JK reports 461 Covid-19 cases, 4 Deaths
Srinagar, Apr 1: Covid-19 infections recorded in a single day this year hit a new high as Jammu and Kashmir reported 461 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. Among the fresh cases, they said, Jammu division reported 100 cases and Kashmir 361, taking the J&K’s overall infection count to 131421. […]
Highway to remain closed tomorrow
Srinagar, Apr 01: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only road link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, shall remain closed on Friday for weekly repairs, officials said on Thursday. “On 02-04-2021, no vehicular movement shall be allowed from either side on Jammu-Srinagar highway between Udhampur and Jawahar Tunnel in view of maintenance/repairing of the road,” […]
Four LeT militants carried out Nowgam attack: IGP
Srinagar, Apr 01: Inspector General of Police Kashmir range Vijay Kumar Thursday said four Lashkar-e-Toiba militants including two from Srinagar carried out the attack on the guard post of the house of senior BJP leader Muhammad Anwar Khan in Aribagh, Nowgam area in which a police man got killed. He also confirmed that the militants […]
Govt approves proposal to allot land to Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams in Jammu
JAMMU, APR 01: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal to allot 496 Kanal 17 Marla to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) for building of Temple and its allied infrastructures, Pilgrim amenities Complex, Vedapatasala, Spiritual/Meditation Centre, Office, Residential Quarters and Parking; on lease basis […]
Nowgam attack: Injured Cop succumbs
Srinagar, Apr 01: A cop who was injured in Aribagh, Nowgam, Srinagar attack, succumbed on the way to the hospital, officials said. Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital Dr Nazir Choudhary said that the injured cop was brought dead to the hospital. The slain policeman has been identified as Ramez Raja. He was injured when militants attacked […]
Cop injured as militant attack BJP leader’s house at Nowgam in Srinagar
Srinagar, Apr 01: A policeman was injured when militants attacked residence of a BJP leader in Aribagh in Nowgam area of Srinagar on Thursday. The BJP leader, Anwar Khan, was not at his residence when the militants carried out the attack, a police official said. “During the attack, a policeman identified as Rameez Raja, was […]
Man feared dead after motorcycle falls in Uri dam
Uri, April 01: A motorcyclist from Haryana is fear dead after his motorcycle skidded off the road and fell into a water reservoir (dam) in Uri area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. Official sources said that at around 7:00 a.m., a motorcycle bearing registration number (HR26DU 1782) skidded of the road and fell […]
COVID-19: India records 72,330 new cases, highest single day rise
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) India saw 72,330 new coronavirus infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,22,21,665, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The single-day rise in cases is the highest recorded […]
Rajinikanth to be bestowed with Dada Saheb Phalke award
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Superstar Rajinikanth will be bestowed with the Dada Saheb Phalke award, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Thursday. “India every year gives Dada Saheb Phalke award to a film personality. This year this selection has been made by a jury comprising Asha Bhonsle, Mohanlal, Biswajit Chatterjee, Shankar Mahadevan and […]
Jet fuel price cut by 3 pc
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) In the first reduction in rate in two months, jet fuel or ATF price on Thursday was cut by 3 per cent in line with softening international crude oil prices. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was reduced by Rs 1,887 per kilolitre, or 3 per cent, to Rs 58,374.16 per kl […]