RS adjourned twice during pre-lunch period; chairman takes umbrage at mimicry by MP outside house
New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice during the pre-lunch period on Tuesday after opposition members continued to create uproar in the house while raising the issue of Parliament security breach. The chairman raised the issue of mimicry of the speaker and the chairman by an MP and the videography of […]
Anti-corruption court sentences former official to 3-year imprisonment
Srinagar, Dec 19: A former SO Panning, DC Office Jammu has been convicted in Disproportionate case and was sentenced to three years imprisonment. A spokesman of the Special Judge Anti Corruption Court of Tahir Khurshid Raina, in a disproportionate assets case, has awarded three years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the convict public servant Nasir […]
FIRs lodged against those providing shelter to Rohingyas in Jammu
Jammu, Dec 19 (PTI) Seven FIRs have been lodged at different police stations here against persons allegedly involved in providing shelter and government benefits to Rohingyas, police said on Tuesday. The FIRs were lodged at police stations Satwari, Trikuta Nagar, Bagh-e-Bahu, Channi Himmat, Nowabad, Domana and Nagrota following searches at different locations in Jammu district, […]
Markets give up early gains; trade lower
MUMBAI, Dec 19 (PTI): Benchmark equity indices climbed in early trade on Tuesday but later gave up all the early gains and were trading lower in line with weak Asian market cues. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 254.11 points to 71,569.20 in early trade. The Nifty went up by 61.35 points to 21,480. However, later […]
Pahalgam records coldest night of season at minus 6.9 degree Celsius
Srinagar, Dec 19: Several areas of South Kashmir on Tuesday recorded the season’s coldest night as the mercury plummeted across the region. After improvement in night temperature due to snowfall, the sub-zero temperature has once again been recorded at all the stations here. Qazigund and Pahalgam in South Kashmir recorded the coldest night of season […]
Midnight earthquake kills 111 in China
BEIJING/JISHISHAN, Dec 19 (PTI) : At least 111 people were killed when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck an ethnic county in northwest China’s Gansu and neighbouring Qinghai province on midnight Monday, the local earthquake relief headquarters said. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the shallow quake jolted the region at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, with […]
Mehar tunnel excavation along Jammu-Srinagar highway suspended after bulges appear on sidewalls
Ramban/Jammu, Dec 18 (PTI) The excavation work for the Mehar tunnel along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been suspended due to the development of “pressure and bulges” on its sidewalls, officials said on Monday. The construction of the 780-metre C-type tunnel started over one-and-a-half years ago to bypass the slide-prone Mehar-Cafeteria stretch in Jammu […]
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Ladakh, tremors felt across JK
Srinagar, Dec 18: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit Ladakh region, while tremors were felt across Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said here. An official of Meteorological department said that the earthquake occurred at 03:48 PM and its origin was in Kargil. He said that the tremors were felt across Jammu and Kashmir, however, […]
I-T dept seized Rs 5,095 cr assets in four years till FY23, Parl told
NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (PTI): The Income Tax department has seized assets worth Rs 5,095.45 crore through search and seizures actions on 2,980 groups in four years till 2022-23, Parliament was informed on Monday. As per details of the search and seizure actions, including those mounted on business establishments, shared in the Lok Sabha by […]
Mughal road reopens after snow clearance, improved weather conditions
Poonch, Dec 18: Mughal Road, connecting Kashmir Valley’s Shopian district with twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, reopened after remaining closed due to fresh snowfall, officials said on Monday. They said that there was fresh snowfall at several places along the road including ‘Pir Ki Gali’, led to the closure of the thoroughfare on December […]
