Azad to launch own party, set up JK unit within fortnight: Saroori

Jammu: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is all set to launch his own party and its first unit would come up in Jammu and Kashmir within a fortnight, his close confidant G M Saroori said on Saturday. Saroori asserted that the restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 position of Jammu and Kashmir will be […]

MeT forecasts light rain in J&K

Mercury drops below normal in Gulmarg, Pahalgam

Srinagar: The weatherman on Saturday forecast isolated to scattered light rain and thunder in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours A meteorological department here said widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorm was expected on Sunday. In the last 24 hours till 0830 a.m. today, the official said that Srinagar received 1.2mm rain, Qazigund […]

Justice U U Lalit sworn in as 49th CJI

New Delhi: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI). President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to Justice Lalit, who is the second CJI to be directly elevated to the apex court from the Bar, during a brief ceremony […]

Two earthquakes hit JK, total 13 tremors in five days

Jammu: Two mild earthquakes struck Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The tremors of magnitude 2.9 and 3.4 were reported within a span of over four-and-a-half hours in the morning, they said. With this, a total of 13 earthquakes having mild intensity had hit Doda, Kishtwar, Katra (Reasi) and Udhampur districts […]

Missing Hungarian trekker rescued in 30-hour operation by Army

Jammu: A 38-year-old Hungarian trekker was rescued in a joint search operation by the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) from the snow-bound upper ranges of Machhail in Kishtwar district, a defence spokesman said on Saturday. The solo traveller, Akkoes Vermes from Budapest, had lost his way in Umasila Pass in Himalayan ranges while […]

Uri infiltration bid – Terrorists carried M-16 rifle: Army

Srinagar: Security forces have recovered a Chinese-made M-16 assault rifle from the three terrorists killed Thursday during an anti-infiltration operation along the Line of Control in Uri, with the Army describing the recovery as “unusual”. The army said two AK series weapons, one Chinese M-16 weapon and ammunition were recovered from the Pakistani terrorists killed […]

‘New generation surveillance equipment used to foil infiltration bid’

Srinagar: New generation surveillance equipment, including aerial and ground-based sensors, and weapons were used to track and neutralise three terrorists during an anti-infiltration operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri sector on Thursday, the Army has said. Talking to reporters in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, General Officer Commanding of the Army’s 19 […]

India to grow at 7.4% in FY23: FM

Says growth to continue at same level next year as well

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Indian economy will grow at 7.4 per cent in this fiscal and continue at the same level in the next fiscal as well. “… estimates have also shown based on the developments, that we are definitely at that range… 7.4 (per cent) and that level […]