Husband, Wife injured in leopard attack In Handwara
Srinagar, Feb 15: A man and his wife were injured after a leopard attacked them in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Reports said that panic gripped Waderbala village of Zacheldara Rajwar in Handwara after a leopard appeared and attacked the husband-wife duo. Both, identified as Abdul Rashid Mir and his wife […]
Dead body recovered in Bemina
Srinagar, Feb 15: A dead body of a man was on Monday found at Dal Colony Bemina in Srinagar, officials said. Officials said that the dead body of a man identified as Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Nabi of S R Gunj Srinagar aged about 48/50 years was found at Dal Colony Bemina. They […]
Police officer injured by cattle smugglers in Jammu
Jammu, Feb 15 (PTI) A police officer was injured in an attack by suspected bovine smugglers on the outskirts of Jammu city, officials said on Monday. Station House Officer (SHO) of police station Bishnah, Inspector Tahir Yousuf suffered head injuries when his team was attacked by the cattle smugglers with stones and lathis at village […]
COVID-19: India records 11,649 new cases, 90 fresh fatalities
New Delhi, Feb 15 (PTI) India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,09,16,589 with 11,649 new infections, while fresh fatalities were recorded below 100 for the ninth time this month, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased to 1,55,732 with 90 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
Maharashtra: 16 labourers dead after truck overturns
Jalgaon, Feb 15 (PTI) Sixteen persons were killed after a truck overturned in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, police said on Monday. All the deceased were labourers from Abhoda, Kerhala and Raver in the district, police said, adding they died after their papaya-laden truck overturned shortly after midnight near a temple at Kingaon village. Five labourers have […]
Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal
Washington, Feb 15 (AP) A day after former President Donald Trump won his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appeared to be growing for an independent Sept. 11-style commission into the deadly insurrection that took place at the Capitol. Investigations into the riot were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the […]
Envoys from Europe, Africa to visit J-K to assess situation after DDC polls: Officials
New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) A group of envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir later this week to take stock of the development and security situation in the valley especially after the successful exercise of the District Development Council elections, officials said on Sunday. The officials said the two-day visit was scheduled […]
Major terror plan averted in Jammu on Pulwama attack anniversary, four held
Jammu, Feb 14 (PTI) A major terrorist plan to set off an explosion at a crowded place here on the second anniversary of the Pulwama attack was scuttled with the recovery of a powerful IED from a nursing student who was arrested along with three others, a top police officer said on Sunday. Inspector General of […]
73 new cases of COVID-19, 2 deaths reported in a day in JK
Srinagar, Feb 14 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 73 new cases of COVID-19 taking the tally of infection reported to 1,25,341, while two fresh deaths were reported in a day, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 15 were from the Jammu division and 58 from Kashmir division of the Union territory, they said. Srinagar […]
JK handicrafts dept ropes in ‘Kral Koor’ to help revive pottery in Kashmir valley
Srinagar, Feb 14 (PTI) The age-old tradition of pottery has gained the attention of the Jammu and Kashmir government after an engineer-turned-potter pitched for the revival of the dying art in the Valley. Saima Shafi, 32, popularly known as ‘Kral Koor’ (potter girl in Kashmiri), was recently invited by the state’s handicrafts department to share […]