7,081 people tested positive for coronavirus infection across India
New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) With 7,081 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases rose to 3,47,40,275, while the active cases declined to 83,913, the lowest in 570 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 4,77,422, with 264 […]
Top LeT commander Khalid Bhai killed in Harwan gunfight: IGP Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 19: A top commander Saifulla Alais Abu Khalid of LeT outfit was killed in a brief exchange of firing in Dhara Harwan area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district in wee hours on Sunday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that the wanted commander of LeT was killed in a brief […]
Two arrested on espionage charges in Rajouri
Jammu, Dec 19 (PTI) Two persons were arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan in a village in border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. A man working as a porter with the Army and his relative, both residents of Nowshera, were picked up by a joint team of the Army […]
CRPF trooper commits suicide
Ganderbal, Dec 19: A CRPF personnel on Sunday shoot himself dead with his service rifle in Gund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, official sources said. They said that the paramilitary force personnel of 118 Battalion identified as Deonath Yadav (41) Son of Surat Yadav a resident of Mirzapur UP ended his life by shooting […]
COVID-19: 27 fresh cases in Ladakh
Leh, Dec 19 (PTI) Ladakh’s tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 21,930 on Sunday with 27 fresh infections, officials said. While 15 new cases were detected in Leh, the rest 12 cases surfaced in Kargil district, they said. The officials said the Covid-related death toll remained at 217 and of these, 159 deaths have been reported […]
LeT militant arrested in Anantnag, pistol recovered: Police
Srinagar, Dec 19: An active militant of The Resistance Front outfit (Offshoot of LeT) was arrested by police at KP road in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A senior Police officer said that on a specific information Police along with army and CRPF arrested an active militant of TRF near AL Noor Masjid at KP Road. […]
No respite from shivering cold in JK, Ladakh
Srinagar, Dec 19: Shivering cold conditions continued unabated in J&K and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded minus 6.0°C for the second consecutive night on Sunday, officials said. It remained lowest temperature of the season so far and was minus 4.5°C below normal for this time of the year, a meteorological department official said. The mercury […]
PDD employees strike leads to darkness in several areas
Srinagar, Dec 19: Amid the strike call by the employees of Power Development Department (PDD), several areas across Kashmir are reeling under darkness while the authorities have assured that the electricity will be restored Sunday. Locals from several areas in Srinagar and other districts said that they are without electricity for last many hours, and […]
LeT militant killed in brief shootout in Srinagar outskirts: Police
Srinagar, Dec 19: A Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in a brief gunfight in Harwan Darbagh Dhara area of Srinagar district during the wee hours on Sunday. A top police officer confirmed the killing of a militant in a brief shootout in Harwan area. The officer further stated that on a very specific information generated […]
Everyone should get benefited
Kashmir has surprised many experts the way it has managed to survive and even grow over the past three decades primarily because of the turbulent times and now the covid-19 pandemic since the past two years. Some sectors of the economy that have really held it high and helped it maintain the growth trajectory include […]