IED found in Baramulla
Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday detected an Improvised explosive device in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A joint patrolling party of security forces detected the IED concealed in a sand bag near a bus stop at Chatloora in Dangiwacha area of the district, a police official said. The IED was apparently planted […]
Lt Guv takes strong note of the non-maintenance of PMGSY roads
Directs for improving Public Utility services
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has taken a strong note of the non-maintenance of PMGSY roads. Lt Governor said during his visits to various Districts across the UT that a large number of public delegations projected the issue of non-maintenance of PMGSY roads and this issue needs to be resolved to benefit the public at […]
Covid-19: 17 more deaths, 1617 positive cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported seventeen more covid-19 related deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 835. Meanwhile, 1617 positive cases were also reported taking the total number of cases to 47,542. Among the victims, officials said nine were residents of Jammu and eight were from Kashmir Valley. Among those who […]
India reports 89,706 fresh cases, 1115 fatalities
New Delhi: With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally went past 43 lakh, while 33,98,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Wednesday, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 43,70,128, while […]
Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality: ICMR
New Delhi: Use of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus-infected patients does not help in reducing mortality or progression to severe COVID-19, a multi-centric study funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found. The ‘open-label parallel-arm phase II multicentre randomized controlled trial’ (PLACID Trial) was conducted across 39 public and private hospitals across […]
Grenade blast leaves two CRPF men injured
Anantnag: Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were injured after militants’ lobbed grenade in Lal Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday evening, officials said. A senior police official said that militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party of 40 battalion CRPF in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag, resulting in injuries to […]
Setting up AIIMS will boost health care sector in JK: Lt Guv
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Wednesday visited AIIMS site at Vijaypur and inspected the pace of the on-going construction work on the prestigious project. He directed the executing agencies to stick to the timelines to ensure the completion of work within stipulated time-frame. The Lt Governor observed that the UT Government is aiming to make […]
Lt Guv visits forward areas along IB in Samba
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday visited forward areas along the International Border (IB) in Samba district and reviewed the security setup, officials said. Flanked by Border Security Force Inspector General (IG) N S Jamwal and other civilian officials, the LG visited BSF border outpost (BoP) Bobiya along the IB, they said. Jamwal briefed […]
Poonch reports heavy gunfire along LoC
Jammu: Pakistan army violated ceasefire on Wednesday by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas in Poonch district, officials said. “At about 1730 hours today, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms & intense shelling with mortars along LoC in Degwar and Malti sector,” a Defence spokesman said. […]
Unclaimed suitcase creates bomb scare
Jammu: An unclaimed suitcase on the roadside in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir created a bomb scare on Wednesday, prompting the Army to rush in a special squad to examine the object, police said. However, no explosive was detected in the suitcase, which, it was later found, belonged to a soldier and contained his […]
