NEW DELHI — India on Sunday recorded 114,460 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. With this, the country’s total infection tally reached 28,809,339 and its death toll rose to 346,759 after 2,677 people lost their lives due to the virus in 24 hours. The […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that no decision has been taken by the Central government on the 2021 Hajj pilgrimage yet, adding that India will stand with the Saudi Arabia government’s decision for annual Hajj yatra amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Hajj will depend on the […]
UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed ‘outrage’ on Saturday for the killing of more than 100 people, including children, in Burkina Faso. Guterres “strongly condemns the heinous attack and underscores the urgent need for the international community to redouble support to Member States in the fight against violent extremism and its unacceptable human […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association has launched a toll-free helpline to address students’ grievances. The toll-free number will be available 24×7 and will address the problems of the students of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh regions. Students of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh facing problems relating to their college campuses anywhere in […]
KULGAM — Two days after he fell off a slab in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a 5-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Saturday. An official told that theboy identified as Musa Shahnawaz, son of Shahwnawaz Ahmad Rather, was injured after he fell off the slab of his […]
ISLAMABAD — Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday announced to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of Muslim nations in Islamabad next year to highlight the issue of Kashmir and get their support. He was addressing a gathering of political workers of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party in his home town of Multan. ‘If […]
Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam is no less than an inspiration to millions of cricket enthusiasts across the globe. In a short span in his cricket career, the 26-year-old has achieved unprecedented success and is already counted as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. Making his debut in 2015 for Pakistan against Zimbabwe, […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Commissioner Srinagar on Saturday shot a letter to the Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Department seeking action against a statement attributed to “Self styled DAK President” Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan published by some newspapers and portals regarding COVID-19 vaccination. DC Srinagar Ajaz Asad in a letter to Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education […]
NEW DELHI — In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday, a group of 93 former civil servants raised concerns over a slew of draft legislations brought in by the Lakshadweep administrator P.K. Patel since February this year. Calling Patel’s decisions as “disturbing”, the body called the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) […]
SAIMA KHAN SHOPIAN — Gazi Muzamil, President of Jammu and Kashmir Students Movement (JKSM) said that the government of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory should allow the community classes for students to ease their sufferings during the Covid-19 pandemic. The students have confined themselves to four walls and have become dull due to online mode […]