JK reports 540 covid-19 cases, two deaths
Srinagar, Feb 11: Jammu and Kashmir reported 540 new covid-19 infections while as two persons succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Friday. They said 312 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 228 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall infection tally to 449873. Regarding the fatalities, the […]
Govt orders transfer of six JKAS officers
Srinagar, Feb 11: Government on Friday ordered transfer of six JKAS officers, an official spokesman said. He said that Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, JKAS, BDO Khag (Budgam), has been transferred and posted as Collector, Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA), Srinagar, against an available vacancy, reads an order by the government, a copy of which lies […]
Cop killed; 4 police, CRPF men injured in grenade attack at Bandipora
Srinagar, Feb 11: A policeman was killed and four persons including three cops and a CRPF trooper were injured in Grenade Blast at Nishat Park area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that militants hurled a grenade towards joint party of Police and CRPF near Nishat Park injuring five of them. The injured, […]
Two ‘CoBRA’ jawans injured in Jharkhand IED blast
Lohardaga, Feb 11 (PTI) Two CoBRA jawans suffered serious injuries in an IED blast in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district and were airlifted to Ranchi, a police officer said on Friday. The blast occurred in extremist-hit Bulbul-Peshrar area when a joint team of the CRPF — of which CoBRA is a special operation unit — and the Jharkhand […]
Three cops injured during stone pelting at Poonch village
Mendhar, Feb 11: Three policemen from Gursai police station of Poonch district were injured on Friday after villagers pelted stones on them. Officials said that in connection with some investigation, a team of police from Gursai police station reached Galuta village of Mendhar where villagers attacked the team and pelted stones over the team. “Three […]
Govt contained retail inflation at 6.2 pc despite biggest contraction in economy: Sitharaman
New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the retail inflation was contained at just 6.2 per cent despite the Indian economy suffering the biggest contraction of Rs 9.57 lakh crore. Replying to a general discussion on the Union Budget in Rajya Sabha, the minister said the Budget for 2022-23 stands […]
Mercury slides across JK, Ladakh
Srinagar, Feb 11: Night temperatures dropped further in Kashmir as Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort, remained the coldest place in Kashmir Valley on Friday, officials said. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a low of minus 2.2°C against last night’s minus 0.1°C, he said. Qazigund, […]
India reports 58,077 new Covid-19 cases, 657 deaths
New Delhi, Feb 11: India’s active caseload on Friday dipped to 6,97,802, from Thursday’s 7.9 lakh, data provided by the Union Ministry of Health showed. The country reported 58,077 new Covid-19 cases and 657 related deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am, Friday. The daily positivity rate also went down to 3.89% from […]
US inflation highest in 40 years, with no letup in sight
Washington, Feb 11 (AP) Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering American consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy. The Labor Department said Thursday that consumer prices jumped 7.5per cent last month compared with a year […]
CISF nabs 3 men with fake Aadhaar cards at Jammu airport
Jammu, Feb 11 (PTI) Security forces at the Jammu airport on Thursday arrested three people and recovered fake Aadhaar cards from them, officials said. Yasir Hussain, Mohammad Rafi and Parvinder, all from Doda here, were detained by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel deployed at the airport based on suspicion and asked them to […]