Airborne transmission of COVID-19 possible, wear masks even in enclosed spaces: CSIR

SRINAGAR: Alluding to the emerging evidence, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) chief Shekhar C. Mande has asserted that airborne transmission of COVID-19...

Three Persons Die In Road Accident

SRINAGAR: Three persons were killed in a car accident in Mahore area of Reasi district on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. A police official told the...

Hizb module busted, three arrested: Police

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a militant module in Pakherpora area of Central Kashmiri’s Budgam district. A police spokesman in...

Restore Statehood to address simmering political disengagement in J&K: Altaf Bukhari

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday emphasized the urgency for the restoration of Statehood to J&K...
Outside view of SKIMS Srinagar.

26 COVID-19 infected SKIMS employees undergoing treatment

SRINAGAR: At least 26 employees from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura here in Kashmir capital Srinagar are admitted in the hospital. All these...

Chinese, British, American Covid-19 Vaccines Show Promising Results

SRINAGAR: More than 630 thousand deaths after, there is a glimmer of hope that a vaccine may be around by this fall. Oxford University...

NCERT Changes 12th Text Book; Separatists Out, Article 370 In

SRINAGAR: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised a chapter in the Class 12 Political Science textbook, to replace content...

Two army men injured in landmine blast

SRINAGAR: Two army men were injured in a landmine blast in Nowshera area in Rajouri district, officials said on Tuesday. They said at 0800 hours,...

With 37,148 new Covid-19 cases, India’s tally reaches 11,55,191

SRINAGAR: After an alarming over 40,000 cases in a day, India on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief as the spike in fresh cases...

Saudi Arabia Announces Eid-ul-Adha On July 31

SRINAGAR: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has announced that Friday, July 31, will be the first day of Eid Al Adha, reported Gulf News. The court...

COVID-19 Claims Three More Lives, J&K Toll Now 259

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Valley reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 259 in J&K, officials told...

Couple Among 3 Killed In Lightning Strike

SRINAGAR: A young couple was among three persons killed in a lightning strike in a remote village in Poonch district of Jammu, officials told...

96-year-old man becomes J&K’s oldest Covid-19 victim, toll reaches 256

SRINAGAR: A 96-year-old man from Pattan area of Baramulla district on Tuesday became Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest to die from novel coronavirus. Official sources told...

6 Years After Resignation, PDP ‘Leader’ Sajad Mufti Back In Government

by Saima Bhat SRINAGAR: After taking voluntary retirement from any government job, there is no provision of joining back. But when it comes to Jammu...

Pilot’s Rajasthan Rebellion Triggers A Srinagar Storm

by Tasavur Mushtaq SRINAGAR: In an interesting political drama unfolding in India’s wildlife-rich state of Rajasthan, Kashmir made its entry on Monday when Chhattisgarh Chief...