21 die trapped in vehicles after heavy snowfall in Pakistan’s Murree
Lahore: Pakistan’s popular hill station Murree was declared a calamity-hit area on Saturday after at least 21 people, including nine children, froze to death in their stranded vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists to the picturesque town in Punjab province. All the routes in Murree in Rawalpindi district were blocked after thousands […]
Ladakh records 43 new COVID-19 cases; 71 recoveries
Leh: Ladakh’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 22,413 on Saturday as 43 more people tested positive for the virus, officials said. Seventy one patients recovered from the disease bringing down the active cases in the union territory to 241, they said. Of the fresh cases, 36 were reported in Leh and seven in Kargil district, they […]
Man held with heroin in Samba
Jammu: The police on Saturday arrested a man for carrying heroin and recovered 7.48 gm substance from him in Samba district here, officials said. Aman Slathia, a resident of Mandi Garh in Samba, was found to be moving around suspiciously and hence stopped for a check by a police party in Vijaypur on Jammu-Pathankot highway, […]
NEET-PG 2021 counselling: SC upholds OBC, EWS reservations in all India quota seats
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for starting the stalled NEET-PG 2021 counselling process based on the existing 27 per cent OBC and 10 per cent EWS reservations in the All India Quota seats, saying there is an “urgent need” to begin the admission process. The order will bring relief to […]
Hawker allegedly killed by roommate in Rajouri, accused held
Jammu: A hawker was allegedly killed by his roommate following a quarrel between them while watching a television show in Rajouri here, police said on Friday. The accused was traced to his native village in Punjab and arrested, they said. The deceased Pawan Kumar, hailing from Udhampur in Jammu, was sharing a room with three […]
