Young woman found dead in her home at Hajin
Srinagar, Feb 09: A 24-year-old pregnant woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence in Mukhdamyari village of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. An official said that the woman identified as Ulfat Bano wife of Mohammad Ashraf of Mukhdamyari was found lying unconscious at her home. He said soon after […]
Scooty-rider dies after hit by truck in Sgr
Srinagar, Feb 9: A scooty-rider was killed after allegedly hit by a Power Development Department truck in Chanapora locality of Srinagar district. Reports said that a youth riding a scooty, bearing number JK01AP 0109, was allegedly hit and run over by a Power Development Department (PDD) truck at Chanapora Bypass near Aakash Institute, resulting in […]
LPG can be sold at ‘more economical rates’ if international price comes down: Govt
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) If international price of fuel comes down from its current price of USD 750 per metric tonne, domestic LPG can then be sold at “even more economical rates,” the Centre told Lok Sabha on Thursday. The day international price is determined by a “variety of factors” and “one of the […]
Fresh snowfall, rains in many places in Kashmir
Srinagar, Feb 9 (PTI) Most areas in north Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Thursday while the rest of the valley was hit by rains, bringing down the mercury levels, officials said here. Snowfall started on Wednesday night at Gulmarg ski resort in Baramulla district, which is scheduled to host the Khelo India Winter Games from […]
Active Covid cases in country dip to 1,781
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) India logged 109 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 1,781, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll stands at 5,30,748 with one death reported by Uttar Pradesh and one reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case […]
Kashmir braces up for widespread snowfall
Srinagar, Feb 09: Amid forecast for widespread light to moderate snowfall and rain during the next 24 hours, minimum temperature increased above normal in Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official here said that it has already started to rain and snow in North Kashmir including Kupwara and Gulmarg. “Widespread light to moderate snowfall/rain is […]
In earthquake rescues, noisy gear and digging, then silence
Adana, Feb 9 (AP) They lifted slabs of cement with enormous cranes and smashed rubble with jackhammers. Then, they stopped. Silence. Key to detecting the faintest noise that could be the sign of a survivor buried beneath rubble from Monday’s quake in Turkiye and Syria. Among the wreckage of a collapsed 14-story building in the […]
ED makes fresh arrest in Delhi excise policy money laundering case
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested advertising professional Rajesh Joshi in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy, officials said Thursday. Joshi was placed under arrest under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and his links with regard to […]
10 absconders evading arrest for past 18 years held: Police
Srinagar, Feb 8: Police on Wednesday said to have apprehended as many as ten accused persons who were evading arrests’ for last eighteen years, a police spokesman said. “Special team of Pulwama Police which was constituted to nab the absconders, which after strenuous efforts arrested 10 absconders who were evading arrest from last two decades”, […]
JK set to see completion of JJM by June ‘23
JAMMU, FEB 08: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta conducted virtual tour of works taken up under the central flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) across the UT of J&K. He interacted with public and officials of the department for taking first hand appraisal of the progress made in the mission so far. The virtual […]