SRINAGAR – Two non-local labourers have gone missing from Mawar area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district two days ago. News agency GNS while quoting the Chief-contractor of the workers identifying himself as Mohammad Shahadat reported that the two workers-Sunil Manjhi, 25, son of Rajan Manjhi of Sitammari district in Bihar and Mohammad Mumtaz, […]
ANKARA – An informal global partnership formed by five countries including Turkey voiced their commitment on Tuesday to the World Health Organization (WHO) in supporting the response to the pandemic, “one of the most serious global health crises of modern times.” MIKTA – an informal partnership consisting of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia […]
NEW DELHI – Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday threw his weight behind the people of Lakshadweep as he accused the “ignorant bigots in power” of destroying the islands. His statement came a day after the Congress demanded the immediate removal of Lakshadweep administrator Praful Patel, alleging he is not only destroying the peace and […]
ANKARA – A Turkish military plane carrying medical supplies to fight COVID-19 left on Tuesday for India’s capital New Delhi, Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced on Twitter. The plane was carrying medical supplies, including 630 oxygen tubes, five oxygen generators, 50 ventilators, and 50,000 boxes of tablet medicines prepared by the Turkish Red Crescent and Turkey’s […]
ISLAMABAD – Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said in the Senate that Pakistan would not provide its military bases to the United States for future counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan and also not allow drone attacks inside Pakistan. The foreign minister also rejected as unfounded the reports of providing the US, bases in Pakistan, […]
GENEVA – The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization report showed Wednesday. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, figures in the UN health agency’s weekly epidemiological update showed, taking […]
GANDERBAL – The Government forces on Wednesday claimed to have recovered ammunition from Naranag forests in Kangan area of Ganderbal district in Central Kashmir. Quoting an official, news agency Kashmir News Trust reported that the noctornal search operation was launched by Indian Army’s 34 Assam Rifles along with J&K Police in Naranag forests and recovered […]
NEW DELHI – India on Wednesday recorded 2.08 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases, maintaining the ongoing declining trend, though the 24-hour tally registers a slight increase from the number of cases reported on Tuesday. With this, the total tally reaches 2,71,57795, with a daily positivity rate of 9.42 per cent, the health ministry’s bulletin showed. India’s […]
NEW DELHI – WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy protections, sources said. The lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks the Delhi High Court to […]
SRINAGAR – The Deputy Mayor, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Srinagar Parvaiz Qadri on Tuesday conducted a visit at Mehjoor Nagar ward to take stock of various ongoing SMC works. According to a press release from SMC, Deputy Mayor Parvaiz Qadri visited Mehjoor Nagar area of Kashmir capital Srinagar to review the progress of the ongoing […]