Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday used the flagging-off ceremony of the first train to Kashmir by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Katra to subtly but clearly articulate his government's demand for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
A complaint has been filed against cricketer Virat Kohli following the stampede incident at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium, which claimed 11 lives and left more than 60 injured on June 4.
The World Health Organization declared an end to COVID-19 as a 'public health emergency' two years ago in May 2023. Health experts characterise the disease as 'seasonal', 'endemic', here to stay, or 'restricted to a certain region'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the new Vande Bharat Express train from Katra to Srinagar, set to reduce the eight to nine-hour road journey to just three hours. The new Vande Bharat express are specially designed to withstand the extreme cold weather of the Himalayan region'.
The number of active Coronavirus cases in India has now crossed 5000, seven deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, three from Maharashtra, and two each from Delhi and Karnataka.