Dir Tourism holds interactive session with West Bengal tour operators
SRINAGAR: Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Dr. G.N. Itoo Thursday held an interactive session with travel trade representatives of West Bengal through an online meeting. The meeting was attended by leading travel operators of West Bengal which included Manav Soni, Chairman Travel Agent Association of India Eastern region (TAAI) ER, Madan Agarwal, President Association of Tourism Service […]
3 injured in grenade attack by militants at Saraf Kadal
Srinagar, Aug 19 (PTI) Three people, including two policemen, were injured in a grenade attack by militants on security forces in Saraf Kadal area of the city on Thursday, officials said here. “Militants hurled a grenade at a security forces vehicle at Saraf Kadal in old city at around 9.20 pm,” they said. They said two […]
JK reports 110 new Covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Aug 19: Jammu & Kashmir reported 110 new coronavirus cases while no death was reported during the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. They said 33 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 77 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 323792. They said no death was reported today. So […]
Apni party leader shot dead in south Kashmir’s Devsar village
Kulgam, Aug 19: Militants on Thursday shot dead an Apni party leader in Devsar area of Kulgam district, sources said. An official said that the JKAP leader Ghulam Hussan Lone was shot outside his residence as he suffered critical injuries. He said that the injured man was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, where […]
Div Com chairs 9th Board of Directors Meeting of Srinagar Smart City Limited
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 19: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a 9th Board of Directors meeting of Srinagar Smart City Limited in Srinagar. Among others, the meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation and CEO-Srinagar Smart City Limited, VC-Srinagar Development Authority, Additional CEO Srinagar Smart City Limited, Dy. Director Archives, DySP Headquarters […]
Militant Killed In Rajouri gunfight
Jammu, Aug 19: An unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter with joint team of police and army in Rajouri district, official sources said. So far a Junior Commissioned Officer of army was killed in the gunfight which started in Kalas area of Thanamandi area of the district after a contact was established […]
India’s national security challenges becoming complex: Rajnath
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Noting that India’s national security challenges are increasing and becoming “complex” in view of the changing geopolitical situation globally, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday strongly pitched for a strong, capable and completely ‘self-reliant’ defense industry in the country. Singh’s comments came amid growing concerns in India and elsewhere over […]
Low-intensity earthquake hits Katra-Udhampur belt
Jammu, Aug 19 (PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur-Katra belt in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. The temblor occurred 54 km south-east of Katra at 5.08 am, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The epicentre of the earthquake was five km below the surface of the earth at […]
Pfizer, AstraZeneca Covid vaccines less effective against Delta variant: Oxford-led study
London, Aug 19 (PTI) The COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and AstraZeneca are less effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus compared to the Alpha variant, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford. The researchers, however, noted that with Delta, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca preventive, known as Covishield in India, still […]
JCO killed, another soldier injured in Rajouri encounter
Srinagar, Aug 19: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Army was killed in encounter with militants in Rajouri district, a Defence spokesman said. He said that the JCO was killed while another trooper was injured in an ongoing gunfight in Thanamandi area in Rajouri district. PRO defense said that one JCO of Rashtriya Rifles received […]
