NEW DELHI — The increase in colon or colorectal cancer cases among adults under 50 is concerning, said experts on Sunday. Colon cancer is becoming a significant health concern in India, ranking as the seventh most common cancer, with higher incidence rates in urban areas like Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. According to the Indian Council […]
NEW DELHI — Pakistan will bestow athlete Arshad Nadeem with Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second highest civilian award of the country, for his momentous achievement in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, it was announced on Saturday. The 27-year-old won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw final with a sensational 92.97m throw on Thursday at the […]
SRINAGAR — Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi and all ranks of the Indian Army paid tribute to Havildar Dipak Kumar Yadav and Lance Naik Praveen Sharma, who lost their lives in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, on Saturday. “General Upendra Dwivedi COAS and All Ranks of Indian Army salute the supreme […]
NEW DELHI — Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh passed away on Saturday night after a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 93. He breathed his last at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram near Delhi, where he had been admitted for the past couple of weeks, they said. Singh was born in 1931 in […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban held a meeting on Saturday to discuss measures to improve female literacy and reduce the school-dropout rate in the district, an official spokesperson said. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Baseer-Ul-Haq Chaudhary, who chaired the meeting, expressed concerns over the district’s low female-literacy rate — currently at 38.04 per cent […]
NEW DELHI — The Russian embassy on Saturday condoled the “unfortunate instances” of Indian casualties in the course of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine and said recruitment of Indians into its armed forces was stopped since April. In a statement, the embassy said Moscow and New Delhi are working in close coordination for early […]
BEIRUT — Hezbollah has attacked an Israeli base located southwest of Safed city in northern Israel with successive swarms of suicide drones, causing injuries among its members. “On Saturday, the Islamic Resistance fighters launched an air attack with swarms of suicide drones on the Michve Allon base,” Hezbollah said in a statement. “This base includes […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Police chief V K Birdi on Saturday asked security agencies in the valley to maintain strict vigil by setting up 24×7 checkpoints and implementing joint mechanisms to disrupt the militant ecosystem in the run-up to the Independence Day. The officers were also asked to enhance night domination in their respective vulnerable areas, […]
SRINAGAR — Following the orders of change in school timing in Kashmir, parents of school children Saturday urged the authorities to revoke the new orders in view of scorching temperatures. Speaking to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, parents urged the school education authorities and the divisional administration to re-consider the previous school timing. On […]
SRINAGAR — Two Army personnel died while four others were injured during a fierce gunfight with militants in a forest in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The conflict occurred during a cordon and search operation that was initiated by the security forces based on intelligence reports indicating the presence of militants […]