Labourer slips into river Jhelum in Sgr, police launches rescue ops
Srinagar, Sept 01: A labourer drowned in river Jhelum while extracting sand in Sonwar area of Srinagar on Thursday morning even as rescue operation has been launched. Official sources said that Mohammad Jaffar Wani (22) resident of Banihal drowned in the river Jhelum while extracting sand. They said that rescue operation has been launched by […]
CBK carries out searches in Srinagar, Ganderbal
Srinagar, Sept 1: Crime Branch Kashmir’s Economic Offences Wing on Thursday said that searches are being conducted in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts in connection with a recent case regarding arrest of ‘disengaged’ State level Technical expert (SLTC). In a statement issued here, Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) said that the case (FIR No: 67/2022) under IPC […]
Active Covid cases decline to 62,748
New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) With 7,946 new coronavirus infections being reported, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,36,339, while the active cases declined to 62,748, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,27,911 with 37 fatalities which includes 12 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data […]
Two Jaish terrorists killed in Sopore encounter
Srinagar, Sep 1 (PTI) Two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in the Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. The encounter broke out in the Bomai area of Sopore town Wednesday night after the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation, a police official […]
Ensure food safety
In today’s world when everyone is hard pressed for time we have taken an easy route to satiate our need for food by visiting food outlets or eateries so that we get the things of our choice and that too at our convenience. However, while doing so we fail to ignore the rising trend of […]
India clocks in over one lakh ODF Plus villages
Vini Mahajan Our country is standing at the cusp of transformative change and we have a huge opportunity to transform rural India. We are certainly heading in the right direction, with all the right moves, given that today the IMIS of the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G), the flagship programme of the Government of India, […]
Flood exposed the weak spots once again
Professor Abdul Shakur Shah Floods are a serious problem in Pakistan and the yearly deluge the country faces have exposed the bad infrastructure and planning in the country. The occurrence of floods in the country has become more dangerous for economic development. There are more than 60 small and big rivers in Pakistan. After the […]
Gunfight breaks out in Sopore in north Kashmir
Srinagar, August 31: A fierce gunfight broke out between terrorists and government forces in Bomai area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 22RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Bomai. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected […]
India’s GDP expands by 13.5 pc in first quarter 2022-23
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) India’s economy grew by 13.5 per cent in the April-June period this fiscal — the fastest in the last four quarters — on account of better performance by the agriculture and services sectors, official data showed on Wednesday. India remained the fastest growing major economy as China registered economic growth of […]
PM Modi condoles death of Sonia Gandhi’s mother
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered his condolences to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her mother’s death. Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday and her funeral took place on Tuesday, the Congress said here. “Condolences to Sonia Gandhi Ji on the passing away […]