India’s COVID-19 caseload races past 62 lakh, recoveries surge to 51,87,825
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 62 lakh on Wednesday with 80,472 infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 51,87,825 pushing the recovery rate to 83.33 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 62,25,763, while the death toll climbed […]
Former militants’ spouses stage protest
Srinagar: Spouses of scores of former militants who have returned to this side of Kashmir under Rehabilitation Policy of 2010, on Monday attempted to march towards Raj Bhawan here. However, police stopped them on way to the LG office. Those protesting women were demanding citizenship rights and issuance of travel documents. They urged Lieutenant Governor […]
13 held for charging money from labourers for ‘smooth’ entry into J-K
Jammu: Thirteen people have been arrested for illegally charging labourers from outside Jammu and Kashmir on the pretext of facilitating their “smooth entry” into the Union Territory, police on Tuesday. Seven cases, including one in Punjab, have been registered in this connection, they said. A probe has also been instituted against some policemen, including an […]
Polls in Gilgit-Baltistan attempt to camouflage ‘illegal’ occupation of region by Pak: MEA
New Delhi: India on Tuesday said it has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan over announcement of elections to the ‘so-called Gilgit-Baltistan’ legislative assembly next month, holding that the “cosmetic exercises” are intended to camouflage the “illegal” occupation of the region by Islamabad. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said actions like holding of elections […]
Ladakh records 49 fresh COVID-19 cases
Leh: Forty-nine more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the number of confirmed cases in the union territory to 4,152, while 32 such patients were discharged after successful treatment, officials said on Tuesday. There was no report of any COVID-related death during the past 24 hours, the officials added. The number of active […]
Security scenario in eastern Ladakh at uneasy ‘no war no peace’ status: IAF chief
New Delhi: The present security scenario along our northern frontiers is at an uneasy ‘no war no peace’ status, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday, referring to the prolonged border row with China in eastern Ladakh. In an address at a conference, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said the Indian […]
Gunfight breaks out after militants attack security forces in Anantnag
Srinagar: A fierce gunfight is underway between militants and security forces in Marahama area of Sangam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. A senior police officer told GNS that after militants attacked a party of army’s 03RR in Marahama, the fleeing militants were intercepted by the joint team of police and army nearby, triggering […]
Amnesty halts India operations
New Delhi: Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is halting all its activities in India due to freezing of its accounts and claimed that it is being subjected to an ‘incessant witch-hunt’ over unfounded and motivated allegations. Amnesty India, in a statement, said the organisation has been compelled to let go of staff in India […]
UN chief says pandemic toll is ‘mind-numbing’
United Nations, Sep 29 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the loss of 1 million people to the coronavirus is an ‘agonising milestone’ that has been made worse by the “savageness of this disease”. In a statement released after the global death toll from the pandemic crossed 1 million, Guterres called it a ‘mind-numbing figure’. […]
Mehbooba Mufti detention case: SC asks J-K administration to respond to plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to respond to Iltija Mufti’s amended plea challenging the detention of her mother and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti under the J-K Public Safety Act, saying detention cannot be forever and “some via media” should be explored. A bench of justices S […]
