UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply disturbed by the destruction of a high-rise building in Gaza City, by an Israeli airstrike, that housed the offices of several international media organizations, said Stephan Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General in a statement on Sunday. In a statement, Dujarric said added that “The Secretary-General is […]
NEW DELHI – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced extension of the ongoing lockdown by one more week in the national capital to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown imposed on April 19 has been extended for the fourth time till May 24 morning. It was scheduled to end at 5 am […]
Israel has asked Facebook and TikTok to ditch what it calls posts that incite violence on the platforms as the regime’s war machine breathes fire on the besieged Gaza Strip. Benny Gantz, who is Israel’s minister of military affairs as well as justice minister, urged executives of the American technology conglomerate, Facebook, and the Chinese-owned […]
SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday arrested 21 people for organising demonstrations in support of the Palestinian struggle. The police said it is keeping a close watch on elements attempting to leverage the situation in Palestine to disturb peace and order in the Valley. According to police sources, 21 people were arrested across […]
SRINAGAR – Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday evening arrested two sons of late Ashraf Sehrai, Hurriyat Chairman who died at GMC Jammu hospital while facing detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) on May 5. Family sources told News Agency Kashmir Dot Com that the two sons of late Ashraf Sehrai, who passed away after […]
NEW DELHI – India’s tally of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has reached 24,684,077 as the country logged 311,170 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) dashboard showed on Sunday morning. The daily fatalities due to Covid-19 were recorded at 4,077 taking the overall related death […]
SRINAGAR – Central University Jammu (CUJ) Professor Dr Dharmendra Singh, Head & Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communications & New Media, died of Covid-19 at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital Jaipur. Registrar Central University Jammu while confirming his death said Singh was a luminary and his death is a great loss to the University particularly to the […]
SRINAGAR – Eminent Professor and senior scientist who was presently serving as senior Professor at Department of Electronics Kashmir University Prof. Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat passed away at Rainawari Hospital Srinagar due to Covid-19 complications. His colleagues said he had been admitted at JLNM hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago, but due to […]
GAZA CITY – An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Friday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory amid its battle with the militant group Hamas. The strike came nearly an hour after the military […]
SRINAGAR – The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said that official figures of Covid-19 deaths are an underestimate as many deaths due to the virus go unreported in the valley. “The actual number of people dying from Covid is higher than what is reported,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. […]