Kashmir

9 injured in gas cylinder blast in Kupwara

KUPWARA — Atleast nine people suffered serious burn injuries following an LPG gas cylinder explosion inside a kitchen in Mugalpora village of Kupwara district on Saturday. “Nine people suffered burn injuries after an LPG gas cylinder exploded inside the house of of Ghulam Mohidin Wani son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani of Mughalpora Kupwara. Among the […]

Health

India records 975 fresh COVID-19 cases

NEW DELHI — India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,30,40,947 on Saturday with 975 more people testing positive for the viral disease, while the active cases increased to 11,366, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll reached 5,21,747 with four more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.03 […]

Asia

7 soldiers killed in terrorist attack in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD — Seven soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The incident happened on Thursday when the terrorists ambushed a military convoy near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in north Waziristan district of the province, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday in […]

Jammu

IED recovered, destroyed in Rajouri: Police

RAJOURI — Security forces in the wee hours of Saturday morning recovered Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) in Gurdan Chawa village of Rajouri district, police said. A police official said that after receiving credible input about some suspicious movement in Gurdan Chawa village in Rajouri, security forces launched a joint Cordon and Search Operation in the […]