Iran says it will execute informant who led CIA to Soleimani
An Iranian citizen who provided information to United States and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabouts of Iran’s slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani will be executed soon, Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday. On January 3, a US drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force. Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding […]
Another Covid-19 death reported in Valley, Second since morning
Srinagar, June 09 (KNS) ; Kashmir Valley on Tuesday reported second death due to coronavirus as a 70-year-old covid-19 patient from Panzath village in Qazigund area of south Kashmir died at GMC Anantnag, taking the overall death toll in J&K to 48. Sources told KNS that an elderly man South Kashmir district died in south […]
WFO Trust felicitates 120 Corona Warriors across J&K
Jammu June 07 (KNS): The Work For Others (WFO), an organised working for social upliftment with focus on efforts like blood donation, aid to poor families in marriages of their children, have felicitated 120 Corona Warriors across Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued Kashmir News Service (KNS) here by the representatives, it has been […]
Mian Qayoom’s son-in-law, Javed Wani, appointed HC judge
Srinagar: After a gap of seven years, the President of India on Tuesday ordered appointment of a Kashmiri Muslim lawyer, Javed Iqbal Wani, as judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The notification in this regard was issued by union ministry of Law and Justice today, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). […]
Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare’, WHO says
A World Health Organization (WHO) official said late on Monday that people with the Sars-Cov-2 may not be infectious if they are ‘asymptomatic’, a significant new claim about the understanding of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that experts around the world said could be premature. WHO official epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove made the statement at a […]
JNU advises students to return home after its health centre pharmacist tests coronavirus positive
The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday advised students still remaining on campus to return to their hometowns, days after a pharmacist at its health centre tested positive for the disease. Although the university is taking all precautions as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Delhi government from time to […]
US, Russia to start nuclear arms control talks this month
The US and Russia have agreed to start arms control talks this month as the only remaining treaty between the two largest nuclear powers is poised to expire in less than a year, Marshall Billingslea, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for arms control, said Monday. Russia has offered to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction […]
India working on two roads in Ladakh amid border row
India is working on two key roads near the China border in eastern Ladakh — the site of a tense weeks-long border stand-off with its northern neighbour — to provide connectivity to an important forward area that the military calls Sub-Sector North (SSN), two senior officers familiar with the developments said on Monday. While the […]
Nizamuddin dargah doesn’t want ‘Tablighi Jamaat-type’ row, stays shut despite Unlock 1.0
New Delhi: Religious institutions across India reopened Monday in line with Unlock 1 guidelines, but the Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah in New Delhi, an Islamic religious institution that attracts visitors of all faiths, remains shut. The decision, authorities at the dargah say, is as much a precautionary measure as a bid to avoid a Tablighi Jamaat-like controversy. “We are allowed to reopen, but […]
CS directs Secretaries to identify measures to check corruption in government departments
Srinagar, June 08 (KNS): The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting to take stock of the measures to be put in place to check the malpractice of corruption in various departments. Financial Commissioner, Finance Department, Principal Secretaries of Home Department, Revenue Department, Power Development Department, Social Welfare Department, Commissioner Secretary, Jal […]
