Srinagar shivers at minus 7.7 degrees as cold wave worsens

Srinagar: Cold wave conditions intensified in Kashmir on Friday as mercury plunged by two degrees in Srinagar, while the minimum temperature elsewhere in the valley stayed mostly 10 degrees below freezing point, officials said. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 7.7 degrees Celsius plunging more than two degrees from minus 5.6 degrees Celsius the […]

JK reports 76 new covid cases, one death

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 76 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 1,24,373, even as one death due to the virus took place in the last 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 16 were from Jammu division and 60 from Kashmir division of the union territory, they said. Srinagar […]

Prez defends new farm laws, condemns R’Day violence

Says govt ‘vigilant’ amid standoff with China

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind strongly defended the three new agri laws saying their benefits have begun reaching 10 crore small farmers instantly and condemned as “‘very unfortunate” the Republic Day violence and “dishonour” to the tricolour during the tractor parade by the protesting farm unions here. In his customary address to the joint […]

Oppn boycott of Prez address ‘unfortunate’: BJP

New Delhi: Terming the boycott of President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament by opposition parties as “unfortunate”, the BJP on Friday said as the symbol constitutional head of the country, the President is above political differences, and attacked the Congress, saying its “arrogance” is the “real problem”. Asserting that opposition […]

Farmers’ agitation will spread: Rahul

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the only solution to the farmers’ issue was throwing the new agri laws in the “waste paper basket” and warned that if not resolved, the agitation will spread to other parts of the country. In a no-holds-barred attack at the Centre, Gandhi accused the government of […]

Explosion near religious place in Rajouri, probe launched

Jammu: A mysterious explosion took place near a religious place in Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. Police have launched a probe into the incident, they added. The explosion took place near a boundary wall of the religious place in Palma Kotedhara village on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at around 1 am, […]

Template of terrorising Kashmiris used to silence others: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti accused the BJP-led Centre on Friday of using the template of “terrorising Kashmiris” into silence in other parts of the country as well, including in relation to farmer protests. “GOIs template of terrorising Kashmiris into silence by using draconian laws & othering them is being extended to other parts of […]

R-Day violence: Editor’s Guild, IWPC slam FIRs against journalists

New Delhi: Media bodies on Friday strongly condemned the filing of FIRs against senior editors and journalists for their reporting on the farmers’ tractor rally and the ensuing violence here on Republic Day, saying it was an attempt to “browbeat” and “intimidate” the media. In a statement, the Editors Guild of India demanded that such […]