PM Modi pays tributes to Tagore, Gokhale, Maharana Pratap on their birth anniversary
New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary, saying he continues to inspire millions of people in thought and action. Modi also paid homage to freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale and the brave Mewar king Maharana Pratap on their birth anniversaries. Remembering Tagore, […]
More than 60 feared dead in bombing of Ukrainian school
Zaporizhzhia, May 9 (AP) More than 60 people were feared dead on Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said, while Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday. UN […]
BSF shoots down drone carrying heroin along border in Punjab
Chandigarh, May 9 (PTI) The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down a drone coming from Pakistan, which was carrying heroin, in Punjab’s Amritsar, said the force on Monday. The BSF said it recovered nine packets of heroin from the drone, thwarting a smuggling bid from across the border. Frontier #BSF troops foiled another smuggling […]
Active COVID-19 cases dip to 20,403
New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) India logged 3,207 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,05,401, while the active cases dipped to 20,403, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,093 with 29 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active […]
Covid: One new case in Ladakh
Leh, May 8 (PTI) Ladakh reported one fresh Covid case on Sunday that took the infection tally to 28,248, officials said. The number of active cases now stands at two, they said. Presently, there is no case in the Kargil district which has recorded a total of 5,280 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic […]
Two terrorists killed in encounter in J-K’s Kulgam
Srinagar, May 8 (PTI) A Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was among two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The gunfight in the Cheyan Devsar area of the south Kashmir district broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation there following […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 20,635
New Delhi, May 8 (PTI) India logged 3,451 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,02,194, while the active cases rose to 20,635, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,064 with 40 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
MeT forecasts dry weather in JK
Srinagar, May 8: The weatherman has forecast mainly dry weather over Jammu and Kashmir even as night temperature recorded an increase on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 12.8°C against 9.8°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 2.1°C above normal during this time of the year […]
Two arrested for assaulting off-duty soldier in Poonch
Jammu, May 8 (PTI) Two persons were arrested for allegedly attacking an army personnel who was on leave at his home in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The prime accused, Gangandeep Singh of Darrah village of Poonch and Simranjeet Singh of Pind-Chatha in Jammu, were arrested during investigation of the […]
Encounter breaks out in Kulgam
Kulgam, May 08: An encounter is underway between security forces and terrorists in Devsar area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. A senior police officer said that security forces including Police, Army’s 9RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the Cheyan Devsar area of Kulgam in south Kashmir following inputs about […]