Stray dog bites 7 persons 2 oxen in North Kashmir
Bandipora, June 10: A mad stray dog attacked 7 persons including four women in Check Mantrigam area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday injuring them grievously. The incident occurred when some people were passing by a road and suddenly the stray dog attacked them. Locals told news agency KNT that the dog also attacked […]
West Indies arrive in England on three-Test tour
LONDON: The West Indies squad arrived in England on Tuesday ahead of a three-Test tour behind closed doors. Every member of the 39-strong touring party, including 25 players, tested negative for the coronavirus before they set off on a charter flight to Manchester airport. They were each due to be tested again at their new […]
London may remove statues as Floyd’s death sparks change
LONDON: London’s mayor announced on Tuesday that more statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain’s streets after protesters knocked down the monument to a slave trader, as the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis continued to spark protests and drive change around the world. On the day Floyd was being buried in his […]
Traders,Transport joint co ordination committee and JKEC met DC Srinagar
Srinagar, June 10 (KNS): A delegation of All Traders and Transport Joint Coordination Committee and JKEC led by Chairman Abrar Khan along with President Peer Imtiyaz ul Hassan and apex leadership from trade and transport met Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Coudhary regarding relaxation of restrictions on trade and transport. Prominent social activist Inam Un […]
Delhi will need 80,000 beds by July end to tackle COVID-19 effectively: Kejriwal
Chief Minister of New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal, has said that the national capital needs 80,000 beds by July 31 to effectively deal with the COVID-19 challenge in the city. A day after getting tested for COVID-19, Kejriwal delivered a virtual address and said that his government will strictly adhere to the directive issued by the […]
RESTRICTIONS RE-IMPOSED
Srinagar has seen a steep rise of COVID positive cases and all the plans of the government to unlock the severe lockdown imposed here could not be initiated. Government was thinking of starting life slowly in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir but the figures of COVID positive cases has frightened even the common people. […]
Two more militants killed in Shopian gunfight, toll 5: Police
Five militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Sugoo Hendhama area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. “Five unidentified militants ;have been) killed in Shopian. Operation underway,” said police on Twitter. Mobile Internet has been suspended in the Shopian district as a precautionary measure, said an official. […]
PM urged to provide protection to panches in J&K
The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference has appealed to the Prime Minister and the Union Territory administration to immediately provide security to the sarpanches and panches as they were being targeted by militants. During a press conference here on Tuesday, president, All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), Anil Sharma, said while all bureaucrats, […]
‘Left to die’: J&K sarpanches, touted to usher in Modi’s Naya Kashmir, feel let down
Srinagar: The killing of a Congress-affiliated sarpanch in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Monday has brought to the fore the vulnerability of local body representatives, who were expected to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of a “Naya Kashmir”. Ajay Pandita Bharti (40), the sarpanch of Lukbawan village in south Kashmir’s Larkipora area, was shot dead by unidentified militants at […]
India stares at a long road to economic revival
Small businesses in industrial enclaves across India are confronting the harsh new realities of a post-Covid world as they count their losses from the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown . Cash is short. Supply lines are frayed. Export markets are shut. And workers have vanished. “How do you restart business without labour? They are all […]
