Fugitive terrorist Mushtaq Latram’s house in Srinagar attached
Srinagar, Mar 2 (PTI) Authorities here on Thursday attached the house of fugitive terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, who along with two other militants was released in exchange of hostages of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999. Police personnel posted the notice of attachment on the house belonging to Zargar alias Latram, […]
JKDMA issues avalanche warning for two districts in north Kashmir
Srinagar, Mar 1: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Wednesday issued an avalanche warning over higher reaches in two districts of Kashmir division. The DMA said that a ‘low’ danger level avalanche is likely to occur above 2600 metres above sea level in Kupwara district. It similarly expressed apprehension of a ‘medium’ danger […]
Govt strips SKIMS of autonomous status
Srinagar, Mar 1 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has stripped the valley’s premier tertiary care health institute ‘Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS)’ of its autonomous status. “The administration of SKIMS has been assigned to Health and Medical Education Department,” read a letter to the director of SKIMS by the under secretary of the […]
Drone shot along Punjab border last year had ‘footprints’ in China, Pakistan: BSF
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) A drone that was shot down by the Border Security Force along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab last year had ‘footprints’ and was flown in China and Pakistan, a BSF spokesperson said on Wednesday quoting a forensic analysis report. The quadcopter was downed on December 25, 2022 near the […]
Human antibodies found that can block multiple coronaviruses: Study
Washington, Mar 1 (PTI) Scientists have found antibodies in the blood of certain COVID-19 donors that can block infection from a broad set of coronaviruses, specifically in people who have recovered from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and were then vaccinated. The researchers from Scripps Research and the University of North Carolina (UNC), US, found this includes […]
GST collections rise 12 pc to Rs 1.49 lakh crore in February
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) GST collections rose 12 per cent to over Rs 1.49 lakh crore in February, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. February 2023 witnessed the highest cess collection of Rs 11,931 crore since implementation of GST. The collections are, however, lower than the second highest Goods and Services Tax (GST) mop-up […]
Well-planned cities will determine fate of country: PM Modi
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that well-panned Indian cities will determine the fate of the country. Addressing a post-Budget webinar on ‘Urban Planning, Development and Sanitation’, he said with India urbanising rapidly, it is important to build infrastructure that is futuristic. “The well-planned cities of India will only […]
ATF price cut by 4 pc; cooking gas price hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, while price of jet fuel (ATF) was cut by 4 per cent. Non-subsidised LPG price was hiked to Rs 1,103 per 14.2-kg cylinder – the first increase since July 2022, an oil company price notification said. Separately, […]
Active Covid cases in country rise to 2,335
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) India logged 240 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases climbed to 2,335, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll stands at 5,30,772 with one fatality reported by Rajasthan, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 […]
After winter vacations, schools reopen in Kashmir
Srinagar, Mar 1: Kashmir Valley including the summer capital of J&K sprung to life on Wednesday as children made their way to schools after long winter vacations. According to reports the students dressed in uniforms were seen heading to respective schools very early in the morning as the School Education Department has changed school timing […]