Srinagar sizzles at 34.6 degrees as heat wave grips Kashmir Valley
Five other places in Kashmir record season’s hottest day Srinagar: Heat wave gripped Kashmir Valley on Tuesday with most of the places recording the hottest day of the season while the weatherman forecasted flash floods amidst the possibility of light to moderate rainfall from July 4 to July 7. The maximum temperature recorded a further […]
Modi hurls ‘balak buddhi’ barb at Rahul, asserts mandate for stability, continuity
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mounted a stinging counterattack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi as he mocked him as ‘balak buddhi’ (childish mind), accused him of linking Hindus with violence and making false claims in Lok Sabha, and sought stringent action against him to protect parliamentary democracy. Replying to a nearly […]
116 killed in stampede in UP’s Hathras, most victims women
Hathras (UP): A stampede at a religious congregation here killed 116 people on Tuesday as devotees suffocated to their deaths and bodies piled atop each other in the worst such tragedy in recent years. The stampede took place as people headed home after a ‘satsang’ in the district’s Phulrai village, conducted by a preacher known […]
CS reviews status of power sector reforms taken across JK
PDD realises highest ever revenue for April-June quarter SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Tuesday had a thorough review of reforms undertaken by the Power Development Department (PDD) across the Union Territory to bring added efficiency in the power scenario besides reducing the AT&C losses considerably. Principal Secretary, PDD, MD, JPDCL/KPDCL, DG, Resources, Chief Engineer, JPDCL/KPDCL, […]
Lt Guv chairs high level meeting, reviews Muharram arrangements
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review arrangements for Muharram, Tuesday at Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; RR Swain, DGP; Vijay Kumar, ADGP, Law & Order; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Administrative Secretaries, Deputy Commissioners, […]
NEET-UG row: SC to hear batch of pleas on July 8
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 8 a batch of pleas related to the controversy-ridden NEET-UG, including those alleging irregularities in the examination held on May 5 and seeking a direction that it be held afresh. According to the cause list for July 8 uploaded on the apex court’s website, […]
ACB registers case against govt officials for misappropriation of passenger tax
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered a case against officials of the Motor Vehicle Department in the Regional Transport Office (RTO) here for alleged embezzlement of passenger tax worth lakhs of rupees from 2018 to 2023. The case under relevant sections of law, including the Prevention of Corruption Act, was […]
Over 22,000 pilgrims visit Amarnath cave shrine
Srinagar: More than 22,000 pilgrims paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas on Tuesday, officials here said. With this, the total number of pilgrims who have visited the shrine in the first four days of the annual Amarnath Yatra has crossed 74,000. “As many as 22,715 pilgrims had […]
Terror associate arrested in Baramulla
Srinagar: A terrorist associate linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its offshoot group The Resistance Front (TRF) has been arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Tuesday. A pistol, a magazine, eight rounds and three hand grenades were found in his possession, they said. The man was identified as Shakir Ahmad Lone […]
Two rusted IEDs seized in Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu: Two improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), each weighing 15 kgs and eight kgs, were recovered by the security forces in a village in Mankote sector of Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. The rusted IEDs were recovered by a joint party of the army and police at a secluded place during search operations in Sangar […]
