Gurez receives fresh snowfall, 6 inches snowfall recorded at Razdan Top
Bandipora, Apr 05: A day after snow clearance operation was completed by 56 RCC of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the 85-km long Bandipore-Gurez road received 6 inches of fresh snowfall on late Sunday night at Razdan Top. An official said that the Razdan Top has received at least 6 inches of fresh snow, while light […]
Over two dozen shanties of Rohingyas damaged in massive fire at Jammu
Jammu, Apr 5: Around two dozen huts of Rohingya refugees were gutted in a massive midnight fire in Jammu in the early hours of Monday, officials said. Official sources said that the fire started at Kabaar and within no time engulfed the Jhuggies of close periphery in Marauti Mohalla Jammu. The fire raged for more […]
Indonesia landslides, floods kill 55 people; dozens missing
Jakarta, Apr 5 (AP) Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have killed at least 55 people and displaced thousands, the country’s disaster relief agency said on Monday. More than 40 other people were missing. Mud tumbled down from surrounding hills onto dozens of homes in Lamenele village shortly after midnight on Adonara […]
India crosses 1-Lakh mark in daily COVID-19 c, first time since pandemic broke out
New Delhi, Apr 5: India crossed the one lakh-mark in daily rise in coronavirus cases for the first time ever as the country’s tally surged to 1,25,89,067 total infections after a spike of 1,03,558 fresh infections, official data this morning showed. Maharashtra remains the worst hit-state with over 29 lakh total infections. On Sunday, the […]
Mother-son duo charred to death, six houses gutted in Haftchinar blaze
Srinagar, Apr 05: A 40-year-old woman and her son were charred to death after their house caught fire in Haftchinar area of Srinagar. Officials said that at least six residential houses were gutted during intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Haftchinar area of Srinagar, which falls under the jurisdiction of Shergari Police Station. “Fire broke out […]
Another tourist dies of Covid-19 in Sgr, he too had tested ‘negative’ on arrival
Srinagar, Apr 5: A 60-year-old tourist from Gujarat died due to Covid-19 at a hospital here, officials said on Monday. They said that the tourist was admitted on 2nd April in CD Hospital after testing positive. While he had tested negative one day prior during his arrival at the Srinagar Airport. Confirming the death, a […]
Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup
Jakarta, Apr 5 (AP) Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar’s far northern Kachin state would return to the village they fled and plant crops that would help keep them fed for the coming year. But this year in the wake of […]
62 acre land sanctioned in Jammu for Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams to build temple
Jammu, Apr 4 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administrative council has sanctioned granting 62.02 acre of land in Majeen village for the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, that governs Lord Venkateswara’s shrine in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala, to build a temple. On Thursday, the council, headed by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, approved a proposal to allot land on Sidhra […]
JK records 573 covid cases, 3 more deaths
Srinagar, Apr 04: With 573 new covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the highest single-day spike of the year so far, officials said Friday. They said that 122 from of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 451 from Kashmir Valley. Also three people died due to the virus, […]
No place for militancy, its supporters in new JK: LG Manoj Sinha
Srinagar, Apr 04: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinah Sunday said that the UT is moving ahead with a “new vision and new thought” where there is no place for militancy and its supporters. He said that J&K government is working on a new educational policy to incorporate contributions made by the heroes of […]