5 Militants Killed In Two Shopian Gunfights: Police
Srinagar, Oct 12 : Five Lashker-e-Toiba militants, one of them claimed to be involved in the killing of a non-local street hawker at Lal Bazar here, were killed in two separate encounters in Shopian district of South Kashmir since overnight. “At about 1800 hours, acting on specific inputs provided by police about presence of (militants) […]
Covaxin gets DCGI’s nod for use among kids above 2 years
New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin secured approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday for use on children above 2 years of age in a major boost to the country’s fight against the pandemic. Covaxin will be the first Covid-19 vaccine in the country to be administered […]
High cost keeps flu vaccine out of reach for poor: DAK
Srinagar, Oct 12: While flu vaccine is vitally important this year in view of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said high cost is keeping the vaccine out of reach for poor. “One flu vaccine costs between Rs 1850 to Rs 1975,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. […]
‘DSEK proposes Govt to shift minority teachers to safer places’
Srinagar, Oct 12 (KNO): In view of the recent killings of two government teachers, the School Education Department has submitted a proposal to the government to ‘shift’ the staff from minority community to safer places. The Director of School Educational Kashmir (DSEK), Tassaduq Hussain Mir told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that he has […]
Day After Killing Of 5 Soldiers, ‘Contact’ Established With Militants Bhangai Rajouri, Say Officials
Poonch, Oct 12: A day after a Junior Commissioned Officer and four soldiers of army were killed, a “contact” has been established with militants in Bhangai Village Of Rajouri. The area is adjacent to Shahdara near the boundary of Poonch-Rajouri districts were the gunfight started on Monday, officials said. “Contact has been established with the […]
Human rights are violated when viewed in ‘political hue’: PM
New Delhi, Oct 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that human rights are grossly violated when it is viewed through “political lens” giving it political colour that tends to be harmful for any democracy. “In recent years, some people have started interpreting human rights in their own way, looking at their own interests. […]
Pak handler tasked to receive air dropped weapons on Oct 2 nabbed
Jammu, Oct 12 (UNI) Jammu police have arrested one Pakistani handler associated with the LeT, who was to receive the consignment of weapons air dropped on October 2 here in the city outskirts. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said that one Irfan Ahmed Bhat from Anantnag was arrested in the […]
Army Chief Naravane in Sri Lanka
New Delhi, Oct 12 : Army Chief General M.M. Naravane is on a five day visit to Sri Lanka starting Tuesday, his first to the island nation since he took charge. The Indian Army Chief would be in Sri Lanka from October 12-16. During the visit, he will be meeting with senior military and civilian […]
Covid response has brought out limitations of current multilateralism: EAM at CICA
Nur Sultan (Kazakhstan)/New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said the response to Covid has brought out the limitations of the current multilateralism and the case for reformed multilateralism is strong. Addressing the 6th Ministerial meeting of the Conference of Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in the […]
Anti-militancy Ops going on in Valley purely based on human intelligence : Lt Gen D P Pandey
Says won’t like to connect ensuing Ops with any event that took place recently; Security forces, people need to be careful to keep communal harmony intact; troops alert to foil any infiltration bid on LoC Srinagar, Oct 12 (KNO): General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar based army’s 15 Corps Lieutenant General D P Pandey said […]