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Hundreds stranded as heavy snowfall lashes Kashmir
Srinagar: Air and road traffic has been badly affected for the second consecutive day on Wednesday due to inclement weather in Kashmir as intermittent snowfall was reported from most parts of the valley over the past 24 hours. The suspension of air traffic due to snowfall and poor visibility...
Jharkhand man lynched as retribution for cutting tree
Simdega: A man was lynched in Jharkhand’s Simdega by a mob on Tuesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by cutting a tree. The incident took place in Kolebira Police Station area on Tuesday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Sanju Pradhan. According to police, around 100 to 150...
UK fears hospital crisis as Covid cases cross 200,000
London: British hospitals have switched to a “war footing” due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron infections, the government said Tuesday, as the country’s daily Covid caseload breached 200,000 for the first time. The 24-hour tally, after chalking up multiple records in the run-up to New...
More curbs in Delhi likely amid Covid surge, Kejriwal tests +ve
New Delhi: Amid rising coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is expected to consider more restrictions — to check the spread of the infection — in its meeting scheduled on Tuesday, official sources said. Delhi added 4,099 new COVID-19 cases with positivity rate...
60,000 daily hospitalisaiton due to Omicron predicted
New Delhi: India is going through an Omicron wave – one we don’t seem to be acknowledging. While official figures suggest that Omicron cases are less than 2 per cent of India’s total Covid cases, this could be a massive underestimate. While the official number of Omicron cases...
Delhi Covid cases up 15% in one day
New Delhi: Delhi logged 3,194 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, 15 per cent higher than Saturday. One person has died. The city logged 2,176 cases on New Year’s day — a 50 per cent spike. The positivity rate rose to 4.59 per cent, according to data...
Hospitalisation low despite spike in Covid, says Kejriwal
New Delhi: Do not panic. This was the major focus of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s address today as the national capital saw a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases. The city has also reported the second-highest cases of the highly transmissible Omicron strain after Maharashtra. “COVID-19 cases are...
Oxfam says charity work will be hampered
New Delhi: The government’s decision to refuse renewal of its FCRA licence – needed to receive funding from abroad – will severely affect ongoing humanitarian and social work in 16 states, Oxfam India said in a statement issued Sunday. “As per the list released by the Ministry of Home...
Gurgaon, 4 other Haryana cities close cinemas, sports centres
New Delhi: Cinema halls and sports complexes will be closed in Gurgaon and four other cities in Haryana as part of restrictions imposed on Saturday by the state government in view of a surge in coronavirus cases and the emergence of Omicron variant. Besides, both government and private offices, except...
Oxfam among 12,000 NGOs losing foreign funding licence
New Delhi: FCRA licences – required to be able to receive funding from abroad – of over 6,000 NGOs and other organisations expired overnight, the Home Ministry said Saturday morning, days after it refused to renew such a licence for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. Home Ministry sources said...
Armed Forces ex-chiefs write to President, PM on hate speeches
New Delhi: Five former chiefs of staff of the armed forces and over a hundred other people including veterans, bureaucrats, and prominent citizens have written to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding “open call of the genocide of Indian Muslims” at various events, most...
WHO expert sees Omicron burden shift to OP from hospitalisation
New Delhi: The biggest challenge India will face amid the Omicron crisis will be the sudden need for medical care, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said. “The surge is going to be very fast and many people are going to be sick,” she warned with the new variant...
12 dead in stampede at Vaishno Devi temple
Jammu: Twelve pilgrims have died and over a dozen others injured in a stampede at Jammu and Kashmir’s Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The stampede was triggered by a massive rush of devotees, officials said today. The incident occurred outside the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine on Trikuta hills. The...
Omar Abdullah alleges house lock-down by cops
Srinagar: Political leaders including three former chief ministers were detained ahead of a march by the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to protest against the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission. “Good morning and welcome to 2022. A new year with the same JK police illegally locking people in...
J&K police probe clean chit to security forces contested
Srinagar: A Special Investigation Team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police probing last month’s encounter in Srinagar’s Hyderpora has concluded that two civilians – a doctor and a businessman – were either used as human shields by terrorists or killed by terrorists. The SIT had earlier said both Dr...
UP, other assembly elections unlikely to be postponed
According to all available indications, five state assembly elections, including the all-important UP elections, are unlikely to be postponed in view of the Elections Commission’s interactions with the Union Health ministry. The commission held a stocktaking meeting with Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday, during which the commission...
Rahul, Priyanka slam police action against doctors
New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Modi government for the police action against resident doctors in the national capital who took to the streets to protest the delay in NEET-PG counselling. “Showering of flower petals from PR (public relations), in reality...
Centre’s J&K real estate summit raises eyebrows
Srinagar: A first-of-its-kind real estate summit in Jammu organised by the centre and the J&K administration to encourage people from across the country to buy land, or a second home, in Jammu and Kashmir, has drawn sharp political reactions in the erstwhile state. Outsiders – those not classified as...
