Automobile retail sales see 9 pc growth in August: FADA
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Automobile retail sales in India rose by 9 per cent in August aided by sales growth in all segments, including passenger vehicles and two wheelers, dealers’ body FADA said on Tuesday. The total retail sales across segments rose to 18,18,647 units last month, up 9 per cent, from 16,74,162 units […]
Non-local boy’s body fished out from Jhelum after two days
Srinagar, Sept 5: A dead body of a non-local was retrieved from river Jhelum near Panzinara area of Shalteng in the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday morning after two days, officials said. They said that Mohammad Zubair (20), son of Mohammad Nizam of UP had slipped into river Jhelum near Panzinara on Sunday. He said […]
MeT predicts hot, dry weather to continue in JK
Srinagar, Sept 5: The weather department here on Tuesday forecast mainly “hot and dry” weather and said that the chances of rainfall were “very less” in Jammu and Kashmir for next two weeks. A meteorological department official here said that hot and dry weather was expected during the next 24 hours. He said that no […]
Man arrested for duping woman of Rs 20,000 in Udhampur
Jammu, Sep 4 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 20,000 on the pretext of helping her while she was trying to withdraw money from an ATM in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said. The accused was identified as Imtiaz Ahmed of Ramban district, they said. Babli Devi lodged […]
Security forces launch final assault against holed up terrorist in Reasi
Jammu, Sept 5 (PTI) Heavy gunfire rattled a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district where an over 20-hour-long operation to neutralise a holed up terrorist entered second day on Tuesday, officials said. While one terrorist was killed and two security personnel injured in the initial gunfight on Monday, efforts are on to neutralise […]
G20 Summit: AI-generated avatar to welcome world leaders at ‘Mother of Democracy’ exhibition
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) The Heads of State and other top leaders will be greeted by an artificial intelligence-generated ‘avatar’ at the ‘Mother of Democracy’ exhibition which will be hosted at the Bharat Mandapam to mark the G20 Summit, official sources have said. The exhibition will showcase India’s democratic traditions from the “Vedic period […]
Encounter breaks out in Reasi
Srinagar, Sept 4: An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Gali Sohab area of Reasi district on Monday evening, police said. Additional Director General of police Jammu zone posted on “X” that 2 terrorists are believed to be trapped, while police and army were on job, “Encounter started at #Reasi on the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping not to attend G20 Summit; Premier Li Qiang to head delegation: Foreign Ministry
Beijing, Sep 4 (PTI) Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi this week and the delegation will be led by Premier Li Qiang, the foreign ministry announced here on Monday. At the invitation of the government of the Republic of India, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang will […]
Chandrayaan-3: After rover, lander set into sleep mode, hoping for their ‘awakening’ by Sep 22, says ISRO
Chennai, Sep 4 (PTI) ISRO on Monday announced that Chandryaan-3 mission’s Vikram lander has been put into sleep mode. The rover, Pragyan was set on the sleep mode on Saturday. “Vikram Lander is set into sleep mode around 08:00 Hrs. IST (8 am) today. Prior to that, in-situ experiments by ChaSTE, RAMBHA-LP and ILSA payloads […]
Jammu records over 350 cases of dengue, doctors say nothing to panic
Jammu, Sep 4 (PTI) The Jammu district has recorded more than 350 cases of dengue, which is showing an increasing trend in the past fortnight in the region, prompting authorities to take steps to deal with the mosquito-borne viral infection. Doctors at the city’s Government Medical College and hospitals, however, said there’s no need to […]