Man dies of electrocution in Udhampur
Udhampur (JK), Jul 17 (PTI) A man died and two others suffered serious burn injuries due to an electric shock in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place when the three came into contact with a steel sheet that was connected to an electric wire during painting work at […]
Eastern Ladakh row: India, China to hold 16th round of military talks
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) India and China will hold the 16th round of high-level military talks on Sunday with an aim to resolve the outstanding issues in remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The talks are scheduled to take place at the Chushul Moldo meeting point on […]
MPs, MLAs to vote Monday to elect 15th President; NDA’s Murmu has edge over Oppn’s Sinha
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) Nearly 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs will vote on Monday to elect the 15th President of India, with NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu having a clear edge over Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha as over 60 per cent votes are expected to be cast in her favour. The polling will take place in […]
India reports 49 new Covid fatalities
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) With 20,528 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,37,50,599, while the active cases increased to 1,43,449, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,709 with 49 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
JK reports 224 covid-19 cases, no death
Srinagar, July 16: Jammu and Kashmir reported 224 fresh covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 451104, even as there was no death due to the pathogen during the time, officials said on Saturday. 112 cases were reported from Jammu division and as many as from Kashmir division, they said. […]
Kashmiri Pandits welcome Hajis returning from Saudi Arabia, recite praises for Prophet
Srinagar, Jul 16 (PTI) In a heart-warming gesture, a group of Kashmiri Pandits on Saturday welcomed the first batch of Haj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia and recited praises for Prophet Mohammed at the airport here. The group of Kashmiri Pandits stood outside the terminal building of the Srinagar international airport and welcomed the first […]
Covid: 13 new cases in Ladakh
Leh, Jul 16 (PTI) Ladakh reported 13 fresh Covid cases that pushed the infection tally to 28,615, officials said on Saturday. All the new cases were recorded in Leh, they said. So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to […]
MeT forecasts scattered light rain in J&K
Srinagar, Jul 16: The weatherman on Saturday forecast scattered light rains and thunderstorm in next 24 hours even as minimum temperature continued to hover in and around below normal at most places in Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official here said that during last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, 3.8 mm of rainfall […]
Army spots drone in Mendhar Poonch, fires towards it
Poonch, July 16: Army fired few rounds after spotting drone activity along the Line of Control in KG sector in Mendhar Poonch, official sources said on Saturday. They said army troops spotted the drone around 2110 hours last night near Baloni area of KG Sector and opened the fire at it. While the fire did […]
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue vandalised in Punjab’s Bathinda
Bathinda, Jul 16 (PTI) A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised by some unidentified people at a public park in Ramman Mandi here, said police on Saturday. The incident took place on the intervening night between Thursday and Friday, they said. Locals strongly condemned the incident when they came to know about the vandalism. Station House […]