Girls outshine boys in J-K class 10 exams
SRINAGAR, Jan 14 (PTI): Girls emerged marginally ahead of boys in the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education’s class 10 annual examinations, with over 85 per cent of the students qualifying for the next grade, officials said on Wednesday. A total of 85.03 per cent of the 94,845 students passed the examinations that were […]
Parts of Dal Lake freezes as Kashmir reels under severe cold
SRINAGAR, Jan 14 (PTI): Parts of the famous Dal Lake here and several water bodies in Kashmir froze on Wednesday as sub-zero minimum temperatures across the Valley dropped further. The Kashmir Valley is in the midst of ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’ — a 40-day period of extreme cold, when the chances of snowfall are the highest. It began […]
LG, Northern Army commander greet veterans on Armed Forces Veterans Day
JAMMU, Jan 14 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma on Wednesday greeted veterans on the occasion of Armed Forces Veterans Day. Sinha expressed gratitude to veterans and saluted the valour of the brave men and women of the Armed Forces. “I express my deepest gratitude […]
Ex-servicemen’s unwavering courage continues to inspire every Indian: Prez on Veteran’s Day
NEW DELHI, Jan 14 (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday lauded ex-servicemen on Veterans’ Day, saying their unwavering courage continues to inspire every Indian. “Occasions such as Veterans’ Day and Armed Forces Flag Day are not only opportunities to pay tribute to our brave soldiers, but also to extend meaningful support to them. I am […]
Cold conditions persist across Kashmir, Leh freezes at minus 11.4°C
Srinagar, Jan 14: Cold wave conditions continued across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as most places in the Kashmir Valley recorded sub-zero minimum temperatures, while Ladakh witnessed intense cold with Leh and Hanle plunging to minus 11.4 degrees Celsius, officials said. In the Kashmir region, Shopian emerged as the coldest place, recording a low of […]
JKBOSE declares Class-10 results, 85% qualify exams
Srinagar, Jan 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education Wednesday announced results of annual regular exams of 10th standard with an overall pass percentage of 84 percent. JKBOSE officials said that 85 percent qualify the exams. Over 94,000 students had appeared in the annual regular exams of 10th standard that commenced on November-03 […]
Death toll from crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists say
Dubai, Jan 14 (AP) The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists said early Wednesday. The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in multiple rounds of unrest in Iran in recent years. The activist group said 2,403 of the […]
Army opens fire on Pak drones along LoC in Rajouri
JAMMU, Jan 14 (PTI): Indian Army troops opened fire to take down multiple suspected Pakistani drones that entered Indian territory from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening, army officials said in Jammu. However, the drones briefly hovered in the Manjakote sector before returning to […]
Gunshots heard during search operation in Kathua
Jammu, Jan 13 (PTI) Several gunshots were heard on Tuesday after security forces launched a search operation following information about the suspected movement of terrorists in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The intermittent firing was reported from the Najote forest area of Billawar, about 10 km from the Kamadh […]
Trekking, camping, similar activities banned for 2-months in high altitude areas of Poonch
Jammu, Jan 13 (PTI) Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch have imposed a ban on trekking, camping, hiking and similar outdoor activities in all high-altitude areas of the border district for a period of two months, an official said on Tuesday. “It has been reported that unrestricted movement of individuals and groups in such areas […]