Militants using youngsters to carry out grenade attacks: GoC 15 Corps
Srinagar: Militants are using youngsters to carry out grenade attacks in populated places in Kashmir as their networks are not being able to execute big strikes on security forces, a top Army officer said on Tuesday. The remark of General officer Commanding (GoC) of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lieutenant General D P Pandey, came in […]
Lalchowk grenade attack : Police arrests two youth from old city
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday arrested two persons in connection with the Sunday’s grenade attack at busy Amira Kadal bridge, in the heart of the city, that left two civilians dead and 36 others injured, police said here. The first accused identified as Mohammad Bariq was arrested from Khanyar and his initial examination […]
India to resume scheduled international flight services from March 27
New Delhi: Scheduled international flight services to and from India will resume from March 27 after a two-year hiatus following a decline in coronavirus cases in the country, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said on Tuesday. Scheduled international flight services are suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the pandemic. However, special […]
JK reports 53 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 53 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said 21 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 32 Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 453323. Giving district wise details, the […]
Missing minor found dead in Kupwara forests after 3 weeks
Kupwara: Three weeks after an eight-year-old boy went missing from his house at Awoora village in this north Kashmir district, his body was recovered from Gujar Pati forest area in the vicinity on Tuesday, officials said. Police have arrested mother-son duo for the murder of the minor. As per the family, Talib Hussain son of […]
LAC row: India, China to hold 15th round of border talks on Friday
New Delhi: India and China will hold the 15th round of high-level military talks on Friday to resolve issues related to remaining friction areas in eastern Ladakh, sources in the defence establishment said on Tuesday. The talks till now have resulted in the resolution of issues in North and South Bank of Pangong Tso, Galwan […]
Ukraine war: Biden to ban Russian oil imports, China objects
Washington: President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy to US and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a […]
Refugees from Ukraine hit 2M, people flee embattled cities
Lviv: Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine left two embattled cities along safe corridors Tuesday, while officials said the exodus of refugees from the country reached 2 million. The Russian onslaught has trapped people inside besieged cities that are running low on food, water and medicine amid the biggest ground war […]
WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call
Geneva: An expert group convened by the World Health Organisation said Tuesday it strongly supports urgent and broad access to booster doses, in a reversal of the U.N. agency’s previous insistence that boosters weren’t necessary and contributed to vaccine inequity. In a statement, WHO said its expert group concluded that immunisation with authorised COVID-19 vaccines […]
No fourth wave of coronavirus will occur in India: Experts
New Delhi: Noting that the third wave of COVID-19 has ended in India, eminent virologist Dr T Jacob John said he is “fairly confident” that no fourth wave will occur in the country unless an unexpected variant that behaves differently comes up. India logged 3,993 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 662 days, on Tuesday. […]
