Mild intensity earthquake hits Rajouri, no damage reported
Jammu, Aug 17 (PTI) An earthquake of 3.6 magnitude struck Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, but there was no report of any damage, officials said. The epicentre of the tremor, which occurred at 3.49 am, was the mountainous areas of Rajouri, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The depth of the […]
Life in jail for man who killed minor son in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu, Aug 16 (PTI) A court in Ramban on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for poisoning to death his two-year-old son in the Jammu and Kashmir district about 10 years ago. District and Sessions Judge, Ramban, R S Jasrotia convicted Mohd Shafi, a resident of Ind village, in the murder of his son […]
HP rains: All schools, colleges to remain shut in state Wednesday, death toll climbs to 57
Shimla, Aug 16 (PTI) The death toll in the rain fury in Himachal Pradesh rose to 57 on Wednesday with the body of a woman being pulled out of the debris of a collapsed Shiv temple near Summer Hill here, officials said. Heavy rains have battered Himachal Pradesh since Sunday, triggering landslides in Shimla’s Summer […]
Searches carried out in Poonch ahead of Budha Amarnath yatra
Mendhar/Jammu, Aug 16 (PTI) Security forces on Wednesday conducted a search operation in nearly a dozen villages near the Line of Control (LoC) ahead of the annual Budha Amarnath yatra in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. This was the second time in the past week that searches were carried out in the […]
India logs 58 new Covid cases
New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) India saw a single-day rise of 58 new coronavirus infections while the active cases in the country was recorded at 1,450, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has been recorded at 5,31,922, the data updated at 8 am said. The country’s Covid case tally […]
Amarnath Yatra: Chhari Mubarak taken to Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar
Srinagar, Aug 16 (PTI) Chhari Mubarak the saffron-robed holy mace of Lord Shiva was taken to the historic Shankaracharya temple here for special prayers as part of the ongoing annual Amarnath Yatra. The Chhari Mubarak Swami Amarnath Ji led by Mahant Deependra Giri was taken to the historic Shankaracharya temple located at Gopadri hills for […]
Scooty-rider dies during road mishap at Kupwara
Kupwara, Aug 16: A 42-year-old man, riding a scooty was killed after allegedly being hit by a sumo vehicle in Bumhama area in Kupwara district, reports and officials said. They said that a scooty bearing registration number (JK05 7327) and a Sumo vehicle bearing registration number (JK01W 4834) were involved in a head-on collision, resulting […]
Yamuna recedes after crossing danger mark in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The Yamuna’s water level in Delhi followed a downward trend Wednesday morning after the river crossed the danger mark of 205.33 metres for a brief period on Tuesday following torrential rain in the river’s upper catchment areas over the past two days. According to the Central Water Commission’s (CWC) website, […]
Chandrayaan-3 completes last Moon-bound manouevre, gears up for propulsion and lander module separation
Bengaluru, Aug 16 (PTI) India’s ambitious Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Wednesday successfully underwent a fifth and final lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre, bringing it even closer to the surface of the Moon. With this, the spacecraft has completed all of its Moon-bound manouvres, and it will now prepare for separation of the lander module — comprising the lander […]
Train from Pakistan: Veteran recalls Partition horrors, travelling with bodies; finding money on corpses
Noida, Aug 15 (PTI) He was six years old when his family moved from Peshawar to India after Partition in 1947. They travelled for almost three days in a train with dead bodies, witnessing bloodshed and massacre across the new border that was created between India and the new-formed Pakistan. Now in 2023, Peshawari Lal […]
