JK reports four covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Apr 29: Jammu and Kashmir recorded four new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that three of the fresh cases were reported from Kashmir Valley—two from Srinagar and one from Kupwara while Jammu district reported one case, taking […]
Five Srinagar-Sharjah flights to operate per week
JAMMU, APR 29: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved the Srinagar-Sharjah flights to the extent of 5 flights per week on a regular basis. Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha expressed gratitude to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and observed that regular International flights between Srinagar & Sharjah will help in boosting trade and tourism. The Lt […]
Army Major among three soldiers injured in mine blast along LoC
Poonch, Apr 29): An army major was among three soldiers injured in a mine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources said that during a routine patrol along the LoC in the Krishnaghati Sector, there was a mine blast due to which three army personnel […]
China to permit ‘some’ Indian students to return: Chinese Foreign Ministry
Beijing, Apr 29 (PTI) China on Friday announced plans to permit the return of some” Indian students stranded in India for over two years following the visa and flight restrictions imposed by Beijing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that China attaches high importance to […]
Bride shot dead during wedding ceremony in Mathura
Mathura, Apr 29 (PTI) A 20-year-old woman was shot dead during her wedding ceremony in Mubarakpur village here allegedly as a fallout of a love affair, police said on Friday. Three people misbehaved and had an altercation with the bridegroom after the ‘varmala’ ceremony late on Thursday night, and later shot dead Kajal, the bride, at […]
SC declines urgent hearing on plea seeking virtual court hearings be declared fundamental right
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to accord urgent hearing on a plea seeking that virtual court hearings be declared a fundamental right for litigants. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and P S Narasimha told senior advocate Siddharth Luthra that there is no urgency in the matter. The […]
PaK resident arrested along LoC in Rajouri
Rajouri, Apr 29: A man from Pakistan-administered Kashmir was arrested on Line of Control in Rajouri sector on Friday, police official said. An official said that the middle aged man hails from a village of Pakistan Administered Kashmir and reportedly was sneaking in from Line of Control in Tarkundi sub sector in Rajouri where he […]
MeT forecasts light ‘late afternoon’ rain in 48 hours, another spell from May 3-5
Srinagar, Apr 29: Weatherman forecast light rain at isolated places towards afternoon today and tomorrow as well as scattered to widespread moderate spell during May 3-5 in Kashmir Valley. “At present, weather is generally cloudy throughout Kashmir and hilly areas of Jammu,” a meteorological department official said on Friday. “(There is) no large change. A […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 17,801
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) India logged 3,377 new COVID-19 infections taking the country’s total tally of cases to 4,30,72,176, while the active cases rose to 17,801, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,23,753 with 60 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active […]