Militant killed in Shopian encounter
Srinagar, Dec 8 (PTI) An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police said here. A cordon-and-search operation was launched in Chack-i-Cholan village of Shopian following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the search operation turned into […]
IAF chopper with CDS Bipin Rawat onboard crashes in forest area in TN; four killed, three injured
Coonoor (TN), Dec 8 (PTI) An Indian Air Force helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on board crashed on Wednesday near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, the IAF said, as four people were killed in the mishap that happened reportedly due to low visibility owing to foggy conditions. However, there was no immediate information […]
India records 8,439 new COVID-19 cases, 195 fatalities
New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) With 8,439 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in a day, India’s infection tally rose to 3,46,56,822 on Wednesday, while the count of active cases declined to 93,733, the lowest in 555 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,73,952, […]
Weather to remain dry in JK, Ladakh till Dec 15: MeT
Srinagar, Dec 8: While sub-zero conditions prevailed, weatherman on Wednesday forecast dry weather at most places across J&K and Ladakh till December 15 with “warmer pleasant days and colder night” expected during the time. “Barring light snow over Zojila-Drass area during December 8 to 9, the weather is mainly going to be dry till December […]
Saudi suspect in Khashoggi killing arrested in France
Paris, Dec 8 (AP) A suspect in the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested Tuesday in France, according to a French judicial official. The official said the suspect was being held on the basis of a Turkish arrest warrant. He requested not being named in accordance with the French justice system’s customary […]
Biden, Putin square off as tension grows on Ukraine border
Washington, Dec 8 (AP) Face to face for over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin squared off in a secure video call Tuesday as the US president put Moscow on notice that an invasion of Ukraine would bring sanctions and enormous harm to the Russian economy. With tens of thousands of Russian […]
Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affected
Washington, Dec 8 (AP) Amazon’s cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including The Associated Press. Roughly five hours after numerous companies and other organizations began reporting issues with Amazon Web Services, the company […]
Encounter breaks out in Shopian village in south Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 8: An encounter has started between militants and government forces in Check e Choland area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said Wednesday. Reports said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation Check e Choland area. As the joint team of forces approached towards the […]
Connecting every household
Water resources are needed for the survival of animal and plant life. These sources ensure the well being of the region as most of the economic activity has its origin from the usage of water. Kashmir is a place which is bestowed with abundant water resources. Even today when most of the water bodies are […]
Covid consumed a jolly vendor
N J Ravi Chander “Tomato, soppu, tarakari”, the shout rang out every morning, attracting the attention of households and stirring late risers out of their beds. It was Murthy, the humble pushcart vendor, heralding his arrival. Attired in a dhoti – pulled up to his knees – and cotton shirt, he was a familiar figure […]