Sarpanch found hanging at his home
Bandipore: A sarpanch was found hanging on Tuesday morning at his home in Zurimanz village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that the family members of the sarpanch, who saw him hanging inside the house, immediately rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. A police official while […]
Stop pursuing herd immunity to end coronavirus, warns WHO
London: The head of the World Health Organization warned against the idea that herd immunity might be a realistic strategy to stop the pandemic, dismissing such proposals as simply unethical.” At a media briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials typically aim to achieve herd immunity by vaccination. Tedros noted that to obtain […]
Each and every family to be covered under Health Insurance: Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Tuesday directed officials to take comprehensive measures to ensure the coverage of each and every family under the JK Health Insurance scheme and the process of approvals of Golden Cards. Stressing on extending the benefits of the JK Health Insurance scheme to all the citizens of J&K, the Lt Governor […]
Multiple sources to provide Covid vaccine to India: Union Minister
New Delhi: India is expected to have a COVID-19 vaccine from more than one source by early next year and the government is formulating distribution strategies for the immunisation of people across the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. “We’re expecting that early next year we should have vaccine in the country […]
Congress leader demands restoration of JK’s statehood
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Rajni Patil on Tuesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir were angry about it being made a union territory and demanded restoration of its statehood as well as adequate constitutional safeguards for the protection of jobs and land rights. “It is for the first time that a state has been […]
Mortar shell defused near LoC
Jammu: A mortar shell, which did not unexploded during cross-border shelling by Pakistan, was on Tuesday safely defused by army experts near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, officials said. The shell was noticed lying in an open field at Khari Karmara by villagers, who informed the army, the officials said. They said the […]
COVID-19: Seven deaths, 677 positive cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday recorded seven Covid-19 deaths taking the death toll to 1340 while as 677 positive cases were also reported pushing the tally to 84708. Of the total 84,708 cases, 50,746 are from Kashmir and 33,962 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 677 new cases, 364 belong to Kashmir division while […]
LeT commander, aide killed in Srinagar gunfight
180 militants killed so far this year: DGP
Srinagar: A top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander and his aide were killed in a fierce gun-battle at Barzulla area of Srinagar on Monday, police said. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that after receiving the input about presence of militants in Barzulla area last evening, joint teams of police and CRPF laid a siege […]
Hajj Pilgrimage: Muslims in China face new regulations
Beijing: China has released new regulations for Muslims visiting Saudi Arabia for annual Haj stipulating that the pilgrimage should be organised only by the country’s Islamic Association and pilgrims should follow Chinese laws and oppose religious extremism. There are 20 million Muslims in China, mostly Uyghurs – an ethnic group of Turkic origin – and […]
Farooq’s China remarks seditious, anti-national: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday accused National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah of making “seditious and anti-national” remarks on the issue of restoring the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and said he had become a “hero in China”. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the National Conference MP and former chief minister of […]
