Leopard kills endangered Hangul in Tral forest area
Srinagar, Mar 16: A hangul (Kashmir stag) has been killed by a leopard in Tral forests during the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday, officials said. An official said that the corpse of a female hangul was found on Wednesday morning in Shikargah area of Tral. They said that the corpse of hangul is in their custody […]
India logs 2,876 new COVID-19 infections, 98 fatalities
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) India logged 2,876 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,98,938, while the active cases dipped to 32,811, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,16,072 with 98 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active […]
Man found dead in Budgam
Budgam, Mar 16: A 45-year-old man was found hanging with walnut tree in Waragam area of Beerwah in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning. Sources said that a man from Waragam Beerwah was found hanging with a walnut tree in nearby graveyard following which he was subsequently rushed to SDH Beerwah where doctors declared […]
Three LeT militants killed in Nowgam encounter: Police
Srinagar, Mar 15: Three militants affiliated with TRF an offshoot of Lashkar-i-Toiba were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with security forces in Nowgam area of Srinagar district, police said. A senior police officer said that three LeT militants were killed in an operation at Nowgam. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that […]
Nowgam Encounter: One militant killed, operation underway
Srinagar, Mar 16: An unidentified militant has been killed on Wednesday in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Nowgam area of Srinagar district, police said. A senior police officer said that an unidentified militant has need killed in an ongoing encounter. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that militants of LeT outfit […]
Encounter underway in Nowgam Srinagar, railway services suspended
Srinagar, Mar 16: An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Nowgam area of Srinagar district on Wednesday, police said. Acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in Nowgam area of Srinagar, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there, a police official said. The search operation turned into an […]
Why delay new curtailment schedule
We are approaching the summer season and the weather conditions too have shown tremendous improvement. Not only the daytime but even the night temperature has showed considerable improvement and it seems that winter season is on its fag end. The arrival of summer season has meant that various government departments which switch on to the […]
Making friends
K S S Pillai People have been moving from place to place for centuries for various reasons, suitable employment being one of them. I also had left for distant Gujarat when I was posted in Navsari as a college teacher. It was a sleepy town with a considerable Parsee population. Sanjan, where their ancestors were […]
Differing views on Covid-19
Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah The spine-chilling infallibility about COVID-19 is still pseudonymous to us. The whole world is now becoming hoodooed victims of this deadly disease. As the positive cases of COVID-19 are burgeoning expeditiously on each successive day in almost every part of the world. Every country is making utmost efforts to cope with this […]
Three held for raping woman in Poonch
Jammu, Mar 15 (PTI) Three men were arrested for allegedly raping a woman and threatening her with death in Poonch district, police said on Tuesday. According to the complaint, the woman was allegedly raped by the three in an abandoned house at Seri Chowhana in Mandi area last month, a police spokesman said. He said […]