Fire damages houseboats, hotel building in Srinagar
Srinagar: Two houseboats and a building of a high-end hotel housing the staff quarters were damaged due to fire in separate incidents around the Dal Lake here on Wednesday, officials said. A houseboat in the lake caught fire, which spread to an adjacent houseboat, in the early hours, causing damage to both the floating structures, […]
Four arrested in theft case in B’pora
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved a theft case in Bandipora by arresting four accused persons from whose possession stolen property was also recovered. A police spokesman in a statement said that on January 04, 2022, Police Station Bandipora received a written complaint about the theft of a motocycle (JK19-7354). A case was […]
2 TRF militants killed in Kulgam encounter: Police
Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT-TRF) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. Giving details, police spokesman in a statement said that based on a specific input generated by police regarding presence of militants in village Okey of Kulgam, a joint cordon and search operation […]
Govt aims empowering rural areas through environment-friendly tech interventions: LG
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Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said the government has set the goal of empowering rural areas by making a science & technology-based and environment-friendly action plan for sustainable techno-economic development of the villages of J&K. According to an officials press release, responding to the insights received from Chandra Bhushan, a resident of Udhampur, pertaining […]
CS reviews winter preparedness, calls for setting up divisional, district-level control rooms
Jammu: Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the winter preparedness, supply and stocking of essential commodities across the Kashmir division and snowbound districts of Jammu province including Kishtwar, Doda, Poonch, and Rajouri. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Finance, Power Development, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Disaster Management, Relief, […]
Weatherman issues ‘orange alert’ in Kashmir
Health officers asked not to leave stations in face of inclement weather
Srinagar: As upper reaches in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed snowfall and rains lashed plains, the Srinagar office of the Meteorological department on Tuesday issued an ‘orange alert’ in Kashmir saying the prevalent rains and snowfall are expected to intensify in coming days. The wet spell started Monday night as Srinagar too received a moderate dose […]
42 flights cancelled at Srinagar airport due to bad weather
Srinagar: Authorities at the Srinagar airport on Tuesday cancelled 42 flights due to poor visibility caused by the prevalent rains and snowfall in Kashmir and said that all the passengers of the cancelled flights shall be rescheduled in the next available flight of the concerned airlines. At around 6.30 PM, Srinagar Airport official handle tweeted: […]
J&K Police to get American assault rifles, pistols for anti-militancy operations
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel will soon get American Sig Sauer assault rifles and pistols to carry out anti-militancy operations, officials said. The Army has already equipped its personnel guarding the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China with the state-of-the-art rifles. The Jammu and Kashmir Police […]
J&K logs 199 fresh COVID-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday logged 199 new positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which took the total number of positive cases detected so far across the UT to 3,42,001. Officials said 109 of the new cases were from Kashmir and 90 from the Jammu, while as 156 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and […]
We ensured Zoji La mountain pass kept open post Dec 31: BRO
New Delhi: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said on Tuesday that it has ensured that the Zoji La mountain pass, which links Ladakh with Kashmir and rest of the country, is kept open after December 31 for the first time ever. Last year, the pass was kept open till December 31, the BRO’s statement noted. […]
