TRF terrorist killed in Shopian gunfight: Police
Srinagar, Nov 9: A terrorist has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Kathohalan area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said Thursday morning. Taking to microblogging site ‘X’, previously Twitter, Kashmir Zone Police wrote; “One (01) #terrorist affiliated with proscribed #terror outfit TRF neutralised. Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition recovered. “Search […]
Lt Governor Presents Certificate of Excellence Award to Para Archers, coach
JAMMU, NOV 08: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with the Para Archers Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar at Raj Bhawan today. He also honored the Para Archers and Coach, Abhilasha Choudhary with Certificate of Excellence. Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, Anshul Garg, CEO, SMVDSB also graced the occasion. While Interacting with […]
Parliament’s Winter session likely to commence in second week of December: Sources
New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) The Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the second week of December and could conclude ahead of Christmas, sources said on Wednesday. The session, they said, could commence days after the counting of votes in five states on December 3. Three key bills which seek to replace […]
Record 7.5 million people globally diagnosed with TB in 2022: WHO
New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) A total of 7.5 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2022, the highest recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995, according to a report featuring data from 192 countries and areas. The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global tuberculosis (TB) report also shows that globally, an estimated […]
NC expels district president in Bandipora for ‘indiscipline’
Srinagar, Nov 08: National Conference on Wednesday expelled its district president for Bandipora Mir Gulam Rasool Naz after he skipped party convention presided over by Omar Abdullah in the district. Party vice-president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah announced this while addressing a workers gathering at Block office here. He said that maintaining strict adherence […]
New Zealand need to find bowling mojo against SL in crunch match amid rain threat
Bengaluru, Nov 8 (PTI) New Zealand’s campaign has hit a disheartening flatline after their early dominatio and the Kiwis will have to rediscover their bowling mojo for a World Cup reboot when they face knocked-out Sri Lanka here on Thursday. Ahead of their last league match which is under rain threat, New Zealand are hobbling […]
Air quality in Delhi severe again; farm fires major contributor
New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning, with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of the air pollution in the national capital. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 421, worsening from 395 at […]
NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in J-K; Myanmar national detained
Jammu, Nov 8 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday detained a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar during its raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu and Samba districts, an official said. The raids were restricted to slums housing Myanmar immigrants and were conducted in connection with a case related to violation of […]
SIA raids multiple locations in J-K in terror-related case
Srinagar, Nov 8 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday raided multiple locations in the Union Territory in a terror-related case, officials said. The searches are being carried out in Srinagar, Anantnag and Pulwama districts in the Kashmir Valley, they said. The officials said the raids began early Wednesday and […]
Wanted woman drug peddler held in Baramulla: Police
Srinagar, Nov 8: Police arrested a notorious and wanted woman drug peddler in Baramulla in north Kashmir and recovered contraband substances from her possession, a police spokesman said Wednesday. He said that police received reliable information regarding presence of contraband in a residential house at Trikanjan Boniyar. Accordingly police party raided the said house. During […]