SRINAGAR — With omicron appearing to spread much faster than previous strains of the virus, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday called for vaccinating children against Covid-19. “Amid Omicron variant threat Covid vaccination for children becomes crucial,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Up until now, Covid-19 has caused mild symptoms […]
NEW DELHI — Veteran journalist Vinod Dua, arguably one of India’s most popular and influential news broadcasters, died here on Saturday. He was 67. Dua was known for questioning the government of the day in shows he anchored and had recently been hounded by the police in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party for […]
BUDGAM — Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested an Active militant of Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A senior police officer said that a joint team of Police and army’s 02 RR, 62RR apprehended a Active militant at Pushkar. He identified the arrested militant as Hamid Nath resident of Peth Zanigam who […]
MUMBAI — New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Saturday etched his name in the history books at the Wankhede Stadium after becoming only the third cricketer to claim 10 wickets in a single innings of a Test match after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble. Ajaz dismissed Mohammed Siraj to complete a perfect 10-wicket haul on […]
PULWAMA — Police have seized 45 bags of rice belonging to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) being allegedly ferried illicitly in a grass-laden load carrier in this south Kashmir district late last night, officials said on Saturday. A senior police officer told GNS that a police team stopped a load carrier— Tata Mobile (JK05D-0445) […]
BANDIPORA — The administration in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday closed Bandipora-Gurez and Dawar-Tulail roads till further orders in wake of the fresh weather advisory. An order issued by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Gurez reads, “In view of the weather advisory issued by the meteorological department regarding snowfall in the intervening night of 4 and […]
SRINAGAR — As Kashmir Valley braces up for first snowfall of the season, night temperatures rose across amid cloud cover on Saturday. “Snowfall is most likely to commence from late night of December 4th, increasing gradually in intensity and spatial distribution with peak on December 5th,” an official of the meteorological department here said. He […]
JOHANNESBURG — South African experts have expressed concern about the rising number of COVID-19 infections among young children, even as the country recorded a further 16,055 infections and 25 deaths overnight on Friday, PTI reported. “We have always seen children not being heavily affected by the Covid epidemic in the past (and) not having many […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Friday agreed to let India transport 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat and life-saving drugs as humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan on Afghan trucks through the Wagah border crossing, after a row erupted between the two countries over the modalities of transportation. On Thursday, India said that discussions with Pakistan […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar Friday protested against the authorities’ decision of continuously barring Muslims from performing important religious duty of offering Friday prayers at Jama Masjid Srinagar. Anjuman in a statement said that once again today the men, women and elderly people who came from various parts of the Valley were deprived […]