Three killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Three people, including a woman, were killed when a car skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge along Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Digdole in Ramban district on Saturday, police said. Two boys, aged 5 and 10, survived the accident and were evacuated to the district hospital in Ramban for treatment, Senior […]
Improve effectiveness, enhance reliability to remain relevant: PM Modi to UN
United Nations: The UN must improve its effectiveness and enhance its reliability if it wants to remain relevant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, as he highlighted several recent events, including the World Bank scrapping its ease of doing business report over alleged irregularities in China data that questioned the credibility of the various […]
Youth ends life in Samba
Jammu: A 24-year-old man died after allegedly jumping into Basantar river in Samba district on Saturday, police said. Deepak Kumar, a resident of Goran village, died on the spot after hitting the dried-up river bed, a police official said. He said the body was recovered by a joint team of the State Disaster Response Force […]
Safina Baig appointed JKPC women’s wing president
Srinagar: Sajad Lone-led Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC) on Saturday appointed senior leader Safina Baig as the president of the party’s women’s wing. Baig is also the chairperson of Baramulla’s District Development Council. Party spokesperson Adnan Ashraf Mir, in a statement, said, “Baig has been accorded the responsibility of helming the JKPC’s women’s wing […]
Army officer cycling from Leh to Manali to set Guinness record
Jammu: An Indian Army officer is cycling from Leh to Manali in an attempt to set a Guinness record for the “fastest solo cycling (men)”, a defence spokesman said. Lt Col Sripada Sriram of the strategic Strikers Division started cycling for his mission after being flagged off by Brig R K Thakur from Leh at […]
Five new COVID-19 cases reported in Ladakh: tally reaches 20,776
Leh: Five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall infection tally in the union territory to 20,776, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. As many as 20,405 patients have recovered […]