Justice U U Lalit sworn in as CJI
New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers were present at the ceremony. Justice Lalit’s predecessor, […]
Residential house damaged, 1 injured in fire mishap
Ganderbal, Aug 27: A residential house was damaged, while a man was injured in a fire incident in Ramwari area of Gund in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday morning. An official said that fire broke in the house of Gulzar Ahmed Khan son of Khan Zaman Khan of Ramwari Gund. He said that the […]
MeT forecasts light rain in J&K, mercury drops below normal in Gulmarg, Pahalgam
Srinagar, Aug 27: The weatherman on Saturday forecast isolated to scattered light rain and thunder in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours A meteorological department here said widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorm was expected on Sunday. In the last 24 hours till 0830 a.m. today, the official said that Srinagar received 1.2mm […]
India reports 9,520 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) With 9,520 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, India’s tally of infections has gone up to 4,43,98,696, while the count of active cases has declined to 87,311, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,27,597, with 41 […]
JK reports 187 fresh covid-19 cases, one fatality
Srinagar, Aug 26: Jammu and Kashmir reported 187 fresh covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that 39 cases were reported from Jammu division and 148 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 477119. Among the cases, 173548 are from Jammu […]
Rupee rises 6 paise to close at 79.86 against US dollar
Mumbai, Aug 26 (PTI) The rupee appreciated by 6 paise to close at 79.86 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, supported by foreign fund inflows and a positive trend in domestic equities. However, higher crude prices in the international markets restricted the rupee’s gain, forex dealers said. At the interbank forex market, the local unit […]
RS Chib among 6 Azad loyalists quit Congress in J&K
Srinagar, Aug 26: Following Ghulam Nabi Azad’s decision to quit congress, at least six former MLAs, some of them ministers in erstwhile State government, have resigned from the grand old party on Friday. While five of them tendered a joint resignation, other—R S Chib submitted it separately but all of them have done it in […]
Cloudy weather with scattered light rain forecast in J&K
Jammu, Aug 26 (PTI) Two earthquakes of 3.4 and 2.8 magnitudes hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. While the 3.4 magnitude quake hit Katra belt in Reasi district, the other hit Doda district. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, the officials said. The epicentre of the […]
Cloudy weather with scattered light rain forecast in J&K
Srinagar, Aug 26: Cloudy weather with possibility of scattered light rain and thundershower is in store in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours, meteorological department here said on Friday. An official of the department here said that isolated to fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thundershower were expected on August 27 and 28 […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad quits from Cong party positions, including primary membership
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all party positions, including its primary membership, delivering another blow to the embattled party that has seen a series of leaders leave it. In a five-page no holds barred letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi that comes ahead of crucial […]