Dehradun tourist dies, 4 staffers injured as fire damages hotel in Pahalgam
Pahalgam, Jun 12: An elderly tourist from Dehrdun area of Uttarakhand on Monday died while four employees were injured after a hotel was gutted in a fire mishap in Pahalgam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official said that fire damaged a hotel in Pahalgam area today, during which an elderly tourist staying with […]
Reports of breach of data from CoWIN without any basis: Health Ministry
New Delhi, June 12 (PTI) The Union Health Ministry on Monday said reports claiming breach of data of beneficiaries registered on the CoWIN platform were “without any basis”, and that it has requested the country’s nodal cyber security agency CERT-In to look into the issue and submit a report. While asserting that the CoWIN portal […]
Students pursuing MBBS need to complete course within 9 years from date of admission: NMC regulations
New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) Students pursuing MBBS need to complete the course within nine years from the date of admission, while they will get only four attempts to clear the first year, according to the new regulations issued by the National Medical Commission. In the newly issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 or GMER-23, the […]
Labourer dies of electrocution in Budgam
Budgam, Jun 12: A labourer died of electric shock while cutting branches of trees in Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday afternoon. An official said that he received electric shock during branch cutting. He identified him as Abdul Rashid Ganaie son of Abdul Karim Ganaie of Danes Beerwah. “The labourer was immediately […]
11 passengers suffer injuries as Tata Sumo vehicle falls into Rivulet in Mendhar
Srinagar, Jun 12: At least eleven passengers have sustained injuries after a Tata Sumo vehicle they were on board plunged into a rivulet in Mendhar in Poonch district. Reports said that a Tata Sumo vehicle bearing registration number JK12 3051, skidded off the road and plunged into Gursai nallah, resulting in injuries to eleven passengers. […]
Deputy High Commissioner of India in Mauritius, President KJ&V Sansthan trust call on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR, JUNE 12: Vimarsh Aryan, Deputy High Commissioner of India in Mauritius called on Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan, Monday. He discussed various important matters with the Lt Governor, including successful G20 meeting, trade and tourism potential of J&K UT and investment opportunities in different sectors. Later, Mahant Rohit Shastri, President Shri […]
India has similar geologic history to parts of South Africa, Australia: Study
New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) India hosts remarkably well preserved volcanic and sedimentary rocks as old as 3.5 billion years, and has similar geologic history to parts of South Africa and Australia, a study has found. Researchers from the Wits University, University of Johannesburg (UJ), both in South Africa, and Chinese Academy of Sciences, examined […]
Pakistani drone recovered in Punjab’s Amritsar district
Chandigarh, Jun 12 (PTI) A Pakistani drone was recovered by the Border Security Force (BSF) on the outskirts of a village in Punjab’s Amritsar district on Monday, an official said. The BSF, acting on specific information, carried out a search operation around 7:20 am and found the broken unmanned aerial vehicle near a gurdwara in […]
NIA attaches Kashmiri businessman Watali’s properties in terror funding case
Srinagar, Jun 12 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday attached properties of businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district in connection with a terror funding case, officials said. They said a team of the NIA attached the immovable properties in the name of Watali at villages Baghatpora and Kachwari […]
Light rains forecast from tomorrow as night temp drops at most places in JK
Srinagar, June 12: Mainly dry weather has been forecast during next 24 hours and light rain and thunderstorm at scattered places of Jammu and Kashmir from June 13 to 17. A meteorological department official here said that Monday is expected to be “warmer” than yesterday. From June 13-17, he said, weather was expected to be […]