PARIS — The US death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic surpassed 900,000 on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker. The toll had hit 800,000 dead in mid-December, just a month and a half ago. New cases linked to the Omicron variant are falling, but daily deaths are still rising, with an average […]
NEW DELHI — The Delimitation Commission has proposed an overhaul of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in its draft report which has been handed over to five associate members from the Union Territory for their suggestions, officials said on Saturday. The voluminous report has proposed redrawing of the Anantnag Parliamentary seat […]
BENGALURU — The hijab row in Karnataka is spreading fast to other districts of the state. Muslim students in Mysuru district started a “I love hijab” movement on Friday. The ruling BJP has declared that it won’t let Talibanisation happen and told these students that if they want to attend classes they will have to […]
KUPWARA — On the directions of District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Kupwara, Ghulam Nabi Bhat today paid a surprise visit at various offices and found 2 officers and 39 employees absent from their legitimate duties. These offices include Executive Engineer REW Kupwara, District Industries Centre, District Social Welfare Office, CDPO Office […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a Narco- Miltancy module by arresting two people along with contraband worth Rupees 18 crore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that today on 5th Feb police party of Police Station Uri and Police Post Kamalkote headed by SHO […]
SRINAGAR — Two local militants were killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Zakoora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s summer Capital, Srinagar on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Zakoora area of the city following the inputs about presence […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference on Saturday summarily rejected the Draft Working Paper of Delimitation Commission stating that the way Delimitation Commission (DC) has re-drawn boundaries is shocking. National Conference Provincial Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar told reporters that the party as an associate member of the DC summarily rejects the Draft Working Proposal. He said the […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the country is robbing the future of daughters by letting the hijab come in the way of girl education. Coming out in support of hijab-wearing Muslim girl students not allowed entry in educational institutes in Karnataka, he said the goddess Saraswati does not differentiate and […]
SRINAGAR — The Delimitation Commission has proposed major changes in the assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering discontent among the people. As per the proposal of the Delimitation Commission, exclusively accessed by The Tribune, Baramulla has got two new constituencies – Kunzer and Tangmarg – while the existing Sangrama constituency has been merged with […]
SRINAGAR — A day after arresting journalist Fahad Shah, police on Saturday said that the editor-in-chief of online news magazine Kashmir Walla was “wanted” in three cases for “glorifying” militancy. “Fahad Shah is wanted in 3 cases for glorifying (militancy), spreading fake news & inciting general public for creating L&O (law and order) situations: FIR […]