JK reports 308 fresh Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths
Srinagar, June 29: Jammu and Kashmir reported 308 fresh covid-19 cases while six more people succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said 99 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 209 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 315298. Regarding deaths, the officials […]
Delhi court asks separatist leader Shabbir Shah if he has faith in Indian judicial system
New Delhi, June 29 (PTI) A Delhi court on Tuesday asked Kashmiri separatist leader Shabbir Shah, arrested in a money laundering case, whether he has faith in the country’s judicial system and its Constitution. Special Judge Dharmender Rana put the queries to Shah’s lawyer during the hearing of his bail application. Ask your client if […]
Conversion row: After being restored to family, Sikh woman married to man from community
Srinagar, Jun 29 (PTI) A Sikh woman, who was restored to her family from her alleged kidnapper amid allegations of forced conversion, was Tuesday married off to a man from the Sikh community. “The girl was married to Sukhbir Singh today. They knew each other and there was no coercion or force used (against the […]
Dozen houses gutted in fire in JK village
Banihal/Jammu, Jun 29 (PTI) At least a dozen houses were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said, adding no injuries were reported in the incident. It started in a house and spread to others in the densely populated Hijwa village […]
Ready for possible third wave, oxygen supply capacity increased: Lt Guv
Srinagar, June 29: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday said that the Union Territory administration is fully ready for the possible third wave if it happens and that the oxygen capacity has been increased from 14000 LPMs to 55000 LPMs at present. “There is a prediction for the possible third wave. If God […]
Drones a new technical threat, all security installations, LoC in Kashmir on high alert: IGP
Srinagar, Jun 29: Inspector General of Police Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar said that drones are a “new technical threat” and all the security agencies have jointly reviewed the situation while all the security installations and LoC in the Valley are on a high alert. “GoC 15 Corps and I along with officials of other security […]
High time int”l community urged Pak to take verifiable” action against terror outfits: India at UN
United Nations, Jun 29 (PTI) India has told the UN General Assembly that it is high time the international community called on Pakistan to take “effective and irreversible” actions against terror outfits operating on its soil, asserting that Islamabad should not take the “high road of morality” which is only laden with mines of falsehood. […]
PM to chair council of ministers meeting on Wednesday
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Union council of ministers on Wednesday, which is likely to discuss the Covid situation and may also review functioning of few ministries, sources said on Tuesday. The meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday evening, the sources said. The work […]
Female health worker commits suicide in Budgam
Budgam, Jun 29: A female health worker has allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Dalipora area of Nagam in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday late evening. Sources said that a woman (name withheld), a health worker at PHC Hufroo Chadoora, consumed some poisonous substance at her home last […]
NIA to probe drone attack on Jammu airport
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was on Tuesday given the charge of investigation into the drone attack on the Jammu air force station. The decision to hand over the probe into the first-of-its-kind terror attack at the Indian Air Force station was taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The […]
