JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, JK Reservation (Amendment) Bill passed by Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative assembly. The House also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, which […]
India logs 119 Covid cases
New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) India on Wednesday recorded a single-day rise of 119 COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases stood at 587, according to Union health ministry data. India’s COVID-19 tally stands at 4.50 crore (4,50,02,440) and the death toll at 5,33,302, the data stated. So far, 4,44,68,551 people have recuperated from the […]
Terror incidents in J-K declining since 2018, lowest in 2023: Parliament told
New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) Terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have shown a declining trend over the last about six years with 2023 registering all-time low numbers, government told the Parliament on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the government has […]
Air India rejigs 250-aircraft Airbus order
Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) Tata Group-owned Air India, which placed a 250-aircraft order with Airbus earlier this year, has rejigged the order, which will now have more number of A321neo aircraft, according to sources. As part of the 250 aircraft order with Airbus, the airline was to acquire 210 narrowbody A320 family planes, comprising 140 […]
Police Files Case Over Bomb Hoax At Jammu School
Srinagar, Dec 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police have filed a case into a bomb hoax at an educational institution in Jammu. Informed about an alleged call made by an unknown person claiming to have planted a bomb inside an educational institution, security forces and BDS’ reached site at Residency road Jammu this morning. However the […]
Doctor kills wife, 2 kids before committing suicide in UP
Rae Bareli (UP), Dec 6 (PTI) A doctor posted at a Railway hospital here allegedly killed his wife and two children before committing suicide, police said on Wednesday. Arun Kumar Singh (45), hailing from Mirzapur, was an eye specialist at the Modern Rail Coach Factory Hospital since 2017. He lived with his wife Archana (40), […]
Residential land of terror associate attached in Bandipora village: Police
Srinagar, Dec 06 : Residential property of a terror associate in Ashtengoo area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district was attached under UAPA, police said on Wednesday. In a post on X, Bandipora police informed that the property belonged to Irfan Ahmad Bhat, a terror associate linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba. Police said that the land had been […]
SpiceJet flight diverted to Karachi due to medical emergency, passenger recovers after treatment
Karachi, Dec 6 (PTI) A SpiceJet plane flying from Ahmedabad to Dubai was diverted to Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport due to a medical emergency on board, officials said here. They said the SpiceJet flight SG-15 made an emergency landing here around 9.30 pm on Tuesday and a passenger was given medical assistance. “The Boeing 737 […]
Sgr among several places record coldest night of the season so far
Srinagar, Dec 06: The minimum temperature has plummeted further in Kashmir while Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 2.0 degree Celsius. As per the details available the night temperature has recorded further dip in Kashmir. Several places across Kashmir including Srinagar, Qazigund, Ganderbal, Pahalgam, […]
Govt ready to hold Assembly polls in JK: Jitendra Singh
Says it is for the EC to decide
New Delhi: The government is ready to hold Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir whenever the Election Commission (EC) takes a final decision in the matter, Union minister Jitendra Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Intervening in the discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation […]
