‘Mainly dry weather’ forecast, temp remains below normal at most places in J&K
Srinagar, Oct 25: Weather department here has forecast mainly dry weather over Jammu and Kashmir even as night temperature remained below normal at most places on Tuesday. “Mainly dry weather is expected to continue over Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours,” a meteorological department official here told said, adding, “no large change is […]
J&K to witness partial solar eclipse from 4:15 to 5:45 pm today: MeT
Srinagar, Oct 25: Deputy director meteorological department Srinagar Mukhtar Ahmad on Tuesday said that there will be partial solar eclipse in Jammu and Kashmir today. Mukhtar said that the eclipse will started at around 4:15 pm and will remain till 5:45 in the evening in Jammu and Kashmir. He also said that after the sunset […]
Many places in Punjab, Haryana report ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’ air quality
Chandigarh, Oct 25 (PTI) After Diwali, several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday morning recorded air quality in the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ categories. Gurugram in Haryana and Ludhiana in Punjab reported their respective air quality index (AQI) at 313 and 269 at 10:10 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) data. […]
Fire damages mosque, house in Tarzoo Sopore
Srinagar, Oct 25: Massive fire damaged a mosque and a residential house in Tarzoo area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district overnight, official sources said on Tuesday. Two firefighters were also injured while dousing the “sky touching” flames, the official sources added. They said that the massive fire broke out at Izat Shah colony […]
Daily Covid cases in country lowest in 196 days
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) India logged 862 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 196 days, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,46,44,938, while the active cases declined to 22,549, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,980 with three fatalities which includes two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the […]
JK reports zero covid-19 cases on Monday
Srinagar, Oct 24: Jammu and Kashmir reported no fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours also, officials said on Monday. They said so far 479266 people have been infected. Among the cases, 174028 are from Jammu division and 305238 from Kashmir Valley. There was […]
Rishi Sunak wins Tory contest to make history as UK’s first Indian-origin PM
London, Oct 24 (PTI) Rishi Sunak on Monday is all set to make history on Diwali as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party, following Penny Mordaunt’s withdrawal from the race. The 42-year-old former chancellor was comfortably in the lead, having secured the public […]
Teenage girl commits suicide
Baramulla, Oct 24: A teenage girl on Monday allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself to death in Kreeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official said that the girl, 14, hanged herself to death at his residence in Vizer locality of Kreeri. The official said that she was rushed to SDH Kreeri where doctors […]
China’s economic growth accelerates but weak amid shutdowns
Beijing, Oct 24 (AP) China’s economic growth picked up in the latest quarter but still was among the weakest in decades as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a slump while enforcing anti-virus controls and a crackdown on debt in its vast real estate industry. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 3.9% over a […]
CRPF commandant held for sexually harassing woman officer in Udhampur, gets bail
Udhampur/Jammu, Oct 24 (PTI) A commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was arrested on the charge of sexually harassing a woman officer of the force in Udhampur district, officials said on Monday. A complaint was registered on Sunday in which an assistant commandant of a CRPF unit at Battal Ballian alleged that commandant […]