140 CISF personnel contingent deployed for Parliament security
New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) A contingent of 140 CISF personnel has been deployed at the Parliament complex as part of the new measure to frisk the visitors and their baggage from the Budget Session that commences from January 31, official sources said. The Union Home Ministry has sanctioned the strength after a comprehensive security […]
No let up in cold wave in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI) The ongoing cold wave sweeping Haryana and Punjab showed no signs of abating, with minimum temperatures hovering below normal at many places on Tuesday. Karnal, with a bone-chilling minimum temperature of 2.8 degrees Celsius, was the coldest place in Haryana, the Met department said. Among other places in the state, Fatehabad reeled […]
Jal Shakti Department employee found dead at Rajouri
Srinagar, Jan 23: A Jal Shakti Department employee was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Darhal in Rajouri district, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the employee Nissar Ahmad had gone to check the water supply yesterday afternoon, but didn’t return ever since. “After looking for him, the family failed to find any trace […]
Srinagar records minus 5.0°C during night as cold conditions continue
Srinagar, Jan 23: The minimum temperature continued to be below freezing point even as weatherman has forecast possibility of wet spell from January 25 to February 1. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.0°C against minus 5.3°C on previous night and it was 2.7°C below normal for the […]
7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles part of western China, injuring 6 people and collapsing 47 homes
Beijing, Jan 23 (AP) A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early on Tuesday, injuring six people and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather, authorities said. The quake was the latest in a series of seismic events and natural disasters to hit the […]
Govt orders transfer of 33 police officers in JK
Srinagar, Jan 22: The government on Monday ordered major reshuffle in police by ordering transfer and positing of 33 officers with immediate effect. According to a government order, Shivam Siddharth, IPS, awaiting adjustment has been posted as Superintendent of Police, North Jammu, vice Kuldeep Chand Handa. Ranjit Singh, Superintendent of Police, awaiting adjustment has been […]
Gulmarg Awaits Sporting Brilliance: Countdown begins for Khelo India Edition-4
BARAMULLA, JAN 22: In preparation of the 4th edition of Khelo India National Winter Games at Gulmarg, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Minga Sherpa today convened a meeting of concerned officers at Golf Club Gulmarg to take stock of various arrangements put in place for holding the games. During the meeting, the DC conducted a […]
Ram Lalla consecrated at Ayodhya temple; ‘extraordinary moment’ says PM Modi
AYODHYA, Jan 22 (PTI): The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on Monday, an event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and watched by lakhs of people on television at their homes and in temples across the country. Army helicopters showered flower petals on the newly constructed Janmabhoomi temple as the […]
Wildlife officials capture Leopard in Hajin Bandipora
Bandipora, Jan 22: Hours after injuring a youth, a Wildlife Department team in Bandipora on Monday successfully captured a leopard in Hajin area. “In a swift response to the attack, a Wildlife Department team, led by Range Officer Fida ur Rehman, successfully captured the leopard”, an official said. Earlier a youth identified as Umar Zahoor […]
Wild boar attacks and injures six people in south Kashmir’s Kulgam
Srinagar, Jan 22: At least six people were injured after being attacked by a wild boar in the main town of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. An official at DH Kulgam said that the wild boar appeared in the market and injured six people. “The hospital has so far received six injured people who […]