LG visits family of slain Kashmiri pandit in Jammu
Jammu, May 24 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday evening visited the house of slain Kashmiri pandit Rahul Bhat here and offered condolences to his family, officials said. Bhat (35), who had got the job of a clerk under the special employment package for migrants in 2010-11, was shot dead by […]
J-K reports 3 new COVID-19 cases
Srinagar, May 24 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir reported three new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,54,207, officials said here. All the three cases were reported from Jammu district, the officials said here. There are 57 active cases in the union territory, while the number of recoveries has reached […]
J&K SSB registers highest ever recruitment in 2021-22, since inception: Official
SRINAGAR, MAY 24: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to take stock of recruitments being made through the J&K Public Service Commission, J&K Service Selection Board, J&K Police Recruitment Board and J&K Bank. The Principal Secretary, General Administration Department and concerned officers participated in the meeting. It was informed that […]
Police constable shot dead in Srinagar
Srinagar, May 24 (PTI) A police constable was shot dead by terrorists in the Soura area of the city on Tuesday, officials said here. “Terrorists fired upon Constable Saifullah Qadri at his home in the Anchar locality of Soura,” they said. The officials said Qadri was rushed to the SKIMS hospital, where he succumbed to […]
Exports rises 21 pc to USD 23.7 bn during May 1-21
New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) The country’s exports rose by 21.1 per cent to USD 23.7 billion during May 1-21, on account of healthy growth in various sectors, such as petroleum products, engineering, and electronic goods, an official said. During the second week of this month (May 15-21), the exports grew by about 24 per cent […]
Assam flood: Death toll rises to 25, 6.5 lakh hit
Guwahati, May 24 (PTI) The flood situation in Assam has slightly abated even though the death toll rose to 25 as one more person died and over 6.5 lakh people remained affected by the deluge across 22 districts, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), […]
Two drug peddlers held in Kulgam: Police
Kulgam, May 24: Police on Tuesday arrested two drug peddlers and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that during naka checking at Srandoo crossing, police intercepted a Scooty bearing registration number JK03H-6702 with three persons traveling on it. During search 29 Rum (750ml each) and 20 bottles of chloropheniramite […]
Weather to improve across JK, no major change expected: MeT
Srinagar, May 24: The weatherman on Tuesday said that there was no significant weather change barring today in Jammu and Kashmir for next four days. “Currently weather is cloudy with light rain/snowfall (over higher reaches) at scattered places of J&K. Today, the same weather (generally cloudy with a brief spell of rain at scattered places) […]
India logs 1,675 Covid cases in a day, 31 deaths
New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 1,675 to reach 4,31,40,068, while the number of active infections increased marginally to 14,841, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,24,490 with 31 fatalities reported from Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. Active […]
After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed
Berlin, May 24 (AP) When Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, war seemed far away from Russian territory. Yet within days the conflict came home not with cruise missiles and mortars but in the form of unprecedented and unexpectedly extensive volleys of sanctions by Western governments and economic punishment by corporations. Three months after […]