Kashmir receives fresh snowfall, highways closed
Srinagar, Dec 12: Most parts of Kashmir valley including capital city of Srinagar received fresh snowfall on Saturday morning, reports said. They said that in higher reaches heavy snowfall has been reported while aroud three inches of snowfall was recorded in Srinagar as well. Jammu-Srinagar highway, connecting Kashmir Valley with outside world, was blocked due […]
Solider dies of cardiac arrest in Shopian
Shopian, Dec 12: A Territorial Army (TA) soldier died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. An official said that a soldier who was on duty died of cardiac attack early Saturday morning at Zainapora. He said that the soldier fell unconscious and was rushed to a […]
EC toys with idea of digital voter ID card
New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) The Election Commission (EC) is toying with the idea of providing voters with election photo identity card in a digital format for easy accessibility, a senior official said. He, however, made it clear that no decision has been taken by the EC yet in this regard. “We keep getting suggestions […]
Need stimulus for print media Industry: INS
New Delhi, Dec 12: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has once again urged the Centre to announce a stimulus package for the newspaper industry to tide over the crisis in the wake of the pandemic, a request that INS, the representative body of newspapers in India, has made several times over the past few months. […]
US Supreme Court rejects lawsuit to overturn presidential election results
Washington, Dec 12 (PTI) The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas, along with 17 other States, and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to overturn the results of the presidential elections in several key battleground States won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden who now is the president-elect. Texas has not demonstrated […]
High-speed internet ban extended till Dec 25 in JK
Srinagar, Dec 11: Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday extended ban on the high-speed 3G and 4G internet services in all but two districts of J&K till December 25. The internet speed is restricted to 2G only in Jammu and Kashmir except in the districts of Ganderbal and Udhampur. Referring to recent snapping of internet […]
10.5 MW Hydro Project to come up at Mohra: Rohit Kansal
Reviews power situation at Kupwara and Baramulla KUPWARA, DEC 11: The augmentation of the capacity of Grid station at Delina Baramulla will be completed within this month. This was decided in a review meeting chaired by Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary to Government, Power Development Department at Kupwara. Kansal was on a day long extensive tour […]
Militants shot at a civilian in Pulwama
Srinagar, Dec 11: A civilian was fired upon by militants on Friday evening in Wassura area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A senior police official said that the civilian identified as Mushtaq Ahmad resident of Wassura was fired upon. The officer further said that the civilian sustained injuries during the attack and he has been […]
434 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Dec 11: Twenty-one travelers were among 434 fresh novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally of the persons infected with the virus in J&K to 115207. Among the cases, 202 were from Jammu Division and 232 from Kashmir Division, the officials said on Friday. […]
Leh-Jammu flight operations resume
Jammu, Dec 11 (PTI) Flight operations between Leh and Jammu, capital cities of union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, have resumed after remaining suspended for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Friday. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had suspended domestic passenger flights across the country in March this year to […]