Handwara Updates: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Pays Tribute To Soldiers, Security Personnel
Two senior army officers – a colonel and a major- were among five security personnel killed in action during an encounter in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police officer and two army soldiers were also killed as the security personnel came under heavy fire during the encounter which began on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath […]
Eye on Gulf countries, Pak ups Twitter campaign to target India over ‘Islamophobia’
Indian security agencies have identified nearly 7,000 accounts on micro-blogging site Twitter that were opened in April 2020 and are being operated from Pakistan, a report submitted to the government this week has said. These social media handles, the report said, had launched a shrill campaign against India that was aimed at influencing India’s relations […]
Back-channel used to ‘urge’ Pak to release Kulbhushan Jadhav: Harish Salve
INDIA RESORTED to “back-channel” efforts to “persuade” Islamabad to release Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer who is on death row in Pakistan on charges of spying and terrorist activities. This was revealed by India’s lead counsel in the case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Harish Salve, a senior Supreme Court lawyer and […]
Kashmir valley to be treated as a red zone
Srinagar: The J&K administration is all set to enforce a strict lockdown following May 3, despite the Union government’s classification of red, orange and green zones, while extending the lockdown for two more weeks. Recently, Lt. Governor Girish Murmu held a high-level meeting with his advisors and issued an order of Rs 350 crore package for […]
COVID-19: Panic after barber tests positive in Handwara
Srinagar: Panic has gripped the residents of Gonipora area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after a barber tested positive for novel coronavirus. Sources told that the barber who tested positive on Friday was regularly attending the customers and would visit different places to make hair and beard of people. “He had come in contact […]
Karnataka IAS officer served showcause notice over Tablighi Jamaat tweet, says ‘can’t please everyone’
A day after being served a showcause notice by the Karnataka government for a tweet on the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin on Saturday said he “can’t please everyone all the time”. Mohsin, posted as a secretary in the Backward Classes Welfare Department in Karnataka, was served a showcause notice by the state government over […]
ICMR plans to study whether novel coronavirus strain in India changed form
NEW DELHI : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is planning to study whether the novel coronavirus strain in India has undergone mutation while spreading within the country over the last two months. According to a senior scientist of the country’s apex health research body, determining whether or not the SARS-CoV2 strain has changed form […]
Students Bear The Brunt As AMU, Jamia Scurry To Send Them Home
A day after the MHA revised its lockdown guidelines on Thursday to allow the movement of migrant workers, students, and other stranded persons, a bus with about 20 students left the Aligarh Muslim University campus for Saharanpur. The students expected they would be dropped home but the bus went past the city and reached a […]
Lone rues closure of agriculture Sub-sale centers
Srinagar, 02 May: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Senior Leader , and Member of Parliament from Baramulla Muhammad Akbar Lone on Saturday expressed dismay over closure of Sub-sale centers of the Department of Agriculture at different locations in Kashmir division saying the measure will cause inconvenience to the farmers and affect the annual agriculture produce. […]
25000 stranded persons expected to reach Kashmir
DC Budgam finalizes tests, quarantine arrangements for those arriving Budgam BUDGAM, MAY 02: As many as 25000 persons stranded in many parts of the country are expected to reach Kashmir, in coming days. The District Administration, Budgam finalized arrangements with the Health department to ensure proper testing, quarantine and other facilities are put in place […]
