SOPORE — Masarat Kar, a National Conference councillor was elected as chairperson of the Municipal Council Sopore on Saturday by a margin of 06 votes against her nearest rival of the People’s Democratic Party councillor. According to details, NC councillor, Masarat kar defeated her opponent of PDP, Irfan Ali by a margin of 06 votes. […]
QAZIGUND — A daily wager of Power Development Department (PDD) was injured due to electrocution in Chowgam village of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday morning. A police officer told that Abdul Hamid Najar, son of Ghulam Hassan Najar received an electric shock while repairing a transmission line in Chowgam village today at […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad on Saturday said that the vaccination will help in preventing possible 3rd Covid wave here. Talking to media persons, Asad said that as the experts are predicting the 3rd Covid wave, there is a need to understand the importance of getting vaccinated. He said it is […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan received 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the United States on Friday, easing pressure on Islamabad in overcoming the shortage of COVID-19 vaccines. According to a US embassy statement, the vaccines were delivered to the Pakistani people in partnership with the COVAX global vaccine initiative, UNICEF, and the government of Pakistan. It says […]
SRINAGAR — Amid instability in the district development council (DDC) Baramulla, political parties and independents are waiting for the next move of Peoples Conference, which is the single largest party in the council. Top leaders in different political parties said there is no question of supporting the incumbent chairperson. “We are keenly watching the developments […]
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA — The world is in a very “dangerous period” of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. He said in countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the […]
NEW DELHI — Facebook is reportedly testing a threads feature, just like Twitter, on Pages of some public figures that will provide them the ability to create posts related to previous ones on a related subject. The new feature which is under development ties the posts together more visually so fans can more easily follow […]
GANDERBAL — A tourist from Nagpur died after suffering a cardiac arrest at a tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal on Saturday, official sources said. The deceased has been identified as Akash Vijay Sharma, resident of Saroj Nagar, Nagpur in Maharashtra. He suffered a cardiac arrest at Thajwas Sonmarg. He as […]
ISLAMABAD — Most Pakistanis expressed supportive sentiments towards their Indian neighbours when the latter was reeling under a severe second Covid-19 wave, said an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven study. The research focused on tweets expressing kindness, empathy and solidarity. It found out that most tweets that were posted by Pakistani citizens between 21 April and 4 […]
POONCH — Body of a mental unsound person was found beneath a bridge in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. They said the body of the man, who used to wander in the area, was spot by some passerby who informed the police. Accordingly, the body was recovered at around 8:30 hours from the banks […]