JK records 113 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death
Srinagar, Jan 19 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 113 new coronavirus cases that raised its tally to 1,23,538, while one more fatality pushed the death count to 1,923, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 53 were recorded from the Jammu division and 60 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said. […]
JeM militant, associate arrested in Anantnag
Srinagar, Jan 19 (PTI) Security forces arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant and an overground worker in separate operations in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Acting on specific information that militants were planning to kill policemen and snatch their weapons in Anantnag town, security forces established checkpoints at multiple locations to Track […]
Sajjad Lone’s JKPC pulls out of PAGD
Srinagar, Jan 19: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference headed by Sajjad Gani Lone pulled out of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday over the fielding of proxies in recently conducted DDC elections. However, the party said it will continue to adhere to the objectives for which the alliance was made. With J&KPC pulling […]
Dead body found in Shopian orchard
Shopian, Jan 19: An unidentified male body was found in orchards of Awaneera area of Zainapora in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Officials said that a male body was spotted by some locals in an Apple orchards on Tuesday morning. A police officer said that “a team has rushed to the spot.(GNS)
Forces launch search operation in Samba, Kathua villages after ‘suspicious movement’
Jammu, Jan 19: Security forces Tuesday launched search operation in Samba and Kathua village after reports of some suspicious movement in the area. An official said that searches were launched in the wee hours today and were going on when the reports last came in. He said that there were reports related to some suspicious […]
COVID-19: India records 10,064 new cases
New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) India reported the lowest number of daily coronavirus infections in over seven months with 10,064 new cases, which took the caseload to 1,05,81,837, while recoveries have surged to 1,02,28,753, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The country’s death toll increased to 1,52,556 as 137 fatalities, the lowest in […]
Kashmir continues to reel under cold conditions
Srinagar, Jan 19: Intense cold conditions persisted in Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording a low of minus 7.0°C, the weatherman said on Tuesday. A meteorological department official said that the mercury fell by six notches in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir against minus 6.4°C on previous night. At minus 8.4°C, Srinagar witnessed season’s […]
Pakistan PM angry over reports TV anchor knew about strike
Islamabad, Jan 19 (AP) Pakistan’s prime minister reacted angrily Monday to media reports of a text exchange between an Indian TV anchor and a former media industry executive that suggests a 2019 Indian airstrike inside Pakistan was designed to boost Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances for re-election. Imran Khan took to Twitter to respond […]
Not the right time to lift restrictions on international travel, says incoming WH Press Secretary
Washington, Jan 19 (PTI) The incoming Biden Administration Monday opposed the move of the outgoing President Donald Trump to lift travel restrictions on Europe and Brazil arguing that this is not the right time to do so in the midst of worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging […]
Editor ‘Wadi Ki Awaaz’ is no more
Srinagar, Jan 19: Editor ‘Wadi Ki Awaaz’ Ghulam Nabi Shaida passed away during the night, family sources said. Shaid Sahab was not keeping in good health for some time and he passed away at his Srinagar residence. He will be laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Goripora village of Pulwama district.
