Two youths killed in road accident in Jammu
Jammu, Feb 12 (PTI) Two youths were killed when their speeding motorcycle skidded off a road and rammed into the boundary wall of a house here, officials said on Sunday. Rohit Kumar (20) and Aman Sharma (19) were on their way to Devipur from Bomal around 10 pm Saturday when the accident took place at […]
45 shops sealed, 2 demolished during anti-encroachment drive in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu, Feb 12 (PTI) At least 45 shops were sealed and two others demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. Two political activists were taken into preventive custody before the start of the drive to retrieve state land along the sub-district hospital road […]
ADGP calls for maximum effort to neutralise terrorists active in Rajouri
Jammu, Feb 12 (PTI) Additional Director General of Police (Jammu Zone) Mukesh Singh on Sunday called for maximum effort to neutralise terrorists and their overground workers active in Rajouri district. Singh was speaking at a joint security review meeting in Rajouri — the border district where seven people, including two children, were killed and 14 […]
Ladakh to host India’s first frozen-lake marathon at Pangong Tso
Leh/Jammu, Feb 12 (PTI) India’s first “frozen-lake marathon” at Ladakh’s Pangong Tso at a height of 13,862 feet will be held on February 20 and the army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have been roped in to implement a “proper action plan” for the event, a senior government official said on Sunday. The 21-kilometre […]
World Radio Day: Just tune in, radio’s charm persists on simplicity, accessibility
New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) “You had your time, you had the power, you’ve yet to have, your finest hour, radio…” Thirty-nine years after Queen’s cult song “Radio Ga Ga” rocked the airwaves, listeners are agreed the best may still be around the corner for that much loved, so familiar and evolving with the times […]
Active Covid cases in country rise to 1,843
New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) India recorded 124 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 1,843, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll stands at 5,30,750, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,84,118). The daily positivity was recorded at […]
President Murmu appoints new governors
New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Four BJP leaders and former Supreme Court judge S Adbul Nazeer, who was part of the Constitution bench that upheld the archaeological report on Ayodhya, were among six new faces appointed as governors on Sunday. According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, the resignations of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and […]
Gulmarg records minus 13.5°C as temperature slides elsewhere also
Srinagar, Feb 12: The minimum temperature witnessed a fall as most places in Jammu and Kashmir recorded below sub-zero temperature with Gulmarg recording minus 13.5°C on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.6°C against 0.5°C on the previous night. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was below normal by […]
Over 13,500 houses connected with running water taps in Kargil: Govt
Kargil/Jammu, Feb 11 (PTI): More than 13,500 households have been connected with functioning water taps under the centrally-sponsored Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Kargil district of Ladakh, an official spokesman said on Saturday. The information was given at a meeting chaired by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kargil, Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Wani as he reviewed the progress on […]
I&FC dept directs people in Baramulla to remove illegal encroachments along water bodies
Baramulla, Feb 11: Irrigation and Flood Control division in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has asked residents to remove illegal encroachments over Jhelum river banks and other water bodies within the period of seven days, failing which strict action would be taken against the encroachers. According to a notice, people who have encroached over the Irrigation […]