfight is raging in south Kashmir. A senior police officer said that the first encounter broke out this afternoon […]
Massive search operation launched along IB in Samba
Jammu: Police and other security forces on Wednesday launched a massive search operation along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir to sanitize the border villages ahead of Amarnath Yatra next month, officials said. The joint operation by police, Army, BSF and CRPF is underway at village Glad and adjoining areas […]