Several feared injured in mysterious explosion at Residency Road in Jammu
Jammu, Mar 14: Several persons are feared injured in a mysterious explosion at Residency Road area of Jammu on Monday evening. Official sources said that a major rescue operation has been launched by authorities after the explosion at Residency Road in Jammu. As per initial details, a mysterious explosion took place at busy and elite […]
JK reports 12 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Mar 14: Jammu and Kashmir logged 12 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Monday. They said nine of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and three from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453460. Giving district wise details, […]
Centre presents Rs 112950 crore budget for JK
Srinagar, Mar 14: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday unveiled Rs 112950 crore budget for Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory for 2022-23 in the Lok Sabha. The Rs 112950 crore budget estimates, Rs 71615 crore is revenue expenditure and Rs 41335 crore is capital expenditure. As per budget documents, the estimates of budget for […]
Militants abducted and killed army soldier last week in Budgam: IGP
Srinagar, Mar 14: Police on Tuesday said that an army soldier whose body was found last week in central Kashmir’s Budgam district was abducted and killed by Lashker-e-Toiba militants. On March 7 afternoon, the soldier Sameer Ahmad Malla went missing from his Lokipora village of Khag Budgam. Three days later, the body of the soldier […]
21.5 million people in tourism sector lost their jobs since COVID-19 outbreak: Govt
New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) Around 21.5 million people, involved in the tourism industry, have lost their jobs due to the three waves of COVID-19 that first hit the country in early 2020, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Reddy said tourist arrivals in the country were down by 93 percent during […]
KU to dispatch 13,000 UG degree certificates, transcripts to colleges for easy collection by students
Srinagar, Mar 14: The University of Kashmir is dispatching nearly 13,000 degree certificates and an equal number of transcripts of BG 6th semester students to its affiliated degree colleges for hassle-free collection of the documents by the concerned students. The move is aimed at doing away with the visit of the students to the University’s […]
Male dead body recovered from river Jhelum in Anantnag
Srinagar, Mar 14: A decomposed dead body was recovered in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday morning. Reports said that the locals spotted the body in river Jhelum at Zirpara who informed the local police station about it. A police team reached the spot to take the body in his possession. The deceased has been […]
Night temperature stays above normal in JK, Leh
Srinagar, Mar 14: Night temperature increased and settled above normal across Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh on Monday, officials said. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a low of 6.6°C against last night’s 5.0°C. The temperature is 2.9°C above normal for Srinagar during this time of […]
Daily COVID-19 cases in country lowest since May, 2020
New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) India saw a further dip in daily COVID-19 cases as 2,503 new infections were recorded, the lowest since May, 2020, while the active cases dipped to 36,168, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. With the fresh cases, the total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,93,494. The […]
Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat
Jakarta, Mar 14 (AP) Strong, shallow underwater earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippine capital region Monday but no serious damage was immediately reported and no tsunami warnings were issued. In Indonesia, a magnitude-6.7 quake that was 16 kilometres deep struck about 169 kilometres west of Pariaman, a town in West Sumatra province, the US […]