Mercury plunges to season’s lowest in Pahalgam. Gulmarg
Srinagar, Dec 31: Mercury plunged to season’s lowest in famous resorts of Pahalgam and Gulmarg, recording a low of minus 9.0°C and 8.0°C respectively, even as most other places saw a rise in minimum temperature on Saturday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 0.4°C against last night’s minus 0.3°C. […]
MHA orders promotion of 38 IPS officers of AGMUT cadre
Srinagar, Dec 30: The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on Friday ordered promotion of 35 Indian Police Officers of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. As per an order, the Ministry ordered promotion of 20 IPS to the DIGP rank (Level 13-A in the pay matrix), which includes Imtiaz Ismail Parray of […]
High level committee reviews functioning of Juvenile Justice Boards
JAMMU, DEC 30: Justice Tashi Rabstan, Chief Justice (Acting) High of J&K and Ladakh and Executive Chairman J&K LSA, today chaired a High Level Committee meeting under the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2015 to ensure effective implementation of Juvenile Justice Act besides reviewing the pendency of cases before the Juvenile Justice […]
SC directs states to form special units in police stations to facilitate motor accident claims
New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) The Supreme Court has directed the states to constitute a special unit in police stations within three months to investigate and facilitate motor accident claim cases. Issuing a slew of directions, the top court said on receiving intimation about a road accident by a motor vehicle at a public place, […]
Woman killed, 6 injured as vehicle skids off road in Anantnag
Srinagar, Dec 30 (PTI) A tourist died while six others were injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, officials said. The accident occurred near Zig post in Qazigund area of the south Kashmir district, they said. The deceased has been […]
Post-recess budget session in new parliament building
New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) The new Parliament building is likely to be inaugurated in March, when the House convenes for the second part of the Budget Session. Officials said work was going on in full swing on Parliament building and is expected to be completed by February. The second part of the Budget session […]
Star keeper Rishabh Pant suffers injuries in car accident
New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) India’s star cricketer Rishabh Pant suffered multiple injuries when his BMW car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway, on Friday. The 25-year-old, who was going to his home in Roorkee, was taken to a local hospital. He suffered injuries on his head, back and feet but is […]
Kupwara gets highest snowfall in Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 30: Amid cloud cover, minimum temperature recorded further increase in Kashmir Valley on Friday after a mild snowfall was recorded earlier. Kupwara in north Kashmir received highest snowfall of 20cms (7.87 inches) followed by Gulmarg (16.5cm), Qazigund(15.0cm), Pahalgam(10.0cm), Kokernag (5.0 cm), and Srinagar (3.0 cm) in last 24 hours till 0830 hours, mostly […]
Prez Murmu, BJP and Congress leaders condole passing away of PM Modi’s mother
New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Friday condoled the passing away of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben. Murmu said Modi imbibed the values of Hiraben in his life. “I pray for the peace of the holy soul. My condolences to the family!” the president tweeted. BJP leaders also paid tributes to […]
13 houses, 10 shops damaged in Anantnag blaze
Srinagar, Dec 30: At least 13 “inter-connected” houses and around ten shops were gutted in a massive midnight fire, augmented by the blast of “ten gas (LPG) cylinders”, in Dangarpora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Friday. Leading firefighter of the concerned Fire and Emergency Services Department said that at least 200 […]