Active Covid cases decline to 17,912

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) With 1,326 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,46,53,592, while the active cases declined to 17,912, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,29,024 with eight fatalities which includes five deaths reconciled […]
Morbi suspension bridge collapse death toll mounts to 130; more bodies fished out of river

Morbi, Oct 31 (PTI) The death toll in Morbi suspension bridge collapse in Gujarat rose to 130 on Monday with rescue personnel recovering more bodies from the Machchhu river, a police official said. The over a century-old bridge, which had reopened five days ago after extensive repairs and renovation, was crammed with people when it […]
Gujarat: At least 60 dead as century-old suspension bridge collapses 4 days after it reopened

Morbi: At least 60 people, many of them women and children, died after a century-old suspension bridge on Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi city collapsed on Sunday evening, officials said. The bridge, which reopened four days ago after extensive repairs and renovation, was crammed with people when it collapsed around 6.30 pm, officials said. “At […]
Prez, PM grieved over Gujarat bridge collapse death
New Delhi: Several top leaders including President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief after a bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Morbi city on Sunday claiming at least 60 lives. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to all party workers in the state to extend every possible assistance […]
J&K Police set to hire helicopters for next 3 years, tender floated
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police has invited bids from registered aviation companies for renting helicopters to ensure faster mobility of its force, officials said on Sunday. Flight operations are required for carrying police officers and central armed paramilitary force (CAPF) officials in all sectors of J-K, as well as for other emergent purpose, they said. […]
Drone-dropped weapons recovered along IB in Jammu; 2 arrested
Jammu: Police have recovered a consignment of weapons dropped from a drone along the International Border (IB) in RS Pura Sector and arrested two people here, an official said on Sunday. The consignment comprised four pistols, eight magazines and 47 rounds, he said. This is the fourth drone-dropped consignment seized by the Jammu Police this […]
Police uncovers international terror module, 2 arrested
Jammu: The police on Sunday claimed to have busted a terror module which was being coordinated from Europe and arrested two of its members involved in ferrying weapons and explosives being dropped by drones coming from Pakistan’s side in Jammu. An investigation into dropping of weapons by drones in the Baspur Bangla area along the […]
Murder case solved within 10 days in Udhampur, 1 held
Jammu: Ten days after a man was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police on Sunday claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of the alleged killer. Police found the body of one Amit Gupta, a resident of Shakti Nagar, near Prince Cafeteria in Mand on October 20, they said. Police detained […]
Terror outfits facing leadership crisis: DGP Dilbagh Singh

Srinagar, Oct 30: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that police had specially focussed on wiping out foreign terrorists in Kashmir this year and 40 of them were killed with the result local terror recruitment also dropped significantly. “This year, our special focus was to eliminate foreign terroristss of various outfits operating […]
Time to leave behind old challenges, benefit from new possibilities: PM to J-K youth

New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Jammu and Kashmir as the pride of every Indian, and said that it is time to leave behind the old challenges and take full benefit of new possibilities. Addressing the Jammu and Kashmir Rozgar Mela through video conferencing, he also said that there […]