Intense cold conditions prevail in JK, Ladakh
Srinagar, Dec 17: Intense cold conditions prevailed in J&K and Ladakh with Srinagar recording a low of minus 3.8°C on Friday. A meteorological department official here said that the mercury in the summer capital was down from previous night by 1.8°C and overall it was below 2.3°C than than the normal for this time of […]
Bank strike continues for second day; services across country hit
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Lakhs of employees of public sector banks continued their strike on the second day on Friday as well to protest against proposed privatisation of banks by the government impacting normal operation across the country. Shutters of branches across many parts of the country on Friday were down following the strike […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 86,415
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) India logged 7,447 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,47,26,049, while the active cases declined to 86,415, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,76,869 with 391 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. […]
CRPF trooper dies of cardiac arrest
Srinagar, Dec 17: A CRPF man died due to ‘cardiac arrest’ at around 03:20 am in Srinagar on Friday, officials said. He has been identified as Head Constable Driver Sharvan Kumar of 19th Bn CRPF. The trooper was aged about 50 years, they aded. He was on duty Deployed at Dashmani Akhara Lalchowk area of […]
Farmers start wheat cultivation on fields between border fencing and zero line of IB in Kathua
Kathua (J-K), Dec 17 (PTI) Farmers on Thursday began cultivation of wheat on the land between India’s border fencing and the zero line of the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district with the help of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the civil administration, officials said. On the direction of Lieutenant Governor […]
Utilizing alternate sources
We are in the middle of winter and so far there has been no major activity of rain and snowfall. This year we again witnessed an increased temperature during the peak summer as most of the northern regions of the country recording a deficient rainfall during the monsoon. This phenomenon has meant that the people […]
The wrong move
Shah Wasil In Kashmir, the graph of suicidal cases has increased abruptly during the past several years now. There’re many reasons behind this serious matter among which one can be making a wrong career choice. In our life, there come certain stages where we need to make choices, the choices which make our path for […]
Cervical cancer can be prevented
Dr. Saphalta Though majority of the HPV infections are asymptotic and automatically clears out from the immune system within sometime, but persistent infections may lead to certain pre-cancerous changes in the cervix which may gradually progress into cervical cancer. As the protection from HPV is long lasting, timely administration is must and should be provided […]
Non-local servant murders old woman, held while fleeing to Jammu
Srinagar, Dec 16: An elderly woman was allegedly killed by her non-local servant at her home in Lal Bazar area of Srinagar on Thursday. The accused has, however, been arrested on way to Jammu, five hours after committing the crime. Official sources said that a woman identified as Mala Puffi, 85, wife of Late Ghulam […]
JK reports five covid-19 deaths, 133 cases
Srinagar, Dec 16: Jammu and Kashmir reported five fresh fatalities due to covid-19 while 133 persons tested positive for the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. 31 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 102 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 339271. There were five deaths reported in […]