The Bus to Childhood
Sharik Nazir Bhat, Nasir Sofi The saddest moment in the world is when you realise that childhood is done and you move on. Sometimes it seems to me that the life is as delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it blows to bits. A sunrise, a bag of papers and […]
JKRTC terminates three erring employees
JAMMU, Nov 13: Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) Saturday terminated the services of three employees for dereliction of their duties. The terminated employees included JKRTC Conductors Abdul Majid Dar and Sham-us-din besides Helper Rouf Ahmad Shah. Managing Director, JKRTC, has warned all the employees to perform their duties with full zeal and zest […]
JK reports 181 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Nov 13: Jammu and Kashmir reported 181 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Saturday. Among the fresh cases, 26 were reported from Jammu Division and 155 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 334006. There was no death due to the […]
Army Colonel, his wife and son among 7 killed in attack on Assam Rifles’ convoy in Manipur
New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) A Colonel of the Indian Army, his wife and eight-year-old son, and four Assam Rifles soldiers were killed in an attack in Manipur’s Churachandpur on Saturday, officials said. Colonel Viplav Tripathi was the Commanding Officer of the 46 Assam Rifles. The officials said four others sustained injuries in the attack […]
Rare case of post-dengue mucormycosis reported at Apollo hospital in Delhi: Doctors
New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) A “rare” case of mucormycosis has been reported in a 49-year-old male patient at a leading private hospital here post his recovery from dengue, doctors said on Saturday. The case reported at the Apollo hospital in south Delhi comes amid a huge spike in the number of dengue cases in […]
37 new Covid cases in Ladakh, nine more patients recover
Leh, Nov 13 (PTI) Thirty-seven more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, pushing the overall virus tally in the Union Territory to 21,135 and active cases to 158, officials said on Saturday. They said a total of 1,955 people were tested for COVID-19 in the twin districts of Leh and Kargil on Friday. […]
One killed, 4 children among 12 injured in road mishap
Jammu, Nov 13: One person was killed and 12 others including four children were injured when a sumo vehicle (passenger cab) they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a very deep gorge near Digdol along Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday. Official sources said that a Sumo vehicle bearing registration number (JKO3A-6391) was […]
Kashmir continues to experience cold conditions
Srinagar, Nov 13: Most places in Kashmir Valley recorded sub-zero temperature while Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, had season’s coldest night so far on Saturday. A meteorological department official here said that mercury settled at 0.1°C against previous night’s 0.7°C. The temperature is below minus 1.1°C than the normal for this time of the […]
India records 11,850 fresh COVID-19 cases, 555 fatalities; active cases lowest in 274 days
New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) A total of 11,850 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking the country’s infection tally to 3,44,26,036, while the active cases declined to 1,36,308, the lowest in 274 days, according to the health ministry data updated on Saturday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 4,63,245, with […]
One held with heroin in Jammu
Jammu, Nov 13 (PTI) A suspected drug peddler was arrested with 85 grams of heroin in Jammu city on Friday night, officials said. During a routine checking, a police team rounded up a man, who behaved in a suspicious manner on seeing them at Narwal, they said. Police searched the suspect, identified as Vishal Kumar, and […]