New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) India saw a single-day rise of 163 COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases of the infection was recorded at 874, the health ministry said on Friday. Two new deaths due to the viral disease — one each from Karnataka and Maharashtra — were reported in a span … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 10 (KNS): Days after 12 people were killed in a tragic road accident, another accident occurred on Saturday in Uri area of Baramulla district, leaving four person injured. An official stated that a vehicle with registration number JK05H-6384 was en route from Garkote to Uri when the driver lost control, … Read more
Rajouri, Feb 10 (KS): A 30-year-old man was found hanged at his home in the Lamberi area of Nowshera in Rajouri district on Saturday. Sources told news agency Kashmir Scroll that a man in his 30s was found hanging from a tree near his house in the Lamberi area of Nowshera by some locals; … Read more
Pakistan polls: Former PM Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have got bail in a number of cases linked to the May 9 riots, a report said on Saturday. A court in Rawalpindi on Saturday granted bail to former premier and PTI founder Imran Khan in 12 cases related to attacks … Read more
The head of Pakistan’s powerful army has made his first public statement since Thursday’s vote. “The nation needs stable hands and a healing touch to move on from the politics of anarchy and polarisation, which does not suit a progressive country of 250 million people,” said General Syed Asim Munir, according to a statement … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 10: In a historic judgement the J&K and Ladakh High Court has ordered an “end to the discrimination” against Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) refugees of 1947 settled outside Jammu and Kashmir. Justice Rahul Bharti in his judgement called the discrimination against PoJK refugees “discretion engineered discrimination on … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 10 (GNS): Severe cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir with Srinagar recording a low of minus 4.9°C on Saturday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the temperature in Srinagar dropped by one notch from previous night’s minus 4.8°C and it was below normal by 5.1°C for … Read more
Gaza, Feb 10: The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 27,947, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. In a press statement, the Ministry said on Friday that 67,459 Palestinians have been wounded in the coastal enclave since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October last year, … Read more
Several US politicians have demanded an investigation into allegations of rigging and fraud in the Pakistan election. “I call on the State Department to refrain from recognising the results until credible, independent investigations have been conducted into the numerous allegations of misconduct,” US Congress member Ilhan Omar tweeted. Representative Susan Wild said, “Now is … Read more
A US-based analyst says a coalition government in Pakistan will struggle to tackle multiple challenges, the foremost being seeking a new IMF bailout programme after the current arrangement expires in three weeks. A coalition government “would probably be unstable, weak” and “the big loser … will be the army”, said Marvin … Read more