10 killed, dozen injured in bus-truck collision on Moradabad-Agra Highway
Moradabad (UP): At least 10 people were killed and around a dozen received injuries when a private bus collided with a truck on the Moradabad-Agra Highway on Saturday morning owing to poor visibility due to dense fog, an official said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh […]
Skin of animals recovered in Anantnag, one person arrested
Anantnag: Police along with a team of wildlife raided a house in Shirpora area of Anantnag and recovered skins of various animals, officials said on Saturday. An official told the news agency (KNO) that during raid at a house in Shirpora Anantnag, skin of various animals including lion, leopard and bear were recovered. The skins […]
Pulwama encounter: Both militants surrendered, one in injured condition
Pulwama: Two militants who were trapped in an encounter at Batpora Lelhara village of Kakapora belt in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have surrendered before forces, officials said on Saturday. They said that two militants surrendered before senior officers of police and security forces along with 02 AK 47 rifles. They further added that one militant […]
Cold wave conditions persist in Kashmir
Srinagar: Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir on Saturday as the mercury stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said. Srinagar city – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius – marginally up from minus 7.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. […]
J&K people empowered with new entitlements post Article 370 abrogation: Prez
New Delhi: Addressing a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session, President Ram Nath Kovind Friday said after the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been empowered with new entitlements. “My government is committed to counter […]
Blast outside Israeli Embassy in Delhi, no injuries reported
New Delhi: A low-intensity explosion was reported at Abdul Kalam Road near the Israel Embassy on Friday evening. No injuries were reported and initial investigations revealed that a bomb was planted in a flower pot on a road divider. The windshields of three cars on the opposite carriageway were damaged in the explosion. The incident […]
J&K records 76 new COVID cases, 1 death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 76 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 1,24,373, even as one death due to the virus took place in the last 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 60 were from Kashmir division and 16 from Jammu division of the union territory, they said. Srinagar […]
Three militants killed in Tral encounter
IGP says mobile data of 3 youth killed in Lawaypora encounter point to their militant links
Srinagar: Three local militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. A senior police official said that a joint team of police, Army’s 42 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants […]
Apni Party terms Transfer of J&K Bank shareholding to UT of Ladakh arbitrary, unfair
Calls for review of asset distribution between J&K and UT of Ladakh
Srinagar: Apni Party president Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Friday expressed concern over the procedure adopted for transferring around 8.23 percent shareholding of Jammu and Kashmir Bank to the Union Territory of Ladakh. Addressing the media on the sidelines of a party function here, Bukhari said the government of Jammu and Kashmir should have taken all […]
Indo-Pak military confrontation would be disaster: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is “absolutely essential” for India and Pakistan to be able to come together and seriously discuss their problems, cautioning that any military confrontation would be a “disaster of unmitigated proportions” for both countries and the whole world. “Well, what I said in the statement…is unfortunately the […]
