Three detained in last week’s IED recovery case in Rajouri
Rajouri/Jammu, Jan 25 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained three persons and developed vital leads in the case of recovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from the Kheora locality of Rajouri border district, sources said Wednesday. An IED was detected and defused by security personnel in the area on January 18. The […]
Snowfall in Kashmir: Flights at Srinagar airport affected
Srinagar, Jan 25 (PTI) Fresh snowfall in most places of Kashmir brought down visibility to 500 metres, affecting air traffic to and from the Valley on Wednesday. Light to moderate snowfall was recorded at most places of Kashmir while the higher reaches witnessed heavy snowfall. The weather department has predicted that the intensity of precipitation […]
CJI announces launch of service to provide verdicts in some scheduled languages
New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud Wednesday said the electronic Supreme Court Reports (e-SCR) project will now start providing apex court judgements in various Indian scheduled languages from Republic Day. As soon as the bench assembled for the day, the CJI told the lawyers the apex court will operationalise […]
CRPF trooper dies of cardiac arrest in Qazigund
Kulgam, Jan 25: An ailing Central Reserve Police Force trooper died of a cardiac arrest in Vessu area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday morning. An official said that the trooper of 48/F Coy deployed at KP Colony Vessu was ill for the last few days and today morning he suffered a […]
Driver from Kulgam killed, 2 other people injured as boulder hits vehicles in Ramban
Jammu, Jan 25: A driver from Kulgam district of south Kashmir was killed and two other people were injured after a truck and an oil tanker were hit by a boulder in Ramban district, officials said on Wednesday. A police officer said that the boulders rolled down at Magarkot area of the district, hitting a […]
Active Covid cases dip to 1,922
New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) India logged 102 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 1,922, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,82,206). The death toll stands at 5,30,737, the data updated at 8 am stated.
No need for fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given current evidence: Expert
Pune, Jan 25 (PTI) Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, former head of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research, has discounted the need for the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given the current evidence about the coronavirus and its variants. If a person has taken a third dose of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, it […]
India-Pakistan came close to a war after Balakote surgical strike in Feb 2019: Mike Pompeo
Washington, Jan 25 (PTI) Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that he was awakened to speak to his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told him that Pakistan was preparing for a nuclear attack in the wake of the Balakot surgical strike in February 2019 and India is preparing its own escalatory […]
Indian Navy undertaking mega exercise in Indian Ocean Region
New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) The Indian Navy is carrying out a mega war game involving almost all its operational assets like warships, submarines and aircraft in the Indian Ocean Region to check the force’s combat readiness amid China’s growing military forays into the region. The biennial Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX) is aimed […]
5.8-magnitude quake hits Nepal; tremors felt in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan
New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal Tuesday afternoon with tremors also being felt in parts of Delhi, national capital region and Jaipur. The quake struck at 2:28 pm with the epicentre in Nepal at a place 148 km east of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, the National Centre for Seismology said. “It was […]