Cloud cover helps night temperatures to rise across Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 28: Amid cloud cover and snowfall at a few places in south Kashmir, the night temperatures rose considerably across Kashmir Valley, officials said on Monday. A MeT official said that that mercury settled in Srinagar at 0.6°C against minus 5.2 °C during the previous night. The latest minimum temperature is almost more than […]
Anna Hazare threatens to launch his “last protest” for farmers
Pune, Dec 28 (PTI) Social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to go on a hunger strike if his demands on issues concerning farmers are not met by the Union government by the end of January next year, and said it would be his “last protest”. Speaking to reporters in his Ralegaon Siddhi village in Ahmednagar […]
College students booked for sedition in UP, principal alleges they raised anti-national slogans
Ayodhya, Dec 28 (PTI) Six students of a college here were booked for sedition after its principal lodged a complaint accusing them of raising “anti-national slogans” during a protest on the institute’s campus, police said on Monday. The students of Saket Degree College allegedly raised the slogans during a demonstration on December 16 against non-conduct […]
Fire damages several structures in Bandipora
Bandipora, Dec 28: A residential house and a cow shed were completely gutted while three other houses suffered partial damage in a massive blaze that broke out in Kuloosa area of Bandipora district late Sunday night. An official said that the fire broke out during intervening night in one of the residential houses and later […]
MC Ganderbal asks people to wear masks in public
KV CORRESPONDENT GANDERBAL, Dec 28: Municipal Council Ganderbal has decided to impose fine on people for not wearing mask within municipal limits. This move has been initiated due to the spread of Covid19 pandemic and new virus strand being discovered in various countries. President, Municipal Council Ganderbal in an order has asked people to strictly […]
Srinagar teen dies under mysterious circumstances in Pahalgam
Pahalgam, Dec 28: A 19-year-old boy from Srinagar died under mysterious circumstances in Pahalgam area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir on Monday. Officials said that Mubashir Sajad Dar (19) son of Sajad Ahmad Dar, a resident of Nowpora locality of Khanyar in Srinagar, along with his colleague reached Hotel Akash in Pahalgam on Sunday […]
Avalanches kill 12 in mountainous area near Iran’s capital
Tehran, Dec 28 (AP) Iranian rescue workers have ended their search for survivors following a series of avalanches that killed 12 people in a mountainous area north of the capital, state TV reported. The avalanches struck in four different areas on Friday following strong winds and snowfall a day earlier. The Alborz mountain range where […]
Implementation of lockdown, reopening of livelihood kept MHA busy in 2020
New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) With normal life going haywire due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the home ministry was busy almost the entire 2020 in formulating strategies for strict implementation of nationwide lockdown measures, subsequent reopening of livelihood and economic activities and providing relief to those hit by the restrictions like migrant workers. The year […]
Lawyer from Punjab commits suicide near farmers’ protest site
Jhajjar (Haryana), Dec 27 (PTI) A lawyer from Punjab allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Sunday a few kilometres from the site of a farmers’ protest at Tikri border. Amarjit Singh from Jalalabad in Punjab’s Fazilka district was taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak where doctors declared him […]
Four including two brothers apprehended in Poonch, 6 grenades recovered
Poonch, Dec 27: Four persons including two brothers were arrested and six hand grenades were recovered in Poonch district last night, officials said on Sunday. They said that army’s 49 RR and police’s SOG first apprehended brothers—Mustafa Iqbal and Murtaza Iqbal of Galhuta Gursai and they were interrogated at 49 RR battalion headquarters Basooni. “During […]