Mughal road likely to be closed due to heavy snowfall
Rajouri/Jammu, Jan 1 (PTI) The Mughal road, connecting Poonch and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district, is likely to be closed in winter owing to recent heavy snowfall, officials said on Sunday. Traffic movement on the road was suspended on Thursday after over three feet of snow accumulation was reported […]
India sees 265 new COVID cases, 3 deaths
New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI)) India saw a single-day rise of 265 new coronavirus infections and a decline in active cases to 2,706, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total tally of COVID cases was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,78,649). The death toll so far stands at 5,30,705 with three […]
Unidentified woman’s body found in Srinagar’s LD hospital premises
Srinagar, Jan 01: Dead body of an unidentified woman was found in the premises of LD hospital in Srinagar on Sunday morning. An official said that the body of woman aged around 40 years, wearing brown Pheran, was found in the premises of LD hospital. He said the body has been shifted to mortuary of […]
Search ops enters day 2 as drowned Baramulla girl remains untraced
Baramulla, Jan 01: The search operation to locate the body of a girl, who jumped into the river Jhelum in Khanpora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, entered day 2nd on Sunday. An official said that the girl had jumped into the river Jhelum yesterday afternoon near Khanpora bridge and soon after a search and […]
Pakistan’s economy faces severe headwinds with mounting deficits, high inflation
Islamabad, Dec 31 (PTI) Pakistan’s economic situation is facing “severe headwinds” with inflation being forecast to stay high between 21-23 per cent and the cash-strapped country’s fiscal deficit widening by more than 115 per cent in the first four months (July-October) of the current fiscal year. Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) in its Monthly Economic […]
1,600 workers at AMU on strike over non-payment of salary
Aligarh (UP), Dec 31 (PTI) Administrative work at the Aligarh Muslim University remained hamstrung on Saturday as nearly 1,600 non-teaching employees carried on their protest on Saturday over the non-payment of their wages. The protest, which was reported to be peaceful, entered its second day on Saturday. The protesters, most of them temporary workers employed […]
Three killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Kathua
Jammu, Dec 31: Three people were killed and one person injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Bani area of Kathua district on Saturday. Official sources said that an Ecco Vehicle bearing registration number (JK02BR 5834) fell into deep gorge at Gera on […]
56 Pakistanis among 186 terrorists killed, 159 arrested in J-K in 2022: DGP
Jammu, Dec 31 (PTI) A total of 186 terrorists, including 56 Pakistani nationals, were killed and 159 arrested in 2022 which proved to be the most successful in recent years, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh said on Saturday. He also said the police and other security agencies are moving in the […]
172 terrorists killed in Kashmir in 2022; recruitment down by 37 per cent: Police
Srinagar, Dec 31 (PTI) A total of 172 terrorists, including 42 foreigners, were killed in more than 90 operations carried out by the security forces in Kashmir in 2022, a senior police officer said here on Saturday, even as he asserted that there was a 37-per cent decline in the recruitment of youngsters into terror […]
India logs 226 fresh Covid infections; active cases rise to 3,653
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) India reported 226 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 4.46 crore, while the active cases increased to 3,653, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The death toll stands at 5,30,702 with three fatalities reconciled by Kerala, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated. The daily positivity […]