NEW DELHI — With 2,288 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,07,689, while the active cases decreased to 19,637, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,103 with 10 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
SHOPIAN — A civilian was killed and another was injured besides one army personnel was also injured in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Pandoshan village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday. The militants however have managed to flee from the site of encounter. Reports said, two civilians […]
COLOMBO — At least five people, including an MP, were killed in Sri Lanka, with over 200 others injured in the wake of the violence in the island nation, which also led to a number of houses belonging to resigned Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and other politicians, being torched. On Monday night, anti-government protesters surrounded […]
KULGAM — A youth was found dead on Tuesday inside an orchard in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. An official said that a youth identified as Shahid Ahmad Mochi son of Mohammad Ashraf Mochi, a resident of Khee was found dead by some locals inside an orchard in Zeban, Yaripora on […]
NEW YORK — Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize award in Feature Photography 2022 category for the coverage of Covid-19 crisis in India. Mattoo has won the award alongside the Reuters team including late Danish Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, and Amit Dave. Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan last year while […]
SHOPIAN — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Pandoshan village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Pandoshan village following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They […]
Waris Shah SRINAGAR — A 34-year-old woman was killed after she came under tin-sheet blown away from a rooftop during gusty winds in Botengo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Official sources said that the woman, Meenu Jan wife of Khursheed Ahmad, came under the sheet during a heavy windstorm near Habkhatoon petrol […]
SRINAGAR — Three labourers were dead after a cloudburst hit a bricklin in Chandpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Sources told that a cloudburst fell on star BDB bricklin at Chandpora resulting in the onspot death of three labourers from Uttar Pradesh. After the incident, all three labourers were shifted to district hospital Budgam […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported four new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that three of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and one from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 454113—166374 in Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested one Lashkar-i-Toiba militant in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, police said that Joint forces of Baramulla Police, Army 46 RR, 53 Bn CRPF & 2nd Bn SSB established routine MVCP near Juhama crossing Baramulla. During checking the party observed movement of one person who […]