Police rescue 52 tourists stranded in Budgam
Srinagar, Dec 30 (PTI) Police rescued 52 tourists stranded due to snowfall at Parihaas Doodhpathri in Budgam district on Thursday, an official said. The police received information that some tourists were stuck at Parihaaas Doodhpathri due to the sudden snowfall, a police spokesperson said. Accordingly, a team from Khansahib police station and personnel deployed on […]
Death toll climbs as blizzard-battered Buffalo area digs out
Buffalo (US), Dec 30 (AP) Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced. At least 40 deaths in western New […]
PM Modi’s mother Hiraben passes away
Ahmedabad, Dec 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. She was 99. A bulletin from the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, where she was admitted on Wednesday after her health deteriorated, informed the news of her demise. “Hiraben Modi passed away on […]
Mughal Road, Sgr-Leh Highway Closed Amid Snowfall
Srinagar, Dec 29: The historic Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, as well as Srinagar-Leh highway were closed after fresh snowfall. A traffic department official here however said that traffic was plying on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with outside world. “Mughal road and SSG road […]
CBI arrests Defence Accounts Service officer in Rs 10 lakh bribery case
New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) The CBI has arrested an officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service in a case of alleged bribery of Rs 10 lakh, officials said on Thursday. It is alleged that a company based in Jind in Haryana had transferred the money to a middleman seeking favours from the 1988-batch officer, […]
Security of borders can be ensured by bravery, alertness of soldiers, not by fencing: Amit Shah
New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) Pillars and fences along the borders are no match to alertness and bravery of soldiers guarding them which is further augmented by patriotic villagers living in close vicinity to the forward locations, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. While launching a mobile application ‘Prahari’ prepared in-house by the […]
Srinagar records season’s first snowfall
Srinagar, Dec 29 (PTI) Srinagar and other areas in the Kashmir plains received light snowfall, the season’s first, on Thursday while moderate snow broke the dry spell in the Valley’s higher reaches, officials said. Most of the plains in the Valley, including Srinagar, received light snowfall from late in the afternoon, they said. The snowfall […]
Active Covid cases in country rise to 3,552
New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) India recorded 268 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 3,552, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,915). The death toll stands at 5,30,698 with two fatalities with one reconciled by Kerala and one death […]
Cold wave conditions ease a bit across Kashmir as MeT predicts snowfall
Srinagar, Dec 29: Amid forecast for intermittent light to moderate snow at scattered places during next 24 hours, minimum temperatures recorded a rise but continued to hover below sub-zero level in Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.2°C against last night’s temperature of […]
Three shops gutted, firefighter injured in Tangmarg blaze
Baramulla, Dec 29: At least three shops and a computer institute were gutted and a fire fighter was injured in a blaze in Kunzer area of Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning. An official said that fire broke out in one of the shops today morning. He said in the incident three […]