Magnitude 3.9 earthquake hits Kishtwar
JAMMU, Jan 4 (PTI) : A magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property, they added. The earthquake, with its epicentre near Kishtwar, occurred at 12.38 am, the National Centre for Seismology said.
Over Rs 10,300 crore siphoned off by cyber criminals since 2021: I4C
New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) Over Rs 10,300 crore were siphoned off from the country by cybercriminals since April 1, 2021, of which agencies managed to successfully block around Rs 1,127 crore in the country, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) said Wednesday. Over 4.52 lakh cyber crime cases were reported on the National Cybercrime […]
Truck drivers coming back to work, normalcy would return in a day or two: AIMTC
New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) Truck drivers, who went on strike to protest against the new stringent law on hit-and-run cases, have started coming back to work and normalcy will return in a day or two, truckers’ body All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) said on Wednesday. AIMTC on Tuesday appealed to protesting truck drivers […]
Missing teenage girl’s body recovered in frozen form in Ladakh
Zanaskar/Jammu, Jan 3 (PTI) The body of a missing teenage girl was on Wednesday recovered in frozen form in Ladakh’s Zanaskar area of Kargil district, police said. The 18-year-old girl named Stanzin Dolkar went missing in Zanaskar area on November 26 last year following which the police registered a case of missing on the complaint […]
Local body polls in Ladakh after delimitation exercise: Lt Governor Mishra
Leh, Jan 3 (PTI) Ladakh Lieutenant Governor B D Mishra on Wednesday said elections to urban local bodies and panchayats in the Union territory would be held after the completion of delimitation of wards. Ladakh has two municipalities — Leh and Kargil — having 13 wards each, and 193 panchayats — 98 in Kargil and […]
North Western Railway takes additional steps for trains safe operation in dense fog
Jaipur, Jan 3 (PTI) The North Western Railway has taken additional steps for the safe operation of trains in dense fog, officials said on Wednesday. Many states of north India, including Rajasthan, are in the grip of dense fog these days and it also affects the rail traffic, said a spokesperson of the North Western […]
Active Covid cases in country recorded at 4,440
New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) Five new Covid fatalities have been recorded in the country and 602 fresh cases of the virus, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of active cases of the infection has been recorded at 4,440. While two new fatalities have been recorded from Kerala, one each has been reported […]
Cop among two arrested in terror-funding case in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 3 (PTI) The Special Investigation Agency (SIA) has arrested two more persons, including a policeman, for allegedly being part of a cross-border narcotic syndicate involved in terror funding here, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest of Selection grade constable Saif-ud-din of Jammu and former sarpanch Farooq Ahmad Jungal of Uri in north Kashmir’s […]
No let up in severe cold conditions in Kashmir; moderate fog hits life in Jammu
Srinagar, Jan 3: There was no let up in severe cold wave conditions in Kashmir Valley with Pahalgam recording a low of minus 6.6°C on Wednesday. Also moderate fog reduced visibility and brought difficulties to commuters in plains of Jammu, a meteorological department official here said. He said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus […]
India’s manufacturing sector growth falls to 18-month low in Dec on softer rise in orders, output
New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) India’s manufacturing sector growth fell to an 18-month low in December amid softer increase in factory orders and output, despite minimal inflation, a monthly survey said on Wednesday. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI survey, conducted by S&P Global, showed that there were softer, albeit sharp, increase in factory orders and […]
