LG inaugurates Officers’ Quarters of Estates Department at Jammu
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Officers’ Quarters of Estates Department at Jammu, today. The accommodation units include 5 number of 3 BHK (G+2) constructed at a cost of Rs 6.16 crore. An official spokesman said that Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Sh Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary Estates Department; Anand Jain, ADGP, Jammu; Dr Mandeep Kumar […]
Man dies in road accident in Ramban
Srinagar: A man lost his life in a road accident in the Chanderkote area of Ramban district on Monday. The accident took place inside Kunfer tunnel in Chanderkote, in which one Javed Ahmad Khan (56), son of Ghulam Nabi Khan of Hawal Srinagar, was killed, news agency Kashmir Scroll reported without sharing any other details. […]
Drug peddler held in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police have arrested a drug peddler in Anantnag and recovered contraband substance from his possession, a police spokesman informed Monday. He said at a checkpoint near FM Gali Anantnag, police intercepted and later arrested one Mudasir Ahmed Mir, son of Abdul Majid Mir, resident of Harpura Batangoo after 7 grams of brown sugar were […]
3 stores gutted in fire in Srinagar
Srinagar: Three stores were gutted in a blaze in the Pinche Mandi area of Batmaloo in Srinagar on Monday, officials said. They said that a fire broke out in one of the stores used to stock clothes and other items today morning. Soon after the incident, Fire & Emergency Services personnel along with the locals […]
Gang of fraudsters busted in Handwara, 6 arrested
Srinagar: Police in Handwara on Monday said to have busted a job-scam and arrested six persons from multiple places in north and central Kashmir. “In a major breakthrough, Handwara police have dismantled a cheaters’ gang orchestrating a honey-trap scheme, preying on unsuspecting individuals across north and central Kashmir,” reads a police statement, news agency Kashmir […]
Home Minister’s Jammu visit deferred due to bad weather
JAMMU: Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister was scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir on 9 January 2024. During this proposed visit, he was scheduled to attend the Vikasit Bharat Sankalpa Yatra in Jammu and inaugurate projects worth Rs. 1379 Cr including the E-buses in Jammu city and lay foundation stone of projects worth Rs […]
Kashmir continues to reel under dry, cold wave conditions
Srinagar: There was a slight respite from the intense cold wave conditions in Kashmir on Monday but the minimum temperatures remained several degrees below the freezing point across the valley, owing to a clear sky, MeT officials said. Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, up from minus […]
B’desh PM Sheikh Hasina secures fourth straight term in polls amid boycott by Opposition
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won an overwhelming majority in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies. Hasina’s party won 223 seats in the 300-seat Parliament. Election was held for 299 seats […]
20 Delhi-bound trains delayed, city wakes up to cold morning with min temp at 5.3 deg C
NEW DELHI: Twenty Delhi-bound trains were delayed on Monday due to weather-related conditions in the national capital, which recorded a minimum temperature of 5.3 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the relative humidity at 8.30 am was recorded at 95 per cent. The IMD has forecast […]
Man injured in scuffle; attacker arrested
Srinagar: A man was injured after being attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by another person in Batamaloo area of Srinagar on Sunday, police said. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the man identified as Javed Riyaz was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon near Mughal Darbar in Batmaloo. He added that soon after the […]
