Two children die in fire incident in Ramban
Banihal, Jul 17 (PTI) Two minor siblings died and two others were injured on Saturday after their house was gutted in a fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said. The fire broke out in the house of Rajesh Kumar due to leakage of an LPG cylinder in Maitra-Rajgharh area, they said. The members […]
MeT warns of stormy weather, flash floods across JK
Srinagar, July 17: The weather department has forecast widespread heavy to very heavy rain as well as possibility of flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir for three days from Monday next week. The advisory issued by the Srinagar Meteorological Centre has warned of “moderate to high risk” possibility of flash floods and temporary […]
India records 38,079 fresh Covid cases, 560 deaths
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) India recorded 38,079 new coronavirus cases, which took the infection tally to 3,10,64,908, while the death toll reached 4,13,091 with 560 more fatalities, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The active cases have declined to 4,24,025 and comprise 1.36 per cent of the total infections, while the […]
Toddler crawls into water in Shopian, drowns
Shopian, July 17: A one-year-old boy from of a nomad family drowned in Nallah Rambiara in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. They said that the boy son of Mohammad Rafeeq crawled into the river from the tent put up by his family near the water body. By the time family reacted, […]
Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
Washington, Jul 17 (AP) President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are killing people by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden’s comments came a day after US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as US officials advised that deaths […]
US, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan to form quad group to enhance regional connectivity
Washington, Jul 17 (PTI) The United States, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan, have agreed in principle to establish a new quadrilateral diplomatic platform focused on enhancing regional connectivity, the Biden administration has said. The parties consider long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan critical to regional connectivity and agree that peace and regional connectivity are mutually reinforcing, […]
New nomenclature for Jammu and Kashmir High Court
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The “long-winding and cumbersome” nomenclature ‘Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh’ has been changed to ‘High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh’, according to an order notified on Friday. President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of […]
Two militants killed in Srinagar encounter
Srinagar: Two Srinagar-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed and two security forces’ personnel injured in an encounter in old city area of Srinagar city on Friday, officials said. “Acting on specific information generated by police about the presence of militants in Alamdar Colony in the Danmar area of Srinagar, a joint cordon and search operation […]
