COVID-19 cases reach 1,01,139; death toll touches 3,163
New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases crossed the one lakh mark in the country on Tuesday, while the death toll due to the infection touched 3,163, according to the Union Health Ministry. A total of 134 deaths and 4,970 COVID-19 cases were reported in the country in the past 24 hours since 8 pm on […]
Housing society chairman arrested in alleged Rs 223-crore land scam
Amount of Rs 187 crore frozen; many heads to roll
Jammu: The chairman of the Jhelum Co-operative House Building Society (JCHBS) has been arrested in an alleged Rs 223-crore land scam involving the Jammu and Kashmir State Co-operative Bank in Srinagar, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said here on Monday. The ACB has been successful in unearthing the siphoned off funds and an amount to tune […]
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 1-lakh mark
New Delhi: The nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases crossed one lakh on Monday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and other states, even as a much-relaxed fourth phase of the lockdown began with restarting of market complexes, autos, taxis and inter-state buses in various parts of the […]
Covid-19: Kashmir reports 3 deaths on Monday
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley reported three deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, taking the UT’s overall death count to 16. Two among the three victims, a 65-year-old woman from Kulgam district and a 75-year-old from Kokernag Anantnag had tested positive in the morning and were shifted from SMHS hospital to CD hospital Dalgate here, one of […]
83 more Covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 83 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 55 police personnel and five doctors, taking the total number of infected to 1,266, officials said. The union territory has reported a total of 15 fatalities, including two on Monday. Among the latest cases are five doctors and 55 police personnel from district […]
Carcass of leopard with bullet injuries found in Doda
Jammu/Bhaderwah: A carcass of a leopard with bullet injuries was found in a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday, officials said. The six-year-old male leopard was found dead in a water stream in the forest near upper Dandi village, around 3-km from Bhaderwah town, they said. The Forest department officers reached the […]
Afridi hasn’t forgotten Indian batsmen’s onslaught against him: J-K BJP leader
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Monday lashed out at former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi for his recent controversial remarks on Kashmir and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has not forgotten India batsmen’s onslaught against him. Raina also asked Afridi to go through the history of his country and said […]
Shrine board formulating SOPs for Vaishno Devi yatra
Jammu: The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) is in the process of formulating SoPs that will be followed once pilgrimage to the cave shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir resumes. The yatra will resume only when directions from the Union Home ministry are issued. The pilgrimage to the shrine in Reasi […]
Kashmir reports 2nd Covid-19 death in a day, toll 15
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley recorded second death on Monday and 15th overall as a 65-year-old covid-19 patient from Kulgam died at the CD hospital here. “A 65-year-old female from Kulgam, who was admitted in Surgical ICU in SMHS Hospital as case of sub dural haemorrhage (SDH) tested positive for COVID today morning and was shifted to […]
Man killed after being hit by train in Jammu
Jammu: An unidentified man died after he was struck by a train while crossing the railway tracks here, an official of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Monday. The train was moving without passengers from Katra to Kathua when it ran over the man crossing the tracks in Channi area of Jammu on Sunday, […]
