UN Secretary General Guterres reaches Mumbai on 3-day India visit; to pay tributes to 26/11 terror attacks victims
Mumbai, Oct 19 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will pay tributes to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai on Wednesday on the first day of his three-day visit to India. Guterres landed in Mumbai on Wednesday shortly after midnight via a commercial flight from London. […]
More than 50 passengers rescued after snowfall forces suspension of traffic on Mughal Road
Poonch, Oct 19 (PTI) At least 50 passengers were rescued in an ongoing operation after snowfall in the high altitude areas forced suspension of traffic on Mughal road an alternate link connecting the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu with south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. The joint rescue operation by police and […]
LeT ‘hybrid terrorist’ involved in labourers’ killing dies in anti-terror operation: Police
Srinagar, Oct 19 (PTI) A Lashkar-e-Taiba “hybrid terrorist”, who was arrested following the death of two labourers in a grenade blast in Shopian, has been killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. “Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid terrorist and in continuous raids by police and security forces, another […]
Sub-Inspector recruitment scam in JK: CBI arrests BSF medical officer Karnail Singh
New Delhi, Oct 19: The CBI arrested BSF medical officer Karnail Singh in police sub-inspectors recruitment scam in JK Services Selection Board, officials told PTI. This is a developing story and will be updated.
J&K reports two fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Oct 18: Jammu and Kashmir reported two fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said all the one case each was reported from Srinagar and Jammu districts respectively, taking the overall tally to 479252. Among the cases, 174025 […]
Roger Binny elected BCCI president, takes over from Sourav Ganguly
Mumbai, Oct 18 (PTI) World Cup winner Roger Binny was on Tuesday elected as the 36th president of the BCCI, taking over from Sourav Ganguly to run the world’s richest cricket board. Binny, 67, was elected unopposed at its AGM (Annual general Meeting) here alongside Jay Shah, who was re-elected as the secretary for a […]
Mughal road closed after snowfall, MeT predicts rains
Srinagar, Oct 18: Authorities on Tuesday closed Mughal road due to snowfall along Pir ki Gali (PKG), keeping in view safety of passengers on the thoroughfare which connects Shopian with twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri. Confirming it, Dysp Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Range Aftab Bukhari said that the road will be opened after improvement in weather. […]
Protests in Jammu against killing of two migrant labourers by terrorists
Jammu, Oct 18 (PTI) Several parties and organisations on Tuesday held protests here against the killing of two non-local labourers by terrorists in the latest targeted attack in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. Kashmiri Pandit migrants and Jammu-based reserved category employees, who have been protesting to press for relocation after a string of such […]
UP labourers’ killing: Two Hybrid terrorists arrested, hunt for others on: ADGP Vijay Kumar
Srinagar, Oct 18: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar Tuesday said that two hybrid terrorists have been arrested in connection with the grenade lobbing incident at Harmain area of Shopian late last night and hunt for others is on. Talking to reporters at the site of incident, ADGP Kumar said that […]
‘Very strongly’ hope India’s G20 presidency will allow for creation of effective systems of debt restructuring: UN chief
United Nations, Oct 18 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he “very strongly” hopes that India’s G20 presidency will allow for the creation of effective systems of debt restructuring, warning that the developing countries are facing a “perfect storm” amid the impact of the pandemic and increased food and fuel prices due to […]