The Pakistan Army resorted to intense firing on forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district today, a defence spokesperson said.
Author: PTI
The total number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 6 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 364,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
The first year of the Modi government’s second term is full of historic achievements, top BJP leaders said today, with party president J P Nadda asserting that it would be known for its tough and big decisions that have ‘changed’ the country’s face.
The state-owned Utkalika has started production and marketing of organic masks, manufactured by traditional artisans, with covering the face becoming the new norm in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police said.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in the country registering a record single-day spike of 265 deaths and 7,964 cases till today 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry.
As parts of Maharashtra and other States face attacks from locusts, which destroy crops and vegetation, an agriculture university has suggested a slew of measures like destroying their eggs and spraying neem oil on crops to tackle threat from the migratory pests.
Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi, the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, was known in the political circles as someone who never gave up despite defeats, controversies and debilitating health issues.
The Supreme Court will hear on 2 June a plea which has sought a direction to the Centre to amend the Constitution and replace the word India with ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’, claiming it will “instill a sense of pride in our own nationality.”