Srinagar Endures Season’s Coldest Night, Gulmarg Freezes At -11°C
Srinagar: As ‘Chillai-Kalan’ begins on December 21, Srinagar endured its coldest night of the winter so far with temperatures plummeting to minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, weatherman said on Wednesday. The mercury also recorded a plunge overnight in other parts of the Valley with Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort, recording a low of minus 11.0 […]
Apni Party Worker Shot At Outside Home In Rajouri
Jammu: A 36-year old person, reportedly a worker of Apni Party headed by Altaf Bukhari, was shot at by unknown gunmen in Rajouri district overnight, officials said on Wednesday. They said the 36-year-old Ranjit Singh son of Prem Singh was fired upon outside his residence at Draj village of Kotranka. He was immediately removed to […]
Two people booked for destroying polling materials inside booth in Poonch
Jammu: Two people were booked by the police for destroying polling materials in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday. The presiding officer of the Keri polling station in the Balakot District Development Council constituency informed the Gursai police station about the destruction of polling materials at a booth on Sunday, they said. […]
Elderly woman sets herself ablaze in Budgam village, hospitalised
Budgam: A 60-year-old woman Tuesday sustained severe burns after allegedly attempting suicide by setting herself ablaze in Soibugh area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the elderly woman, a resident of Soibugh today afternoon allegedly set herself ablaze at her home. He said that soon after […]
China’s Mars probe over 100 mln km away from Earth
Beijing: China’s first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 is currently more than 100 million km away from Earth and is functioning normally, the country’s space agency said on Tuesday. As of Monday, the Mars probe had flown in space for 144 days and travelled more than 360 million km. It was more than 100 million km […]
Leopard enters residential house in Budgam village
Budgam: The villagers on Tuesday morning rescued a family when a leopard entered into their house in Paimus Soibugh area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Villagers told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a leopard was spotted at Paimus village on Tuesday and locals accordingly called the wildlife team immediately. “When wildlife officials failed […]
US court terminates USD 100-million lawsuit against PM Modi, Amit Shah
Washington: A US court has dismissed a USD 100-million lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the litigants – a separatist Kashmir Khalistan outfit and two associates – failed to appear before it at two scheduled hearings. The suit was filed on September 19, 2019, days before Modi’s […]
Afghan officials: Bomb, shooting attack in Kabul kill 3
Kabul: A bombing and a shooting attack on Tuesday in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least three people, including a deputy provincial governor, officials said. According to Tariq Arian, Afghan interior ministry spokesman, a sticky bomb attached to an armoured vehicle belonging to Kabul”s deputy provincial governor killed two people, and wounded two […]
COVID-19: India records 22,065 infections, 354 fatalities
New Delhi: India’s daily COVID-19 case count fell below 23,000 after a little over five months, while the national recovery rate stood at over 95 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday The coronavirus caseload mounted to 99,06,165 with 22,065 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll […]
MOHFW allots five MBBS seats to children of COVID Warriors
JAMMU: It is for the information to all the candidates, who have appeared and qualified for NEET examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in September, 2020, that Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) have decided to allot five MBBS Seats to Children of COVID Warriors. In this connection, Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), […]
