Landslides block Jammu-Srinagar national highway
Qazigund, Jul 08: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked for traffic movement on Friday due to fresh landslides and slush at several places on the stretch, officials said here. An official said that the NH-44 has been blocked due to landslides, mudslides and slush at multiple places, it will take 6-7 hours to clear the […]
JK reports 118 covid-19 cases, no death
Srinagar, July 7: Jammu and Kashmir reported 118 fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no fatality due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that 67 cases were reported from Jammu division and 51 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 455706. Giving district wise details, […]
Govt puts curbs on wheat flour exports
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) After banning wheat exports in May, the government has imposed restrictions on outbound shipments of wheat flour or atta, maida and semolina, a move aimed at containing price rise. Exporters of these commodities would now need approval of the inter-ministerial committee on export of wheat for the shipments from July […]
IGP Vijay Kumar, three others promoted as ADGP’s
Srinagar, Jul 07: The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered promotion of three IPS officers of 1997 batch as additional director generals of police( ADGPs). Sources said that MHA has ordered promotion of IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, Garib Das and Alok Kumar as ADGP. According to sources, Viplav Choudhary has been granted proforma promotion to […]
Bus carrying marriage party rolls down road in Majouri Udhampur, casualties feared
Srinagar, Jul 7: A bus carrying a marriage party met with an accident in Majouri of Ramnagar area in Udhampur district, with officials fearing several casualties. An official said that the bus skidded and rolled down a road this afternoon. “A rescue operation was instantly launched at the site to rescue the persons on board […]
EAM Jaishankar & Chinese FM Wang meet in Bali
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi held a one-hour meeting in the Indonesian city of Bali on Thursday, focusing on the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh, the issue of return of Indian students to China and resumption of direct flights between the two countries. The […]
Woman slips, drowns in well at Kupwara
Kupwara, Jul 7: A 34-year-old woman died after ‘slipping’ into a well in Cherkote area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, official sources said. They said that Tasleema Begum, wife of Mohammad Ramzan Peer, resident of Nadpora village Cherkote ‘slipped’ and fell into the well this morning, adding, she was rescued and taken to […]
Missing Baramulla man’s body recovered from Jhelum
Baramulla, Jul 07: A dead body of a man was recovered from river Jhelum near Khadiniyar area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday, a few days after he went missing from his home, officials said. They said that the body was found by locals in river Jehlum near Khadiniyar area, who later informed the […]
Rains lash most parts of JK, minimum temp drops
Srinagar, July 7: Amid fresh rains, minimum temperature at most places in Jammu and Kashmir recorded a drop on Thursday even as the weatherman has forecast light to moderate showers in next 48 hours. A meteorological department official here said that till 0830 hours today, Kathua received 39.2mm of rain followed by 17.2mm in Kupwara, […]
Active Covid cases in country rise to 1,19,457
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) India logged 18,930 new coronavirus infections taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,35,66,739, while the active cases increased to 1,19,457, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,305 with 35 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprise 0.26 […]