Rajnath Singh tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday. The minister is currently under home quarantine with mild symptoms, they said. A team of doctors examined him and advised him rest, the defence ministry said.
Gulmarg gets fresh snowfall, rains drench plains in JK
Srinagar, Apr 20: Upper reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall while intermittent rains lashed plains, bringing mercury down in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours this morning, Srinagar received 28.3mm of rain, Qazigund 68.0mm, Pahalgam 43.7mm, Kokernag 36.8mm, Gulmarg […]
Dogs maul minor boy in Awantipora, injures him critically
Srinagar, Apr 20: An eight-year-old boy was badly mauled when a stray dog attacked him in Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that a stray dog roaming in Awantipora area attacked a minor boy and injured him near his home. He has been identified as Harris Khursheed Mir (08) son of […]
‘Awesome’ solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia
Melbourne, Apr 20 (AP) Around 20,000 eclipse chasers gathered under a cloudless sky in the northwest Australian coastal town of Exmouth to enjoy a rare total solar eclipse that plunged the region into darkness for about a minute late Thursday morning. The remote tourist town with fewer than 3,000 residents was promoted as one of […]
Kathua school gets facelift after Class 3 student’s video appeal to PM goes viral
Kathua/Jammu, Apr 20 (PTI) Days after a Class 3 student urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video message to ensure basic facilities at her school in Kathua district, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started work to give it a facelift. Seerat Naaz’s appeal in a video to the prime minister last week, which […]
India logs 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, highest in around 8 months
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in around eight months, while the active case burden increased to 65,286, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,230 with 40 fatalities, which includes 11 reconciled by Kerala, the data […]
ECI revises schedule of JK’s voter revision, exercise to culminate on May 27
Srinagar, Apr 20: The Election Commission of India has revised the schedule of special summary revision of electoral rolls in Jammu & Kashmir. The poll-body, in a letter sent to Jammu & Kashmir chief electoral officer, has approved the proposal sent by him for modifying the schedule of voter revision. The exercise, which otherwise would […]
Landslide in Rezan, blocks Srinagar-Sonamarg road
Ganderbal, Apr 20: A landslide has occurred in the Rezan area of Gund in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday, officials said. They said that a landslide has occurred in the Rezan area on Srinagar-Sonamarg road, fortunately no loss of life, property has been reported so far. The District administration Ganderbal along with police and […]
90 percent of India, entire Delhi in ‘danger zone’ of heatwave impacts: Study
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Heatwaves in India are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, with over 90 percent of the country in the “extremely cautious” or “danger zone” of their impacts, according to a new study. The study, conducted by Ramit Debnath and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, also revealed […]
JK reports 56 fresh Covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Apr 19: Jammu and Kashmir reported 56 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that 19 cases were reported from Jammu division and 37 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 481064. Among the cases, 174695 are […]