JK to get Rs 4580 crore loan to clear power purchase liabilities
UT administration owes Rs 9646 crore to CPSUs, other agencies
Srinagar: In a significant development, the government of Jammu & Kashmir will get Rs 4580 crore special long term loan from the Union Government for clearing its power purchase liabilities. The Power Finance Corporation(PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation(REC) have agreed to grant Rs 2290 crore each as special long term loan to J&K UT to […]
Virus can stay within the body of deceased between 7 to 10 days, say experts
Srinagar: Not much is known about how long Coronavirus can survive in people who die of this deadly virus but as per the information and observations based on experiments conducted in some parts of the world, the virus can survive between seven to ten days in the dead, experts in Kashmir revealed Tuesday. Dr Muhammad […]
Covid-19: Eight deaths, 751 fresh cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley on Monday reported eight more deaths due to covid-19, taking the fatality count due to the deadly virus to 254 in J&K. Meanwhile, 751 Covid-19 cases were also reported across the region taking the total tally to 14650. Reports said that those who succumbed to the virus include a 60-year-old man from […]
UK secures access to 3 different types of COVID-19 vaccines
Signs deal for 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
London: The UK government has signed deals for access to around 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccines under development, Business Secretary Alok Sharma announced here on Monday. The senior Indian-origin Cabinet minister said the government has agreed significant partnerships with leading pharmaceutical and vaccine companies BioNTech/Pfizer and Valneva that are developing vaccines to protect […]
3 BJP workers who met LG test positive for Covid-19
Kupwara: At least three BJP workers part of delegation that met LG G C Murmu during his Kupwara visit on July 18 have tested Covid positive, official sources said. Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu had visited frontier district Kupwara to take stock of the developmental activities there. He also had interacted with several delegations including […]
Five youth join militant ranks in south Kashmir
Pulwama: Five youth have reportedly joined militant ranks in south Kashmir during the past three weeks. The newly recruited youth including four from Shopian and one from Pulwama districts as they have joined a lesser known militant outfit, Al-Badr reports said. The five youth who joined militant organization include Aasif Ahmad Lone son of Gulam […]
LAC faceoff: IAF commanders to discuss deployment of Rafale jets in Ladakh
New Delhi: Top commanders of the Indian Air Force will carry out an in-depth review of the country’s air defence system at a three-day conference beginning Wednesday which will include possible deployment of the first batch of Rafale fighter jets in the Ladakh sector in view of the bitter border row with China, military sources […]
US lawmakers urge China to de-escalate border tension with India
Washington: Voicing concern over the recent Chinese military aggression against India, a bipartisan group of nine influential Congressmen have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, urging Beijing that it should work towards de-escalating the situation at the border through existing diplomatic mechanisms and not by force. The troops of India and China […]
Rahul Gandhi attacks PM on LAC standoff
BJP accuses him of indulging in mudslinging
New Delhi: In a sharper attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the LAC standoff in Ladakh is not simply a border dispute but a design by China to attack his image as a “56-inch strongman”. BJP president J P Nadda hit back at Gandhi, accusing him of indulging […]
Omar fumes over Chhatisgarh CM’s remark over his ‘release’
Srinagar: NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday reacted angrily to comments attributed to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bupesh Baghel apparently linking his release from nearly nine months’ detention to the revolt by Sachin Pilot against the Congress government in Rajasthan. Abdullah, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, and his National Conference (NC) have threatened […]
