COVID-19: Four more die of virus, Jammu and Kashmir toll 1879
Srinagar: A forty-year-old man was among four more persons who succumbed to the covid-19 in last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that two of the victims were from Kashmir Valley and included a 63-year-old man from Rawalpora Srinagar and a 40-year-old man from Gujarat, presently at Bemina Srinagar. Two other […]
Gunfight breaks out on Srinagar outskirts
Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Hokarsar area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Tuesday evening. Reports said that a joint team of Police, army’s two Rashtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and search operation in Hokarsar . As the joint team of forces approached […]
Rupee rises 11 paise to 73.38 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee added another 11 paise to trade at 73.38 against the US dollar in opening session on Tuesday in line with stronger Asian peers and positive domestic equities. The sustained foreign fund inflows also supported the rupee, traders said. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.42 against the US dollar, […]
India likely to extend ban on flights from UK
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said he foresees a slight extension of temporary suspension of passenger flights between India and the UK, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected. The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between that country and India from December 23 to December 31 […]
Chinese citizen journalist jailed for Wuhan virus reporting
SHANGHAI: A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak began, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city. Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer who arrived at court in a wheelchair, was sentenced […]
Resilient India thump Australia in second Test to silence critics
Stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane led India to a dominant eight-wicket win over Australia in the second Test Tuesday, levelling the series 1-1 and capping an extraordinary turnaround after their record collapse in the opening game. Rahane, deputising during Virat Kohli’s paternity leave, hit an unbeaten 27 in Melbourne — after a century in the first […]
PAGD now in focus
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration leadership has now more challenges after their win in the recent DDC elections. PAGD was formed primarily to challenge and politically fight back all the decisions taken by the central government post August 5, 2019. These elections were virtually thrusted on them and they decided to fight them not […]
All KU exams as per schedule today
All Kashmir University examinations scheduled today (29.12.2020) will be held as per schedule. “However if some candidates are not able to appear due to snowfall, their examination will be conducted later on, separately,” Controller of Examination Dr M Y Bhat said to KNS. (KNS)
Stranded truckers appeal IGP traffic to evacuate them from Patnitop area
Hundreds of truck drivers including oil tankers who got stranded on 270-kilometer long Srinagar – Jammu highway amidst fresh snowfall at Patnitop, appealed IGP Traffic to evacuate them and safeguard their lives. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) over phone, a truck driver namely Sajad Ahmad Khatana said that there are around 2500 trucks stranded […]
Dense fog disrupts flight operations in Jammu
Jammu: Four flights to and from the Jammu airport were cancelled and seven more delayed as dense fog engulfed the region on Tuesday, a day after high-altitude areas, including the Vaishno Devi shrine, received the season’s first heavy snowfall, officials said. Jammu Airport Director Pravat Ranjan Beuria said flight operations were yet to begin due to […]
