Rajouri Blast: Injured minor girl succumbs, toll 2
Rajouri: A minor girl who was among six persons injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on Monday in Dangri area of Rajouri district, succumbed to her injuries. Medical superintendent GMC Rajouri Dr Mehmood told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the minor girl who was injured in the blast today morning has succumbed […]
SC upholds Centre’s 2016 decision on demonetisation
New Delhi: More than six years after the Centre’s decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, the Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict on Monday upheld the 2016 move, saying the decision-making process was not flawed merely because the procedure emanated from the government. Ruling that the decision to scrap […]
Minor killed, five injured in blast at site of Rajouri attack
Jammu: A minor boy was killed and five people were injured, one of them critically, on Monday in an explosion outside one of the three houses were unknown persons allegedly resorted to indiscriminate firing yesterday evening in which four people including a father-son duo were killed in Upper Dhangri area of Rajouri district. Official sources […]
BGSBU Rajouri Postpones Examinations Scheduled Today
Jammu: Amid protests following the killing of four people in a firing incident in Rajouri, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) on Monday postponed the semester-end examinations scheduled on Monday. “It is hereby notified for information of all the concerned that the University End Semester examinations scheduled for January 2, 2023 are hereby postponed. Fresh […]
Rajouri Firing Incident: LG Announces Rs 10 Lakh Ex-Gratia, Govt Job To NoK Of Killed Civilians
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday announced Rs 10 Lakh ex-gratia and a government job to next of kin of each of those civilians killed in a firing incident in Upper Dhangri village of Rajouri district last evening. The Lieutenant Governor also “strongly condemned the cowardly” militant attack. “I assure the people that those […]
11 coaches of Suryanagri Express derail in Rajasthan’s Pali
Jaipur: Eleven coaches of the Bandra Terminus-Jodhpur Suryanagri Express derailed in Rajasthan’s Pali district early Monday morning, an official said. No loss of life has been reported, a spokesperson of the North Western Railway (NWR) said and added that several trains have either been cancelled or diverted due to the derailment of train number 12480 […]
Mercury continues free fall in Kashmir
Srinagar: The cold wave intensified in Kashmir with the mercury plunging more than five degrees below the freezing point in Srinagar, and Gulmarg and Pahalgam recording their lowest temperatures so far this winter, officials said on Monday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday night as compared to 0.5 degrees Celsius […]
India asks Pakistan to release Indian prisoners in its custody
New Delhi: India on Sunday called on Pakistan to release and repatriate 631 Indian fishermen and two civilian prisoners who have completed their jail-term and whose nationality has been confirmed. In addition, Islamabad has also been urged to provide immediate consular access to the remaining 30 fishermen and 22 civilian prisoners who have been in […]
‘Terror attack’ in Rajouri leaves three dead, several injured
Jammu: Suspected terrorists opened fire on three houses of a particular community in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Rajouri Sunday evening, killing three civilians and injuring several others, officials said. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said police, along with the Army and the CRPF, have launched a […]
Mercury plunges to season’s lowest in Gulmarg, Pahalgam
Srinagar: The new year arrived in Kashmir on a freezing note as the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam experienced the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Sunday. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district recorded a low of minus 9.4 degrees Celsius -– the lowest there so far this season. The […]
