COVID claims seven more lives in Kashmir
Srinagar: COVID-19, a deadly virus on Thursday claimed seven more lives in Kashmir Valley. An official told the news agency–Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that seven patients who died include a 95-year-old man from Jawahar Nagar Srinagar, a 60-year-old male from FatehKadal Srinagar, a 45-year-old woman from Pandach Srinagar, a 58 year-old woman from Hajan Pulwama, […]
Rescue operation launched as two persons trapped in Poonch river
Poonch: Authorities in Poonch district Thursday launched a rescue operation after two men were trapped in a river in the district. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mudassir Hussain told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two men got trapped in the middle of the river near Khanetar area of Poonch. He said a rescue operation […]
Adverse weather conditions: Bandipora-Gurez road closed for traffic
Bandipora: The 84-km Bandipora-Gurez road was closed for all sorts of traffic movement on Thursday owing to adverse weather conditions of the road at several spots. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that “due to the heavy rainfall the Bandipora-Gurez and Dawar-Tulail has become slippery and to avoid any untoward incident, all sorts […]
Woman allegedly shot at by husband in Bandipora
Bandipora: A 50-year-old woman was critically injured on Thursday after allegedly being shot at by her husband in a fit of rage over some issue in Shokbaba village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An official said that a retired army captain, identified as Gulam Rasool Khan shot at his wife identified as Fatima Begum (50) […]
New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
Christchurch (New Zealand): (AP) The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge imposed the maximum available sentence on 29-year-old Australian gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the first time the sentence has been imposed in New Zealand. Judge […]
UN chief to renew call to India, G20 nations to invest in sustainable transition post-COVID
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will renew his call to India and other G20 countries to invest in a clean, sustainable transition as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, during his virtual address to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Guterres will deliver the 19th Darbari Seth Memorial lecture on August 28 organised […]
Record 75,760 COVID-19 cases in single day, India”s virus tally crosses 33-lakh mark
New Delhi: Registering over 75,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time in a span of 24 hours, India’s virus tally sprinted past 33 lakh on Thursday, while the number of recoveries crossed the 25 lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. A record 75,760 infections were added in a day, taking the total […]
Covid-19 +ives in J&K see an upward trend; 704 more cases reported Wednesday
Srinagar: With 704 new cases of coronavirus detected in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, the overall tally reached 34,480 while the death toll reached 657 with 19 more fatalities, officials said on Wednesday. However, unofficial sources said that the death toll has reached 659. Officials said that fifteen deaths were reported from […]
HC rejects anticipatory bail of ex-bureaucrat fearing arrest in corruption case
Srinagar : J&K High Court Wednesday rejected an application by a senior-scale KAS officer seeking bail in anticipation of arrest in a case of allotment of land to various industrial unit holders allegedly in gross violation of law. According to Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) South Kashmir, Laiq Parvaiz, son of Abdul Kareem Kriyapak of Bulbul […]
Money put in Pak bank accounts of JeM commander before Pulwama blast: NIA
New Delhi: Mohammed Umar Farooq, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, had received Rs 10 lakh in his bank accounts in Pakistan to execute the Pulwama suicide attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed in February last year, the NIA has said in its chargesheet. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe has […]
