Terrorist hideout busted in Poonch, 6 grenades seized
Poonch/Jammu: Ahead of the assembly polls, security forces on Wednesday unearthed a terrorist hideout in Poonch district and recovered six hand grenades, officials said. The hideout was busted by a joint search party of police and Rashtriya Rifles in Dachin top area of Sindhra in Lower Krishna Ghati sector, they said. The officials said the […]
Death toll rises to 3 in Ramban cloudburst
Search on for four missing, say officials Ramban/Jammu: The body of a six-year-old girl was recovered in a village in Ramban district on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the incident to three, even as the search operation to locate the remaining four people continues, officials said. The cloudburst occurred in Panchayats Kumate, Dhraman and […]
Nasir accorded warm welcome at Kupwara
The senior NC leader promises huge impetus to growth, avenues for youth Kupwara: Senior National Conference (NC) Leader and Party Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani was accorded a rousing welcome at Kupwara on Wednesday. This was Wani’s maiden visit to the area after he was nominated by his party to contest the assembly elections from […]
Ahead of polls, EC transfers SSPs, SP in JK as part of admin tone-up: Sources
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) In an administrative tone-up ahead of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the Election Commission has directed the transfer of senior superintendents of police of Baramulla and Kupwara and the SP of Handwara and has asked the administration to send a panel of IPS officers to be posted there, sources […]
‘Enough is enough’: anguished President Murmu asks nation to wake up, end crimes against women
NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (PTI): Declaring that “enough is enough”, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it is time for India to wake up to the “perversion” of crimes against women and counter the mindset that sees women as “less powerful, less capable, less intelligent”. “Those who share such views then go further and see […]
Dal Lake pollution: NGT forms panel to take ‘expeditious remedial action’
NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel to take “expeditious remedial” action regarding the pollution of Dal Lake in Kashmir. The green panel, which was hearing the matter regarding the deteriorating condition of the water body, observed that immediate measures were required to check the pollutants, such as untreated […]
PDP releases list of 17 constituency in-charges for assembly polls
Srinagar, Aug 28: Peoples Democratic Party Wednesday released the list of constituency in-charges for 17 assembly segments for the upcoming election. The list was released by party’s parliamentary board. Mohammad Khursheed Alam has been appointed in-charge for Eidgah constituency, Abdul Haq Khan for Lolab, Basharat Bukhari for Wagoora Kreeri, Javaid Iqbal Ganaie for Pattan, Sheikh […]
Budgam resident dies of electrocution in Srinagar
Srinagar, Aug 28 : A man from Budgam died due to electrocution while working on a smart city project in Maharaj Gunj area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday, officials said. An official said that the man was working on the smart city project when he received electric current. He said that he was […]
India saw 19.3% drop in particulate pollution in 2022, adding one year to life expectancy: Report
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India recorded a significant drop of 19.3 per cent in particulate pollution in 2022 compared to 2021, the second-highest reduction in the world after Bangladesh, adding an average of one year to the life expectancy of every citizen, according to a new report. The annual report, “Air Quality Life Index” […]
3 Army personnel killed, several others injured as their vehicle falls into gorge in Arunachal
ITANAGAR, Aug 28 (PTI): Three Army personnel died and several others were injured when their truck skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district, police said on Wednesday. The accident happened around 6 am on Tuesday on the Trans Arunachal Highway near Tapi village, they said. The […]
