Lt Governor launches “Green J&K Drive-2021” from IIT Jammu
JAMMU, JULY 30: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha launched “Green J&K Drive-2021” from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu today. During this year, as many as 1.30 crore saplings are proposed to be planted across the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The Lt Governor planted a ‘cupressus’ sapling in the IIT Campus to mark the […]
Man ends life in Sopore
Sopore, July 30: A 32-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death in Chankhan Sopore ares of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. Official sources said that a man was found hanging at his residence in Chankhan Sopore. They said that he was rushed to Sub District Hospital (SDH) where doctors […]
Srinagar family of five rendered homeless as houseboat sinks in Jhelum river
Srinagar, July 30: A family of five members was rendered homeless after a houseboat, they were living in, sank in river Jhelum near Museum in Lal Mandi locality of Srinagar late last night. The family members said that they have been rendered homeless after their house boat sank into river Jhelum last night. “They had […]
Leopard caught in Handwara village
Handwara, Jul 30: A team of Wildlife department assisted by local inhabitants captured a leopard in Punzwa Villgam village in Handwara on Friday afternoon. Reports said that the leopard had taken shelter in a school building in the vicinity two days before. Wildlife department was informed accordingly, however a team arriving at the scene was […]
Rescue operation resume in cloudburst-hit Kishtwar after suspension due to rain
Jammu, Jul 30 (PTI) The rescue operation to locate 20 people missing after a cloudburst in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar resumed Friday after remaining suspended for hours together owing to inclement weather, officials said. Seven persons were found dead and 17 others were rescued in an injured condition after the remote Honzar […]
Bill to amend general insurance law introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) A bill to amend the general insurance law to allow the government to pare its stake in state-owned insurers was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday, but Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman insisted that it will not lead to privatisation. Introducing the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021, Sitharaman […]
CBSE to announce class 12 results today
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce results for class 12 on Friday, according to officials. “The result will be announced at 2 PM today,” a senior board official said. The board exams were cancelled this year in view of the aggressive second wave of COVID-19, and the result […]
Three security personnel injured in grenade attack
Srinagar, July 30 (PTI) Three security force personnel sustained minor injuries in a grenade attack by militants in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. The ultras lobbed the grenade on security forces near Khanpora bridge in Baramulla town this afternoon, they said. The injured personnel have been taken to a hospital […]
Japan to widen virus emergency after record spike amid Games
Tokyo, Jul 30 (AP) Japan is set to expand the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo to neighbouring areas and the western city of Osaka on Friday in the wake of record-breaking surge in infections while the capital hosts the Olympics. A government panel approved the plan putting Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, as well as […]
Missing woman found dead in Baramulla
Bilal Ahmad Baramulla, July 30: A 45-year-old woman who had been reported missing on Thursday was found dead in an orchard in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday morning. Reports said that Fareeda Begum wife of Gulzar Ahmad Mir a resident of Gutiyar Baramulla was missing since yesterday morning. As per family sources she left […]
