NEW DELHI – The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below 3 lakh for the fifth consecutive day with 2.59 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. With the fresh cases, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,60,31,991. The death […]
JERUSALEM – Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200 people dead. At 2 am local time, just as the ceasefire took effect, frenzy life returned to the […]
NEW DELHI – A pilot has been killed after an Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed near Moga in Punjab late on Thursday night, the Indian Air Force said on Friday, 21 May. The IAF identified the pilot as Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary and said that he sustained fatal injuries in the crash. “IAF […]
KOZHIKODE – Praises and blessings are pouring in for a Hindu woman doctor who recited the Islamic prayer for a Muslim patient on the latter’s deathbed at a private hospital in Pattambi in Palakkad. The patient, who was suffering from Covid pneumonia, was on ventilator for more than two weeks and her relatives were not […]
UNITED NATIONS – The United Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday he was “deeply shocked” by the continued air and artillery bombardment by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza Strip and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Palestinian enclave. “I am deeply shocked by the continued air and artillery bombardment by the Israeli Defence Forces […]
PULWAMA – Unknown persons chopped down various high density (Italy) apple trees belonging to two persons in Karimabad village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Quoting local sources news agency Kashmir News Trust reported that during the intervening night of 19-20 May, apple trees belonging to Reyaz Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Nabi Bhat and Abdul […]
SRINAGAR – By any indication or analysis, the killers of Kashmirs eminent cleric-politician Mirwaiz Maulvi Mohammad Farooq have achieved nothing—none of their perceived goals—in the last 31 years of the bloodshed in the valley. Contrarily, thousands from Kashmirs host of human genres, including clergymen, politicians and intellectuals, perished in the senseless violence. The 45-year-old cleric […]
GANDERBAL – In order to make quick bucks from hapless labourers, staffers from Dr Lal Path Lab conducted RT-PCR tests in an open forest and charged Rs 1800 per head without seeking permission from Chief Medical Office Ganderbal here in Central Kashmir. There are scores of labourers from different parts of Kangan town of Ganderbla […]
SRINAGAR – A man from Iqbal Abad area of Bemina Srinagar on Thursday appealed authorities to release his 22-year-old son Nayeem Ahmed Mir and others languishing in Agra jail from last four years. Abdul Hameed Mir was quoted by news agency Kashmir News Trust saying, “Besides my son there are other young boys who are […]
PULWAMA – Unidentified burglars made an unsuccessful bid to steal cash from a branch of Jammu Kashmir Bank in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told that during the intervening night of 19 and 20 May, some unknown burglars tried to steal cash from Drabgam branch of J&K Bank in Pulwama district. The burglars managed to […]