BANDIPORA — Authorities in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday closed two Jammu and Kashmir Bank branches for public dealing after 15 employees of these branches tested positive for COVID-19, officials said. They that two J&K Bank branches including TP and Main branch in main market of the district were closed for public dealing after […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday constituted a committee of senior officers regarding the issue of commemoration of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh’s birthday and its observance as a public holiday. An order issued by the J&K administrative department said a 4-member committee headed by the principal Secretary General administration department will go into […]
ISLAMABAD — Authorities looking over the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have decided the protocols for the seventh edition of the cricketing event scheduled this month as Pakistan continues its battle against the fifth COVID-19 wave. It is mandatory for people associated with the PSL to pass at least three days in quarantine, according to sources. […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said that it trapped and arrested Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Police Station Kupwara for accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 from a truck driver. “Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint through ACB helpline alleging therein that Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Mohammad Sultan Mir of Police Station Kupwara is […]
SRINAGAR — Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, the largest medical Institute in Kashmir valley on Tuesday ordered cancellation of winter vacation for its faculty members in view of upsurge of Covid-19/Omicron cases. The institute asked faculty members to join their duties immediately, without any delay. An order issued by Director SKIMS Dr Parvaiz […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases rose to 8,21,446, the highest in 208 days, while the death toll climbed to 4,84,213 with […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley and Ladakh continued to reel under sub-zero temperatures with famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam recording a low of minus 10.6°C and minus 10.4°C respectively on Tuesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that except Srinagar, mercury dropped in entire Valley with the summer capital of J&K recording a low […]
KUPWARA — A 33-year-old accused from Seadpora area of Sopore, who was lodged along with his brother, at district jail Kupwara died around midnight, officials said on Tuesday. They said the accused Khurshid Ahmad Wani son of Ghulam Mohammad Wani of Seadpora Sopore, who was lodged in the jail since 5-October-2021 in a case (FIR […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday alleged that minorities in India were being targeted by extremist groups and warned that such an agenda “is a real and present threat” to regional peace. Khan took to Twitter to make the allegations in the wake of alleged inflammatory and provocative speeches against Muslims at […]
NEW YORK — Pfizer expects a Covid-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant to be ready in March, the company’s head said Monday. Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla told CNBC that Pfizer is already manufacturing doses due to keen interest from governments, as authorities contend with huge Covid-19 infection counts, including large numbers of “breakthrough” […]