CM stresses on implementing transparent curtailment, minimizing distress cuts in power supply
JAMMU, DEC 4: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the Power Development Department (PDD) at the Civil Secretariat today. The meeting focused on addressing power supply challenges, curtailment schedules, revenue realization, and strategies for improving the efficiency of the power sector during the peak winter season. In his remarks, the Chief […]
Forest guard falls to death from hillock in Ramban
BANIHAL/JAMMU, Dec 4 (PTI): A 54-year-old forest guard died after falling from a hillock in Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Abdul Gaffar Sohil, a resident of Tabeela village in Banihal, was on duty when he accidentally slipped into a deep gorge near Nachlana late on Tuesday night, they said. Sohil […]
Fadnavis elected leader of Maharashtra BJP legislature party; set to become CM
Mumbai, Dec 4 (PTI) Devendra Fadnavis was unanimously elected as the Maharashtra BJP legislature party leader at its meeting here on Wednesday, paving the way for his appointment as the chief minister. The swearing-in ceremony will be held in Mumbai on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Fadnavis’ name was finalised for […]
Rahul Gandhi stopped at Ghazipur border on way to Sambhal
Ghaziabad (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) With prohibitory orders in place in Sambhal, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was stopped at the Ghazipur border here on Wednesday on his way to the district, a senior police officer said. Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior Congress leaders reached the Ghazipur border in the […]
Man tries to shoot SAD leader Sukhbir Badal outside Golden Temple, nabbed
AMRITSAR, Dec 4 (PTI): A man opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal while he was performing the duty of ‘sewadar’ outside the Golden Temple here on Wednesday but missed the target as he was overpowered by some bystanders. The audacious attack was captured on cameras of mediapersons who had gathered outside […]
Properties of drug peddlers attached in Srinagar: Police
Srinagar, Dec 4: Police has attached properties worth more than 3 crores belonging to drug peddlers under the provisions of section 68 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. A police spokesman said that police has attached a three-storied residential house worth Rs 65 lakh of a drug peddler namely Abdul Ahad Bhat son of […]
Three of family found dead at Delhi home
NEW DELHI, Dec 4 (PTI): A middle-aged couple and their daughter were found dead inside their house in south Delhi’s Neb Sarai area on Wednesday morning, police said. The three were identified as Rajesh (55), his wife Komal (47) and their daughter Kavita (23), they said. The bodies were found by Rajesh’s son after he […]
Police’s Counter Intelligence Kashmir wing raids Central Jail in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Dec 4 (PTI): The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of police on Wednesday carried out raids at the Central Jail here, officials said here. The CIK sleuths cordoned off the Central Jail in the Rainawari area of the city before daybreak and started searching the barracks, they said. The raids come in the backdrop […]
Sgr records season’s coldest night at minus 2.0 degree Celsius
Srinagar, Dec 04: The minimum temperature plummeted further across the Valley with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recording the coldest night of season at minus 2.0 degree Celsius. Pahalgam a famous tourist destination recorded a low of minus 4.8 degree Celsius. The Meteorological department (MeT) has informed that Qazigund, a gateway of […]
Power Woes: 1700 MWs of power needed to overcome unscheduled cuts
Officials say KPDCL gets less than 1500 MW of power Srinagar: There is a huge gap of nearly 200 MWs to overcome the unscheduled power and distress cuts in Kashmir as at present less than 1500 MWs are available against a total requirement of 1700 MWs. Top officials in the Power Development Department (PDD) said […]
