India will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024: Govt
New Delhi: The nation will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024 and a new nuclear project, the first in northern India, will come up 150 kms away from Delhi in Gorakhpur of Haryana, the government informed the Rajya Sabha. Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said, “By 2024 you will […]
12 days Pushkar Mela concludes in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Thousands of devotees mostly from south India celebrated the “Pushkar Sanan” festival in Shadipora area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district that concluded on Thursday. Sindhu Pushkar Mela celebrated by Hindus at Prayagraj Mandir Narayanbagh Shadipora Ganderbal started on 21 November 2021. During the festival thousands of devotees took a dip in Sindh River. An […]
Two Omicron cases detected in India
One is South African, second a local doctor with no travel history
Bengaluru: Out of two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus that have been detected in the State, one is a South African national who has left the country after testing negative, while the other is a local person, a Doctor with no travel history, the Karnataka government said on Thursday. Five contacts of […]
Militancy incidents declined post abrogation of Art 370: Govt

New Delhi: The number of militant incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during a period of 841 days after Article 370 was revoked dipped to 496 from the 843 cases reported in a same span of time prior to the abrogation, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai […]
Bring bill to restore JK’s statehood: Azad to Centre
Says 'jobs and land' should also be safeguarded
Jammu: Apprehending loss of “jobs and land” to non-locals till the Supreme Court rules in a petition challenging the abrogation of Article 370, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday asked the government to bring a bill in Parliament and restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. Without naming National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah who recently […]
Migration of KP families’ part of ‘movement of officials’: Govt
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said the recent migration of 115 Kashmiri Pandit families, mostly women and children, from Kashmir to Jammu was a “part of movement of officials” and due to winter vacations in educational institutions. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai was responding in the Rajya Sabha to a question […]
Pulwama encounter: JeM’s IED expert, foreign militant killed

Srinagar: The Army secured a major breakthrough on Wednesday when it killed Yasir Parray, an IED expert of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, and a foreign militant in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. The nerve-wracking operation began at Parray’s home village, Qasabyar, at 11 pm on Tuesday after the Army received an input from […]
Militants fire at traffic cop in old city
Srinagar: A traffic police personnel was injured after militants fired upon him in Rajouri Kadal area of old city in Srinagar on Wednesday. A police official said that unknown persons suspected to be militants carried out the attack, leaving a cop injured. Identified as Mohammad Abdullah, the official said, the cop has been rushed to […]
Srinagar records coldest night of season
Srinagar: The minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across Kashmir, with several weather stations in the valley including Srinagar city recording the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, […]
JK reports 234 new covid-19 cases, one death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 234 fresh covid-19 cases, 89 of them travelers, while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. Among the fresh cases, 116 were reported from Jammu Division and 118 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 337086. There was one death, from Kashmir Valley, […]