Army search operation in Uri enters third day

CASO launched in Budgam village

Srinagar: A combing operation launched by the Army after it detected suspicious movement in Uri along the Line of Control in north Kashmir entered the third day on Tuesday, officials said. Meanwhile, a massive search operation was also started in Budgam village. All telecommunication facilities including internet in the border town remained suspended. The combing […]

JK reports 145 new covid-19 cases, two deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 145 new covid-19 cases while two persons succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. They said 24 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division while as 121 were reported from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 328214. There were two deaths, both from […]

Two-day visit of Union MoS Finance to Ganderbal concludes

GANDERBAL: The two-day visit of Union Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad to Ganderbal concluded Tuesday. On day two, the minister interacted with various representatives of political parties (local and national), distributed commercial vehicles, wheel chairs among children with special needs, cheques, sports kits, Golden Cards, and pension passbooks among the beneficiaries […]

Union MoS Finance visits J&K Bank Headquarter

Meets industry representatives

SRINAGAR: Union Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad visited J&K Bank headquarter and interacted with Bank’s CMD R K Chhibber along with the senior management. Acknowledging the Bank’s vital role in the overall economic development of J&K, Dr. Bhagwat expressed satisfaction over the Bank’s recent performance and overall functioning. Speaking on the […]

Union Minister lays foundation stone for 50 Bed Hospital at Pahalgam

ANANTNAG: As part of the Union Government’s ongoing public outreach programme, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar laid the foundation stone for a 50 bedded hospital at Pahalgam on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bharati said that government is committed to provide better infrastructure and healthcare facilities […]

Two govt school teachers among nine held for attacking police party

Jammu: Nine people, including two government school teachers, were arrested on Tuesday in Reasi district in connection with an alleged attack on a police party which had arrested a criminal wanted in a rape case, police said. The accused were all close associates of the arrested criminal and one of them was also accused in […]

Two pilots killed after Army helicopter crash lands

Jammu: Two pilots were killed when an Army helicopter crash-landed in a dense forest near Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. “Today, during a training sortie in Patnitop area, Indian Army’s Cheetah helicopter crash-landed in Shiv Garh Dhar area in the district,” a Jammu-based defence spokesman said. He said that […]

Major incident averted as IED detected in Sgr

Srinagar: Security forces averted a major incident with the timely detection of an improvised explosive device in high security Gogo area of Budgam district in central Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The area is close to several sensitive defence and civilian installations, including Srinagar airport, Technical airport, headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry of […]

COVID-19: Active cases lowest in 184 days across India

New Delhi: India added 26,115 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally to 3,35,04,534, while the active cases declined to 3,09,575, the lowest in 184 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,45,385 with 252 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 […]