Power shutdown in old city announced
SRINAGAR, MAR 23: Power Controller Kashmir has informed that, the power supply to receiving station Kathidarwaza shall remain affected on March 25 from 11 am to 5 pm, an official spokesman said. Similarly, the power supply to receiving stations Balham, Wuyan, TCI old and Chinar Flour Mill shall remain affected on March 26 from 11 […]
Driver killed as tractor turns turtle in Baramulla
Baramulla, Mar 23: A tractor driver died after his vehicle turned turtle in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday afternoon. Reports said that a tractor driver identified as Shafqat Ahmad Wani @Javid (33) son of Ghulam Mohammad Wani a resident of Waripora met with a fatal accident in Frashtar Kreeri. He was immediately shifted to […]
More than 2.78 lakh EVs registered in India in Jan-March 2023: Gadkari
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said more than 2.78 lakh electric vehicles have been registered in the country in 2023 calendar year so far. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are in the process of migrating to Vahan portal and hence their data on EV registration […]
BJP appoints four new state unit presidents, banks on OBC face in Bihar
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday named four new state presidents, including Lok Sabha MP C P Joshi in Rajasthan and OBC leader and MLC Samrat Choudhary in Bihar, as the party moves to tone up its organisational machinery with an eye on consolidating its support base in the run up to […]
Modi surname remarks: Gujarat court sentences Rahul to two years in jail; grants bail, suspends sentence for 30 days
Surat, Mar 23 (PTI) A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma, which held Gandhi guilty under Indian Penal Code sections 499 and […]
Fresh SC bench to be set up to hear pleas challenging polygamy, ‘nikah halala’
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) The Supreme Court said Thursday it will set up a fresh five-judge Constitution bench at an “appropriate stage” to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala was urged by lawyer […]
Covid cases in India highest in 140 days
New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) India logged 1,300 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 140 days, while the active cases have increased to 7,605, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,816 with three deaths. One death each has been reported by Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra, […]
Night temp records increase in JK
Srinagar, Mar 23: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather in the next 24 hours, the minimum temperatures recorded an increase but stayed below normal at most places on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that mainly clear to cloudy weather towards evening and night was expected during the next 24 hours. On March 24-25, […]
PM holds high-level review meeting on Covid, influenza situation
Stresses on Covid-appropriate behaviour
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on Wednesday that COVID-19 is “far from over” as he chaired a high-level meeting and called for maintaining vigil and precaution amid a spike in influenza and coronavirus cases in the country in the past two weeks. He stressed on the need to enhance genome sequencing and keeping […]
