POOCH — A 50-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter died when their house caught fire in Surankote area of Poonch district during intervening night of October 6 and 7, officials said. They said the fire erupted around 003 hours in a house of one Muzaffer Hussain Shah son of Sadiq Hussain Shah at Qazi Katha, […]
KARACHI — At least 20 people were killed and over 300 others injured after a powerful 5.9 earthquake struck Pakistan”s Balochistan province early on Thursday, according to media reports. Disaster management officials said the death toll may increase, Geo News reported. According to the seismological centre, the epicentre was located near Harnai at a depth […]
ABU DHABI — SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) pace sensation Umran Malik clocked 153kph to bowl the fastest delivery of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Malik achieved this feat in the 4th delivery of the 9th over against Devdutt Padikkal. RCB batter got […]
NEW DELHI — In a relief to thousands of young doctors pursuing higher specialisation courses, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that in the interest of students, it has decided to implement changes in the pattern of the NEET-Super Speciality (NEET-SS) examination from the academic year 2022-23. The government indicated that it may […]
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) — BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union minister Ajay Mishra and the arrest of all accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, warning that a nationwide agitation will be launched if authorities failed to implement within a week the agreement made with the farmers here. Tikait, who is […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that “dictatorship” and not democracy prevails in the country with farmers being “systematically attacked” and politicians not allowed to visit Uttar Pradesh to meet families hit by the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said he along with two Congress Chief Ministers […]
SRINAGAR — A 19-year-old youth from south-Kashmir’s Kulgam district was killed after a truck he was on board collided with a dumper in Haryana’s Panipat district. Identified as Mohsin Irshad Bhat son of Irshad Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Reenipora Kulgam, the youth as per a family member was fatally injured when a truck bearing […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said the documents on DigiLocker platform of the Union Ministry for Electronics and Information and the mParivahan mobile app of Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways shall now be deemed to be legally recognized documents at par with the original documents as per the provisions […]
SRINAGAR — The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has unveiled the draft rules for establishing child rights panel in the Union Territory. The draft rules define the procedure for appointment of chairperson and members of the statutory body to be constituted under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act-2005. The Jammu & Kashmir Commission […]
BHAT YASIR SRINAGAR — The Manoranjan cum Exhibition Mela, which is going on amid COVID-19 in Pattan, sub division of Baramulla district is raising serious questions. The locals, here, raised several questions over the mela (funfair event) which has been witnessing huge gathering of visitors while no Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) are being followed. The […]