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 […]

Politics

Vengeance with which BJP bulldozing Constitution has reached homes of minorities: Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused the BJP of bulldozing the Constitution and the saffron party’s leaders of “outdoing each other in stripping Muslims” of their homes and livelihood. She was referring to the Khargone district administration in Madhya Pradesh demolishing at least 50 “illegal” structures of people accused of pelting stones […]

Health

India logs 949 fresh Covid cases, 6 deaths

NEW DELHI — India registered 949 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against 1,007 infections reported on previous day, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Friday. In the same time span, six Covid-related deaths were recorded, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,21,743. Following a continuous […]