Three injured in a mysterious blast at Tosamaidan in Kashmir’s Budgam district
Budgam: Three persons were injured in a mysterious blast at Tosamaidan, an old artillery training area of army, in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday. Police officials said that a mysterious explosion occurred at Tosamaidian area today afternoon in which three people sustained injuries, one of them critical. “In the incident, three persons suffered injuries […]
Cracks seem to appear in NC as Aga Ruhullah removes party designation from Twitter bio
Srinagar: Cracks started to appear within the National Conference (NC) as its chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi distanced himself from the party”s stand of maintaining silence over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after August 5 and removed his party designation from his Twitter handle on Tuesday. Mehdi, a former cabinet minister and an […]
India may keep COVID-19 deaths to less than 8,000: Public health expert
Bengauru: Kerala, Punjab and Haryana seem to have crossed the peak in coronavirus cases, says a prominent public health specialist, who expects India to keep COVID-19 deaths at less than 8,000 in the country with strict enforcement of standard protocols and hospitals in high alert. India should not be seen as one entity when it […]
Centre’s lockdown strategy has failed: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the four phases of nationwide lockdown have “failed” and not given the results that Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected. Addressing a press conference, he asked the central government to clarify its strategy as far as opening up of India is concerned and how it intends to support […]
Airbus technical experts from France reach Pakistan to assist in PIA crash probe
A team of technical experts from the Airbus aerospace company arrived in Pakistan for an independent probe into the PIA plane crash involving its aircraft in which 97 people were killed in one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in the country’s history, according to a media report on Tuesday. The team of experts from […]
Indo-Pak armies exchange fire along LoC in Poonch
Jammu: Pakistan Army on Tuesday resorted to firing and shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, drawing befitting retaliation from Indian soldiers, a defence spokesperson said. “Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arm firing with mortar shelling along LoC in Balakote sector in Poonch […]
Covid-19: 90-Year-old man from Kulgam dies, Toll 24
Srinagar: A 90-year-old man from Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Tuesday became another victim of novel coronavirus, taking the overall death toll due to the disease to 24 in Jammu and Kashmir. Also 34 fresh cases of the virus were reported, taking the tally of patients to 1702. A resident of Khaloora Kulgam, the […]
Man hangs himself to death in Sopore
Sopore: A 30-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside his home in Mahrajpora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore town in intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Witnesses told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a 30- year old-man Azad Ahmad of Mahrajpora, Sopore allegedly hanged himself inside his home during the intervening night […]
Over 6,500 new coronavirus cases in India, death toll climbs to 4,167
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,167 in the country, while the number of cases climbed to 1,45,380, registering an increase of 146 deaths and 6,535 cases since Monday 8 am,the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases climbed to 80,722. As many as 60,490 people have recovered and one […]
COVID-19; Evacuation of stranded JK residents 170 in 5 flights arrive at Jammu
JAMMU: After massive operations to evacuate stranded Jammu and Kashmir residents back home from various parts of the country through surface transport especially the railways, air operations resumed this morning with 170 stranded people arriving at Jammu Airport through five flights. The first flight with 31 passengers on board arrived at the airport here at […]
