Magnitude 3.9 earthquake hits Kishtwar

JAMMU, Jan 4 (PTI) : A magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, they added. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Kishtwar, occurred at 12.38 am, the National Centre for Seismology said.
PM, Shah to attend conference of DGPs, IGPs in Jaipur on January 5-7

New Delhi: Terror threats in Jammu and Kashmir, cyber frauds and activities of pro-Khalistani groups are among the key issues to be discussed at the three-day conference of DGPs and IGPs in Jaipur, beginning January 5, officials said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the country’s top police officers before addressing them […]
Kashmir reels under cold wave conditions
Srinagar: There was no relief from the intense dry and cold wave conditions in Kashmir on Wednesday as the minimum temperatures stayed several degrees below the freezing point, officials said. Anantnag town was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday night as the mercury plunged more than seven degrees below the freezing point, […]
CRS conducts inspection on Banihal-Khari section of Kashmir rail project
Banihal/Jammu: The Commissioner of Railways Safety (CRS) on Wednesday conducted the second round of the statutory inspection of the recently completed 14.869 km track between Banihal and Khari section along the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), officials said. The Khari railway station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district falls between Banihal and Katra on the […]
Covid sub-variant JN.1: 511 cases detected in country
New Delhi: A total of 511 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in the country so far with the maximum recorded in Karnataka, official sources said on Wednesday. They said 199 cases have been reported from Karnataka, 148 from Kerala, 47 from Goa, 36 from Gujarat, 32 from Maharashtra, 26 from Tamil Nadu, […]
Over Rs 10,300 crore siphoned off by cyber criminals since 2021: Official
New Delhi: Over Rs 10,300 crore were siphoned off from the country by cybercriminals since April 1, 2021, of which agencies managed to successfully block around Rs 1,127 crore in the country, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said Wednesday. Over 4.52 lakh cyber crime cases were reported on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) […]
Cop among two arrested in terror-funding case in Jammu
Jammu: The Special Investigation Agency (SIA) has arrested two more persons, including a policeman, for allegedly being part of a cross-border narcotic syndicate involved in terror funding here, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest of Selection grade constable Saif-ud-din of Jammu and former sarpanch Farooq Ahmad Jungal of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district took […]
VP Dhankhar to inaugurate biotech startup expo in Kathua today
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will inaugurate a biotech start-up expo in Kathua on Thursday in a bid to develop the district along the international border with Pakistan as hub for budding entrepreneurs. The expo titled ‘Emerging Startup Trends in North India’ at the Biotech Park in Kathua will see the participation of 25 […]
Truck drivers coming back to work, normalcy would return in a day or two: AIMTC
New Delhi: Truck drivers, who went on strike to protest against the new stringent law on hit-and-run cases, have started coming back to work and normalcy will return in a day or two, truckers’ body All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) said on Wednesday. AIMTC on Tuesday appealed to protesting truck drivers to end their […]
India’s wheat output may touch new record of 114 million tonnes in 2023-24
New Delhi: Wheat production is expected to touch a new record of 114 million tonnes in the ongoing 2023-24 crop year on higher coverage and provided weather conditions remain normal, a top food ministry official said on Wednesday. The last leg of sowing of wheat, the main rabi (winter) crop, is underway and will continue […]