Sarpanch shot dead in Anantnag
Anantnag: Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead a 35-year-old Sarpanch in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday afternoon. Official sources said that the Sarpanch identified as Ajay Panditha of Dooru was fired upon by the gunmen near Lokbawan Larkipora. He was rushed to GMC Annatnag where he was declared as brought dead. Dr Majeed Mehrab, […]
COVID-19 toll rises to 7200 in India, record jump in cases
New Delhi: The novel coronavirus toll rose to 7,200 with 271 more deaths and the number of infections climbed to 2,56,611 in India on Monday after a record single-day spike of 9,983 cases, the Health Ministry said in its revised data. The country has been registering over 9,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for […]
Eyebrows raised on authenticity of Covid tests at CD hospital
Srinagar: Many people including a senior journalist, who were tested positive for the deadly COVID pandemic at Chest Disease hospital laboratory a few days back, tested negative for the virus at SKIMS Soura. The development has raised a serious question mark on the authenticity of the tests being done at the Chest Disease hospital laboratory, […]
Darbar offices to open in Sgr on July 6
Jammu secretariat will also function unhindered: Officials
Srinagar: The ‘Darbar Move’ offices will formally reopen here on July 6 even as Civil Secretariat shall continue to remain functional both at Jammu and Srinagar and the move employees shall work on “as is where is” basis, the government has said. This is for the first time in 148 years that the government has […]
Faceoff at LAC: Implement consensus reached between two premiers, China tells India
Beijing: China and India have agreed to work to maintain peace along the LAC and resolve the border standoff through talks while implementing the consensus reached between the two countries’ leadership that “differences” do not escalate into “disputes”, a top Chinese official said on Monday. The remarks of China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying came […]
Talks with China positive, will continue: Rajnath Singh
Mumbai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India’s military and diplomatic levels talks with China have been positive and will continue. Addressing the BJP’s Maharashtra Jan-Samvad Rally via video link, the minister also said the Narendra Modi-led government will ensure that India’s pride is not affected as far as the situation along Indo-China border […]
Shopian encounter: Four Hizbul militants killed, 3 troopers injured
Srinagar: Security forces killed four Hizbul Mujahideen militants on Monday in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, taking the total number of slain militants during the past 24 hours in South Kashmir to nine. Lauding the role of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, CRPF and the army, General officer Commanding (GoC) 15 Corps Lt Gen B S […]
2020 witnessed killing of 88 militants, arrest of 240 OGW’s: DGP
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Monday said 88 militants, including a number of top commanders, were killed and 280 others arrested so far in the Union Territory this year. Twenty-two of the militants, including six top commanders, were killed in the past two weeks, dealing a major blow to […]
Packet addressed to Army man contained live bullets, seized at Airport
Srinagar: Security forces recovered some live bullets and empty cases from two bags during X-Ray scanning at the Srinagar airport here on Monday, officials said. During X-Ray scanning at the drop gate of the airport, security personnel deployed there recovered some live bullets and empty rounds from two bags, they said. The officials said while […]
Pandemic: 45 civic bodies to focus on house-to-house survey, prompt testing
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday asked officials of 45 civic bodies across 38 districts in 10 states, that are witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, to focus on house-to-house surveys, carry out prompt testing and undertake active surveillance measures to contain the infection and reduce mortality. Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan along […]
