Shun the violence
The murder of three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Kulgam district has been condemned widely by almost all political parties operating within the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Unidentified militants fired at the trio at Y K Pora area while they were traveling in a car. The slain were identified as BJP’s Yuva […]
India key pillar in collaborative global efforts to fight COVID-19: WEF chief
New Delhi: India stands out as an essential component to a concrete global action plan being readied to fight COVID-19, including for large-scale vaccine manufacturing, World Economic Forum’s Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab has said. Besides, India has a very important role to play for ensuring greater international cooperation in the post-COVID-19 world to fight […]
2 out of 5 Srinagar residents have COVID-19 antibodies, sero-survey shows
District admin questions findings citing small sample size of study
Srinagar: Over 40 percent people living in Srinagar district have developed COVID-19 antibodies, claims a latest sero-prevalence survey conducted by a government hospital here, the results of which were questioned by the district administration citing small sample size of the study. The results of the study conducted by the Government Medical College Srinagar (GMC) show […]
Three BJP activists shot dead in Kulgam
LG strongly condemns killings
Anantnag: Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were killed in an attack by unidentified militants at Y K Pora area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday evening. Sources said that unidentified militants fired at the trio at Y K Pora area while they were traveling in a car. BJP’s Yuva Morcha General […]
NIA conducts more raids in Kashmir, Delhi in connection with ‘terror funding’ case
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday carried out fresh raids on some more organizations as part of its probe into “terror funding”. For the second consecutive day, various teams of the NIA under the supervision of an Inspector General along with a Deputy Inspector General carried out searches at nine locations, including the national […]
Have no connection with Kashmiri militants: Zafarul-Islam Khan
New Delhi: Former Delhi Minorities Commission chairman Zafarul-Islam Khan on Thursday said he had no contact or relationship with Kashmiri militants and that he feared he could be “framed” in some terror or riot case. His remarks come on a day when the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at his house and office in […]
Like other states, UTs, why can’t J&K have laws to protect its land: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said many states especially in the northeast have special laws relating to land ownership whereby people from other parts of the country cannot buy land there, and questioned why the Jammu and Kashmir could not have similar laws. “There are many states like Himachal Pardesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, […]
11 more people die of COVID-19 in J&K; 551 fresh infections reported
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 551 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday which took its virus count to 93,764, while 11 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,466, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 197 are from Jammu and 354 from the Kashmir Valley, they said. Srinagar district reported the highest number of new cases […]
