Centre allots Vande Bharat train to Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 13: In significant move, the Ministry of Railway has allotted Vande Bharat train to Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. A top railway official said that the Vande Bharat train is equipped with 8 coaches and is set to operate on the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), a section of which is currently […]
Srinagar records coldest night of season at minus 5.3 degree Celsius
Srinagar, Dec 13: The minimum temperature across Kashmir plummeted further with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recording the coldest night of season at minus 5.3 degree Celsius. According to details sub-zero temperature has been recorded across all the stations while Qazigund, the gateway of Kashmir, also recorded a low of minus 3.2 […]
Lt Guv Manoj Sinha pays tributes to 2001 Parliament attack victims
Jammu, Dec 13 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday paid tributes to those who died in the terror attack on Parliament on this day in 2001. Five heavily armed terrorists stormed the Parliament complex on this day 22 years ago, killing nine people. The terrorists were gunned down before they could […]
Raids in Anantnag, Kulgam districts in terror-related case
Srinagar, Dec 13 (PTI) The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday carried out raids in Anantnag and Kulgam districts of Jammu and Kashmir in a terror-related case, officials said here. The SIA sleuths conducted searches at several locations in the two south Kashmir districts, they said. Further details were awaited.
Nation will forever be indebted to security personnel: Prez Murmu on 2001 Parliament attack
New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday said the nation will forever be indebted to the brave security personnel who laid down their lives in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament, and asked all to reiterate the pledge to wipe out terrorism. Terrorists of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed outfits attacked the Parliament […]
Mohan Yadav to take oath as Madhya Pradesh CM; PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend ceremony
Bhopal, Dec 13 (PTI) Mohan Yadav will take oath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh here on Wednesday and the event will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states among others, a party leader said. The state will also have two deputy chief […]
India votes in favour of UNGA draft resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza
United Nations, Dec 13 (PTI) India voted in favour of a draft resolution in the UN General Assembly that demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict as well as the unconditional release of all hostages. The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the draft resolution, introduced by Egypt, at an Emergency Special Session here […]
LS nod to two bills extending women’s quota to JK, Puducherry assemblies
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed two bills that seek to extend the provisions of the women’s reservation law to the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. Replying to a debate on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill and the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, […]
