BENGALURU — Five Bajrang Dal activists were arrested in Shivamogga district in Karnataka for allegedly attacking a Muslim trader for selling halal meat, even as the ‘Boycott halal products’ campaign by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal intensified in the state. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai appealed to people to celebrate Hindu new year Ugadi and […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said people need to learn to live with Covid-19 and get back to normal life. “Covid-19 will become yet another infection joining many other diseases that humanity has learned to live,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said we have entered […]
NEW YORK — Children younger than 5 years of age who are infected with the Omicron variant have less risk of severe health outcomes than those infected with the Delta variant, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal ‘JAMA Pediatrics’, also showed that the Omicron variant is 6-8 times more infectious than […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said that his country is ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees, Dawn reported. “Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute and is ready to move forward on this front […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a person and filed a case against him for allegedly molesting a six-year-old girl in Srinagar. Locals and family members said that a minor girl was allegedly molested by a person in a Srinagar area on March 31 after which they approached the police. Today, locals and family […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu Kashmir Police said that the news item doing rounds in media regarding the alleged rape of a si-year-old girl in fake. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a senior Police official said that the news regarding the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl is fake and Police is verifying the claims. The official said that […]
NEW DELHI — India’s virus tally rose to 4,30,27,035 with 1,260 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the number of active infections further declined to 13,445, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 5,21,264 with 83 new fatalities, the data updated at […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained clear in J&K and Ladakh on Saturday as the Meteorological(MeT) department forecast same weather condition to continue in the two UTs during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry and clear in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, said an official of the MeT department. Srinagar […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were hiked today by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 12 days to Rs 7.20 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 102.61 per litre as against Rs 101.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs […]
SRINAGAR — Ahead of the holy month of Ramadhan, the government has directed the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the people at Sehri and Iftari hours in the Valley. Sources within the department said the directions were given by the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir P K Pole, asking KPDCL […]
