Nearly 6,900 cases of online banking frauds registered in 2017-18: Govt
New Delhi: Nearly 6,900 cases of online banking frauds were registered in the country in 2017-18, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said with the rapid increase in use of cyber space, the number of cyber crimes is also increasing. “As per data maintained by […]
Coronavirus: Aerobridges to be used to screen passengers at 7 international airports
New Delhi: Aerobridges will be used at at dedicated gates of seven international airports (Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Cochin, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai) to screen passengers from China, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong for novel coronavirus (nCoV) to ensure effective prevention, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting held […]
Kashmir sees fall in minimum temperature
Srinagar: The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley on Monday plunged several degrees below freezing point, with Pahalgam recording the coldest day at minus 12.5 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 11.5 degrees Celsius, the Met department said. The minimum temperature in Srinagar city settled at minus 5.0 […]
Army chopper crash-lands in Reasi, both pilots escape unhurt
Jammu: Two pilots had a narrow escape when an Army chopper crash-landed on a dry riverbed after it developed a technical snag in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Monday, officials said. The Chetak helicopter was on a training sortie from Udhampur to Reasi when it got entangled in power lines, resulting in the snag, […]
Nagrota encounter: Security forces launch search operation to sanitise areas along IB in Samba
Jammu: Teams of police and security forces accompanied by sniffer dogs and armed with metal detectors carried out a massive search operation to sanitise areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, officials said. The operation was carried out based on information provided by overground workers (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad […]
Four men linked to JeM held from Pulwama district of J&K
Srinagar: Police arrested four overground workers of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) from the Awantipora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. “Awantipora police arrested four terrorist associates linked to proscribed terror outfit JeM,” a police spokesperson said. The arrested persons were identified as Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Rafiq, Fayaz Lone, residents of Khrew, and […]
Stranded Indian woman in China’s virus-hit Wuhan city appeals for evacuation
Beijing: An Indian woman techie has appealed to the Indian government to evacuate her from China’s virus-hit Wuhan city, days after she was stopped from boarding the special New Delhi-bound flights due to high body temperature. The woman was among 10 Indians who were stopped from boarding the special Air Indian flights last Friday and […]
Only one swab sample enough for coronavirus testing, says WHO
Mumbai: In a fresh set of instructions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that testing of only one swab sample is enough, as against the earlier two, in suspected novel coronavirus cases, a senior Maharashtra health official said on Sunday. The new WHO instructions will ensure faster testing of samples which will quicken the […]
Chinese FM shifts media briefings online as Coronavirus death toll crosses 300
Beijing: As the coronavirus outbreak turns virulent in China with the death toll crossing over 300, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday announced that it will hold its daily media briefings online. The Chinese Foreign Ministry holds the media briefings all weekdays. The briefings remain suspended since January 24 due to Chinese New Year/Spring festival […]
Lt Guv hopeful of discernible change in next few months in JK
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu has said his administration is working tirelessly towards the welfare of the people and a discernible change would be visible on the ground in the union territory in the next few months. He also said the government alone cannot sustain the economy and it is the […]
