SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday said Covid-19 case counts have lost relevance as they don’t reflect the same as they used to. “Covid case numbers cause unnecessary panic and fear among people,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said early in the pandemic daily case count […]
LUCKNOW — The Allahabad district administration in Uttar Pradesh has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against Javed Mohammad, an accused in the 10 June violence that occurred during protests over derogatory remarks against the Prophet Mohammed by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Javed is the father of Afreen Fatima, a prominent Muslim student activist. […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her sister Rubaiya Sayeed did her duty as per the law to identify Yasin Malik in her abduction case. Talking to selected reporters, Mehbooba Mufti said that Rubaiya Sayeed was called as a witness to identify someone in case and she could not […]
RAJOURI — Five persons were injured in a road accident that took place at Thandikassi near Rajouri town on Sunday afternoon. Reports said that a minibus was on way from Thandikassi to Rajouri when it skidded off the road and fell in a roadside area. They said that five passengers travelling in the vehicle got […]
PULWAMA — An assistant sub-inspector of CRPF, who was injured after militants attacked a joint naka party on circular road near Gongoo crossing in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon, succumbed to his injuries. A top police official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that militants fired upon a joint naka party of […]
KOKERNAG — A man was killed while another sustained injuries in a road accident at Nagam area of Kokarnag in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday morning, officials said here. An official said that an accident took place at Nagam area when a auto load carrier turned turtle near an agricultural canal, resulting in on […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department (MeT) on Sunday forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Generally cloudy sky with light rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 18, Pahalgam 12.4 and Gulmarg […]
LAHORE — The Pakistani High Commission, as a goodwill gesture, issued a three-month visa to a 92-year-old Indian woman, Reena Chhibar, who reached Pakistan on Saturday to see her ancestral home, media reports said. As she made her way through the Wagah-Attari border to see her ancestral home, Prem Niwas, in Rawalpindi, she urged the […]
NEW DELHI — On Thursday, shortly after talismanic India batter Virat Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord’s, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last year, with the caption reading as “this too […]
NEW DELHI — An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan Saturday fire at his three colleagues before shooting himself dead at a camp in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The incident took place around 3:30 pm at the Devika Ghat community centre in the district. Constable Bhupendra Singh shot at his colleagues, leading […]