COVID-19: India reports 35,342 fresh cases, 483 new fatalities
New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) With a single-day rise of 35,342 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,12,93,062 on Friday, while 483 more fatalities pushed the death toll due to the viral disease to 4,19,470, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active cases has declined to 4,05,513, accounting for 1.3 per cent […]
Drone carrying 5 kg IED material shot down in Jammu’s Kanachak area
Jammu, July 23: In a major development, the Jammu and Kashmir police Friday shot down an aerial object carrying an IED weighing 5 kgs in Kanachak area of Jammu, officials said. A senior police official said that in the wee hours today, a general information was received by Jammu district police that a drone has […]
Two trekkers die, one injured in Anantnag
Anantnag, Jul 23: Two trekkers h died and one was seriously injured after they fell into a crevasse at Hallan area of Verinag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district last night, officials said. Officials said that three persons from a group of trekkers fell into a crevice at Hallan Verinag. Two of them were killed and […]
Sopore encounter: Top LeT Commander among two militants killed: IGP
Srinagar, July 23: Top Lashkar-e-Toiba Commander among two militants were killed in an encounter at Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that one of the wanted LeT militant identifying him as Fayaz War was among the two militants killed in Warpora. IGP […]
Pakistan Army to deploy troops in PaK during legislative assembly polls
Islamabad, Jul 23 (PTI) The Pakistan Army said that it will deploy troops in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) at the request of local authorities to maintain peace during the upcoming general election for the legislative assembly. The top election official of the region last month announced to hold the elections for the PaK legislative assembly on […]
Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outage
New York, Jul 23 (AP) Major websites went down in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage. The websites of Airbnb, AT&T, Costco and Delta showed error messages around midday Eastern time on Thursday. They seemed to be operating normally, however, by 12:45 pm. Akamai, a major behind-the-scenes internet network company, said the […]
Sopore encounter continues as one militant is killed, ops on
Srinagar, July 23: One militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter at Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police aid Friday. A police spokesman tweeted that one militant has been killed during the ongoing encounter while as the identity of the militant is yet to be ascertained. As per the sources […]
Dip in locals joining militant groups: DGP
Srinagar, Jul 22 (PTI) Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir Dilbag Singh has said that though the number of local youths joining terror groups has fallen from 85 to 69 this year, the “unfortunate trend” continues to a certain extent and that more efforts from the society and agencies are needed to check […]
Covid-19: One more death, 84 new cases in JK
Srinagar, Jul 22 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded 84 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 3,20,340, while one more fatality took the death toll to 4,373, officials said. Of the new cases, 20 were from the Jammu division and 64 from the Kashmir division, they said. Srinagar with 31 new cases […]
Govt approves setting up of central varsity, integrated multi-purpose infra dev corp for Ladakh
New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) The Centre on Thursday approved the establishment of a central university and an integrated multi-purpose infrastructure development corporation for Ladakh, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi said will ensure all-round development of the newly-created UT and provide a range of opportunities to the dynamic youth there. The decisions to set up […]
