JK reports 347 fresh Covid-19 cases, two deaths
Srinagar, July 4: Jammu and Kashmir reported 347 fresh covid-19 cases while two more people succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said 144 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 203 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 316976. Regarding the fatalities, they […]
Hybrid militants: The new challenge for security forces in Kashmir
Srinagar, Jul 4 (PTI) Security forces in Kashmir are facing a new challenge on the militancy front — the presence of hybrid militants who are not listed as ultras but persons radicalised enough to carry out a terror strike and then slip back into the routine life. Over the past few weeks the attacks on […]
J-K govt lifts weekend curfew from five more districts
Srinagar, July 4: Jammu and Kashmir administration has lifted the weekend curfew from five more districts in view of the decline in COVID-19 cases. Weekend curfew has been lifted from 13 districts so far. They include Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Pulwama and Shopian, an order issued here said. […]
Huge quantity of ‘Fukki’ recovered in Pulwama: Police
Pulwama, July 04: The Jammu and Kashmir police Sunday claimed to have seized a huge quantity of ”fukki” in the South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that acting on a tip-off, a police team headed by SHO Pulwama Manzoor Ahmad raided a residential house in Arihal village of Pulwama. He said that during the […]
Sgr admin bans use, sale, possession, transport of drones, similar UAVs in district
Srinagar, July 04: The authorities in Srinagar district have banned the storage, sale, possession, use and transport of drones and similar kind of unmanned aerial vehicles in the territorial jurisdiction of the district. In an order district magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz has said that to secure the aerial space near the vital installations and highly […]
Prank on Facebook goes wrong as three lives lost
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 4 (PTI) A prank among relatives went horribly wrong leading to the loss of three lives, one of them a newborn baby, Kerala police’s probe into the abandoning of the infant has revealed. In January this year, a newborn baby boy — just a few hours old — was found in a heap […]
Covid 3rd wave may see half the cases recorded during second surge, says govt panel scientist
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) A possible third wave of coronavirus infection can hit its peak between October-November if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed, but it may see half the daily cases recorded during the second surge, said a scientist of a government panel tasked with modelling of COVID-19 cases. However, Covid infection can spread […]
Israeli forces kill man in West Bank clashes
Ramallah (West Bank), Jul 4 (AP) The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man Saturday evening during clashes in the occupied West Bank. The ministry identified the slain man as Mohammad Fareed Hassan, 20, from Qusra village near Nablus city. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported that Hassan was shot in […]
20 persons arrested for smuggling bovines in Reasi
Jammu, July 4 (PTI) A bid to smuggle 72 bovines into Jammu and Kashmir was foiled with the arrest of 20 men in Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. Eight FIRs were registered against the cattle smugglers at different police stations in the union territory, they said. The smugglers were arrested from Arnas, Chasana, Thandapani […]
Relief from heat wave: IMD forecasts 3-4 deg temp drop in north India
New Delhi: Rains accompanied by gusty winds brought some respite to the national capital on Saturday, even as some north Indian states reeled under searing temperatures despite the meteorological department saying that the heat wave sweeping through the region has abated. The downpour in parts of Delhi may have brought the mercury down by a […]
