Covid-19: 13 more deaths, 1592 cases reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported thirteen more covid-19 related deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the overall fatality count to 848, official sources said. Among the fatalities, sources said that eight were from Jammu division and five from Kashmir Valley. Regarding Jammu, they said, two deaths each were reported from Jammu, Rajouri and Samba […]

China approves first nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine for trials

Beijing: China has approved for trials its first nasal spray vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus that has claimed over 904,000 lives and infected more than 27 million people globally, official media here reported on Thursday. China’s only nasal spray vaccine against the coronavirus is expected to start phase I clinical trials in November, and […]

Rafale induction: Stern message to those eyeing India’s sovereignty, says Rajnath

Ambala: Five French-made multirole Rafale jets were inducted into the Indian Air Force on Thursday at a glittering ceremony here, in a major boost to the country’s air power at a time it is engaged in an escalating border dispute with China. Using the occasion to send a signal to China over the border row […]

NSA Ajit Doval holds talks with French Def Min

New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and French Defence Minister Florence Parly held talks on Thursday to further boost bilateral defence and security cooperation, officials said. The talks were focused on ways to enhance the overall strategic ties between the two countries, they said. Earlier in the day, Parly attended a ceremony at the […]

Trump repeatedly offered to mediate between India, Pakistan on Kashmir: WH

Says President’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination hard-earned, well-deserved

Washington: The nomination of Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the landmark Israel-UAE deal is a “hard-earned and well-deserved honour,” the White House has said, underlining that the US President has made peace a cornerstone of his foreign policy efforts. Trump has repeatedly in the past offered to mediate between India and […]

KEG regrets vilification campaigns against local media

Srinagar: The Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) had a detailed interaction on Wednesday. All members attended the marathon meeting which was presided over by Bashir Ahmad Bashir, a handout issued by the media body said. Discussing the special and extra-ordinary situation that prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir, the members detailed the highs and lows of the […]

Art 370 abrogation removed obstacles in development: Naqvi

Leh: Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said the abrogation of Article 370 has demolished the speed breaker of redundant laws which had obstructed the development process in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh. On the first day of his two-day visit to Ladakh, Naqvi addressed various public meetings and met representatives of various […]

Pak Army shells forward areas in Poonch

Jammu: The Pakistan Army opened fire and shelled forward areas along the LoC in three sectors of Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly, a defence spokesman said. “At about 0530, 1145 and 1215 hours today, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with […]

Alarm raised along LoC after drones drop weapons

Srinagar: A quadcopter used by Pakistani spy agency ISI in Jammu and Kashmir has necessitated alert along the Line of Control (LoC) in the valley as the Army believes it could be used for dropping weapons for militants. Talking to PTI, General-Officer-in-Command of strategically located XV corps in Kashmir Lt Gen B S Raju said […]