Two killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Budgam
Budgam: Two persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in GogjiPathri area of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday afternoon. An official said that an accident took place at Gogjipathri when driver lost control over his car, resulting in the […]
Two bodies found under mysterious circumstances in Arnia Jammu
Jammu: Two bodies were recovered under suspicious circumstances in Arnia border belt of Jammu district on Friday, sources said. One injured person was found lying next to them. Some people heard gunshots and rushed to the spot near Kothe Chak village in Arnia-Salaihad belt and saw two bodies in a pool of blood and another […]
Govt likely to roll out witness protection scheme
‘Move aimed to protect persons who provide assistance to law enforcement agencies’
Srinagar: In a significant development, the administration is likely to roll out a scheme for safeguarding vulnerable witnesses based on threat perception, sources disclosed Friday. They said that the government is likely to come up with a witness protection scheme to facilitate the protection of persons who are involved directly and indirectly in providing assistance […]
Fresh enrollment in Govt schools: SED to go for door to door campaigning to get more students
Srinagar: The School Education Department has asked the teachers and Head of the Institutions (HoIs) of Kashmir division to conduct the door to door campaigning to facilitate optimum fresh enrollment in government schools for session 2021-22. The personal officer of Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in a communiqué said that in order to facilitate […]
Cancellation of ‘Darbar Move’: Govt modifies previous order, employees provided accommodation
Srinagar: Four months after cancelling 149-year-old biannual tradition of shifting capitals between Srinagar and Jammu, the J&K government on Friday modified General Administration Department (GAD) order and restored the accommodation for its employees at Jammu. Pertinently, in June this year, the administration had cancelled residential accommodations of government officials as part of ending the age-old […]
287 suicide cases reported during 2020 in JK: NCRB
Srinagar: At least 287 suicide cases were reported from Jammu and Kashmir during 2020, data provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCBR) revealed. As per the data, Jammu and Kashmir reported 287 suicide cases, including 157 males and 130 females, with a projected mid-year population of 133.4 Lakh. In the Srinagar district, 200 percent increase […]
COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90 percent: Pfizer
Washington: Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the U.S. market. Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or […]
Changing world, modes of war: India must enhance its military capabilities, says PM Modi
Nowshera (JK): Asserting that modern border infrastructure will enhance the country’s military capabilities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that in a departure from earlier times, connectivity has been established in border and coastal areas, from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh and from Jaisalmer to Andaman Nicobar islands. Addressing soldiers on the occasion of Diwali […]
Sweetening effect: India, Pakistan armies exchange sweets along LoC
BSF, Pak Rangers exchange sweets, Diwali wishes on border
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged sweets along the Line of control in Kashmir as a gesture for promoting peace and harmony on the occasion of Diwali, a defence spokesperson said here. Meanwhile, BSF and Pak Rangers exchange sweets, Diwali wishes on border in Gujrat and Rajasthan, officials said. “On the […]
Army concludes airborne insertion exercise in eastern Ladakh
New Delhi: The Indian Army’s Shatrujeet brigade on Wednesday concluded its three-day-long airborne insertion exercise along the northern borders in eastern Ladakh conducted to validate its rapid response capabilities, sources said. Indian and Chinese militaries have been engaged in a border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 2020 when a violent clash in the Pangong […]
