Mercury plunges across JK, Gulmarg records minus 10°C, Pahalgam minus 9.6°C

Srinagar, Jan 2: Amid overnight clear skies, the minimum temperature plummeted across Kashmir Valley with Gulmarg and Pahalgam recording season’s coldest night at minus 10.0°C and 9.6°C respectively on Monday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.4°C against last night’s 0.5°C. The temperature was 3.3°C below normal for […]
Active Covid cases in country decline to 2,670

New Delhi, Jan 2 (PTI) India has recorded 173 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have declined to 2,670, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The total tally of Covid cases has been recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,78,822) and the death toll stands at 5,30,707 with two fatalities — one reconciled […]
Four dead, several injured as suspected terrorists target villagers in J-K’s Rajouri

Rajouri/Jammu: Four civilians were killed and six others injured when suspected terrorists opened fire on three houses of a particular community in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Rajouri Sunday evening, officials said. This was the first such attack in the past many years in the otherwise peaceful Jammu region and coincided […]
Political parties condemn attack on minority villagers in Rajouri
Jammu: Mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir condemned the suspected terror attack on some people from the minority community at a village in Rajouri on Sunday evening in which four civilians were killed and six injured. While the BJP pledged to wipe out terrorism from the Union Territory, the Congress alleged the administration has […]
Army chief begins New Year by visiting troops at LoC in J-K
Srinagar: Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday began the new year by paying a visit to troops posted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. “On the occasion of #NewYear2023, General Manoj Pande #COAS visited troops deployed at various locations in High Altitude Area along the Line of Control in #Kupwara […]
Security forces recover huge quantity of arms, ammunition, narcotics in Kupwara; 1 held
Srinagar: A man was arrested and a huge quantity of arms, ammunition and narcotics were recovered from his possession in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. They said the weapons and the contraband substance were meant for a militant outfit in the Valley. Based on a specific information that a huge […]
Over 91 lakh pilgrims visited Vaishno Devi shrine in 2022, highest in nine years
Jammu: Over 91 lakh pilgrims visited the famous Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in 2022, the highest in the last nine years, a senior official of the shrine board said on Sunday. Over 23,000 devotees offered prayers at the shrine located atop Trikuta hills on New Year’s Eve. In […]
Youth who snatched CRPF jawan’s rifle in J-K’s Pulwama brought back’, says police
Srinagar: Police with the assistance of the family “brought back” the youth hours after he allegedly snatched a rifle from a CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the snatched weapon was also recovered. “With assistance of family, […]
Civilian injured in grenade attack in Srinagar
Srinagar: A civilian was injured here on Sunday when militants hurled a grenade towards a CRPF bunker and it exploded on the roadside, officials said. The incident occurred in Halwal area, they said. At about 7:45 pm, militants hurled a grenade towards a bunker of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) near Mirza Kamil Chowk […]
Gulmarg, Pahalgam in J&K experience season’s coldest night
Srinagar: The new year arrived in Kashmir on a freezing note as the famous tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam experienced the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Sunday. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which also serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of […]