Three held for selling spurious cement in branded bags in Jammu
Jammu, Dec 13 (PTI) Three people were arrested here on Sunday after they were caught red-handed packing spurious cement into the bags of established brands to make a quick buck, police said. Chainter Singh, the kingpin of the racket along with two labourers was arrested during a raid in R S Pura area on the […]
Soldier shoots self dead in Kupwara
Kupwara, Dec 13: A soldier ended his life by shooting himself dead inside a camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official said Monday. They said that the soldier of Havildar rank identified as Shinde Sandeep Arjun was posted at Drangyari Chowkibal when he shot himself with his service rifle at around 4:30 a.m. He […]
BJP activist’s PSO along with ‘associate’ go missing with two weapons
Srinagar, Dec 13: A Personal Security Officer with a BJP activist and his “associate” are missing since last night in Kupwara district of north Kashmir and efforts are underway to trace them, officials said Monday. They said that during intervening night of December 12 and 13, Saqib Ahmad Tantry (SPO) son of Sanaullah Tantry of […]
JK report four covid-19 deaths, 126 fresh cases
Srinagar, Dec 12: Jammu and Kashmir reported four fresh fatalities due to covid-19 while 126 persons tested positive for the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. 15 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 111 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 338871. There were four deaths reported from […]
Army Major commits ‘suicide’
Banihal/Jammu, Dec 12 (PTI) A 29-year-old Army Major allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at a camp in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Major Parvinder Singh, a resident of Delhi, was at his residential quarter inside the camp at Mahubal in Khari area of Banihal when he fatally […]
Twelve fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in Ladakh
Leh, Dec 12 (PTI) Ladakh’s tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 21,804 on Sunday with 12 fresh infections, officials said. The death toll remained at 215 and of these, 157 deaths have been reported from Leh and 59 from Kargil, they said. The number of active cases in the Union Territory has dropped to 212 […]
Intense cold conditions continue in Kashmir, Ladakh
Srinagar, Dec 12: Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.0°C. A meteorological department official said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was two degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. However today minimum […]
India’s active case decline to 92,281, lowest in 560 days
New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) With 7,774 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,46,90,510, while the number of active cases declined to 92,281, the lowest in 560 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll mounted to 4,75,434 with the addition […]
Newly recruited JeM militant killed in Awantipora gunfight
Srinagar, Dec 12: A newly recruited militant of Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit was killed in an encounter at Baragam area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, police said. A police official said that a militant of JeM, identified as Sameer Ahmad Tantray resident of Bargam Awantipora was killed in a gunfight. He had joined […]
Two Srinagar-based journalists summoned for questioning by Police
Srinagar, Dec 12 (PTI) Two journalists were on Saturday summoned for questioning by Jammu and Kashmir police as part of an investigation into a blog post that allegedly instigated people against the country, officials said. They said the two journalists were a part of the group of four journalists who were questioned earlier in September […]