India records biggest single-day rise of 495 Omicron cases
New Delhi, Jan 6 (PTI) India on Thursday saw the biggest single-day jump of 495 Omicron cases, taking the total number of infections of the new variant of coronavirus to 2,630, according to Union health ministry data. Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi at 465, Rajasthan 236, Kerala […]
Low visibility forces delay in flight operations at Srinagar airport
Srinagar, Jan 6: Low visibility at Srinagar ‘international’ airport led to delay of all flight operations on Thursday morning, officials said. “All flights at Srinagar Airport are delayed due to low visibility. The operations will commence on weather improvement,” AAI said in a tweet. In last two days 79 flights to and fro the Srinagar […]
Soldier dies under mysterious circumstances in Poonch
Poonch, Jan 6: An army soldier died under mysterious circumstances on the Line of Control in Balnoi area of K G Sector in Mendhar Poonch, officials said Thursday. They identified the soldier from army’s 8 Garhwal Regiment as Anil Chouhan of Uttrakhand. While he died of bullet wounds, it was not known whether it was […]
Jmu-Sgr national highway remains closed for traffic: Police
Srinagar, Jan 6: Following rains and snowfall on Wednesday the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National highway remains closed for traffic on Thursday, a traffic police official said. “Traffic update Jammu-Srinagar NHW (NH-44) closed for vehicular movement due to landslides/mudslides and shooting stones at several places on NH-44, Mughal road , SSG road and Sinthan road closed due […]
Russia-led alliance sending peacekeepers to Kazakhstan
Moscow, Jan 6 (AP) A Russia-led military alliance said Thursday that it will dispatch peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the country’s president asked for help in controlling protests that escalated into violence, including the seizure and setting afire of government buildings. Protesters in Kazakhstan’s largest city stormed the presidential residence and the mayor’s office Wednesday […]
Avoiding mishaps
We are right now going through winter season and fire mishaps become a routine across Kashmir valley during these months. The reason being use of heating gadgets and other means to keep warn which quite often lead to fire mishaps and loss of life and property. Similarly alongwith the households and other residential and office […]
Flaunting wealth
K S S Pillai : A recent newspaper headline says: “In China, bragging about your wealth can get you censured.” It is not clear whether “censuring” includes getting jailed. The report shows someone flaunting an exorbitant hotel bill he got for his breakfast. Why the government, expected to bring down the gap between the haves […]
The treasure
Bilal Ahmad Dar: Book buying like other things is a passion. Academicians and students love to buy books. They have natural propensity towards book buying. Every one of us has a natural and unconditional passion for books. Whether we read them or not but we do buy them. In English, we have many words that […]
Non-essential movement during night hours restricted in JK
Srinagar, Jan 5: The government on Wednesday ordered complete restriction on non-essential movement in the Union Territory from 09 PM to 06 AM. Officials said that the decision was taken during a meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, J&K (Chairman State Executive Committee) along with the ACS (Health and Medical Education) and other […]
JK reports 418 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Jan 5: Jammu and Kashmir reported 418 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. 311 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 107 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 342419. There was no death reported due to […]