India adds 43,645 COVID-19 cases, 640 deaths
New Delhi, Jul 28 (PTI) India logged 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 3,14,84,605, while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24 hours, and comprises 1.27 per […]
Covid-19: Govt authorizes DGP Prisons to extend parole of prisoners
Srinagar, July 28: Jammu and Kashmir government has authorized Director General of Police (Prisons) to extend special parole of the categories of convict prisoners for a further period of at least 90 days in view of the covid-19 situation. “In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (5) of section 432 of the Code of […]
Kishtwar Cloud Burst: 5 bodies recovered, 12 persons rescued, two dozen still missing
Jammu, July 28: Bodies of five persons have been recovered while 12 persons have been rescued in injured condition so far in flash floods triggered by cloud burst in Hanzor area of Dachhan in Kishtwar district, officials said on Wednesday. Around 25 to 26 persons are still missing and efforts are afoot with find them, […]
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains hit Himachal; 1 killed, 10 missing
Shimla, Jul 28 (PTI) At least one person was killed while 10 have gone missing as flash floods triggered by incessant rains lashed Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said on Wednesday. State disaster management director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said that one person was killed and nine went missing in flash floods triggered by […]
Junior engineer held in Doda for accepting bribe
Jammu, July 28 (PTI) The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a junior engineer of Rural Development department after he was caught red-handed accepting bribe from a person in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. A complaint was received that one Asif Ahmad Chandel, block development officer of (BDO) Changa; Mansoor Ahmad, Gram […]
MeT issues severe weather advisory
Srinagar, July 28: The MeT department in Srinagar has issued a severe weather advisory on Wednesday morning. At present, it’s cloudy at most place s of JK with thunderstorm and rain at some places of Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi and neighborhood, a statement issued by the department said early morning. It said that widespread intermittent rain […]
Cloudburst triggers flash floods in Kishtwar village, 4 dead several missing
Kishtwar, Jul 28: At least four persons were killed while several people are believed to be missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in Honzar locality of Dacchan in Kishtwar on Wednesday. An official said that the flash floods triggered by cloudburst hit a residential area, in which several people went missing. He said that […]
Democracy has capacity to reconcile differences: Prez Kovind
Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind asserted on Tuesday that democracy has the capacity to reconcile all differences and bring out the best of the citizens’ potential, saying Kashmir is “happily” realising this vision. “Democracy, I firmly believe, has within it the capacity to reconcile all differences and also the capacity to bring out the best […]
