Digital gold gains currency
Millions of Indians continued the age-old tradition of buying gold during Diwali this year with a new-age twist. Consumers took to the relatively new digital gold category to avoid trips to crowded markets during the pandemic; that they could buy without a minimum purchase restriction added to the attractiveness of digital gold as the price […]
Elaborate Security Arrangements In Place For Local Body Polls: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar
SRINAGAR: Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) Rakesh Ashtana Thursday said that present period is suitable for the infiltration from across the Line of Control (LoC) but BSF and all other security agencies are ready to fill all the bids and to tackle any situation that may emerge. Talking to reporters on the sidelines […]
Advisor Bhatnagar meets injured JKP Jawans at GMC Jammu
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 19- Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today visited Government Medical College Jammu here and met the Jawans of JKP who suffered injuries, while fighting with the terrorists in an encounter at Nagrota today morning. During his visit, Advisor Bhatnagar asked the medical officers about the condition of both the jawans and […]
Clashes break out near gunfight site in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
Srinagar: Clashes broke out between youth and government forces after a gunfight broke out between militants and joint forces in Parigam village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Trust (KNT) quoting local residents reported that youth hit roads and resorted to stone-throwing on joint forces after they launched a […]
Face-off drags on, habitats set up for troops
The Indian Army has established habitat facilities for its nearly 50,000 additional troops deployed along the Line of Actual Control amid the ongoing border standoff with China in the Ladakh sector where temperatures have already reached minus 15-20 degree Celsius, sources in the defence ministry said. This is the first time such a huge number […]
Covid-19: ICU Beds With Ventilators Not Available At Nearly 60 Hospitals In Delhi
Amid spiralling cases of Covid-19 in the national capital, the number of available Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds equipped with ventilators is shrinking fast at several hospitals here, with zero vacancy at nearly 60 facilities, according to official data. The rise in cases of the infection has happened at a time when approaching winter and […]
Taliban welcome US troop drawdown from Afghanistan as ‘good step’
KABUL: The Taliban on Wednesday welcomed the Pentagon’s announcement it would soon pull about 2,000 US troops from Afghanistan as a “good step” that will help end the country’s long-running conflict. The Pentagon on Tuesday said the US will slash troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years of war after […]
England to host India in five Tests next year
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced a provisional home schedule for 2021 on Wednesday with a five-match Test series against India set to headline the English summer. Meanwhile, white-ball series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan are scheduled throughout June and July, with fixtures also due to take place at Durham, Edgbaston, Bristol […]
Gunfight breaks out in Pulwama village
VOV DESK Srinagar An encounter broke out between militants and government forces at Parigam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on this afternoon, police said. “Encounter has started at Parigam area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow, ” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.
In or out?
JK Congress is not clear whether they are permanently within the fold of PAGD or have participated in the latest meetings only to hammer out differences over the seat-sharing issue in the coming DDC and by elections of panchayats. The Congress in Jammu and Kashmir refused to be drawn into a controversy over whether it […]
