Poonch ambush: Search operations to track down terrorists enters 6th day
Poonch/Jammu: Battling difficult terrains and dense forests, security forces continued to carry out cordon and search operations for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday to track down the terrorists behind the ambush that left four soldiers dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch last week, officials said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to visit ground […]
Security situation reviewed in Kishtwar
Jammu: Authorities in Kishtwar on Tuesday reviewed the prevailing security situation in the hilly district, a police spokesperson said. Kishtwar Senior Superintendent of Police Khalil Poswal convened the Subsidiary Multi-Agency Centre (SMAC) meeting at the police headquarters. Representatives of the Army, central armed police force, and intelligence agencies working in the district were among others […]
Two separate earthquakes hit Ladakh, J-K’s Kishtwar
Jammu: Two earthquakes of mild intensity struck Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of any damage due to the tremors, they said. The epicentre of the two quakes were in Ladakh’s Leh district and Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, they added. According to the National Centre of […]
Stone pelting thing of past, infrastructure projects will change face of JK: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Stone pelting incidents in Jammu and Kashmir are a “thing of the past”, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Tuesday and asserted that various infrastructure projects will change the face of the Union Territory. Addressing around 250 school children from all districts of Jammu and Kashmir, who are on a visit to the national […]
Arsenic, fluoride in groundwater: NGT issues notices to 24 states, four UTs including JK
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to 24 states and four Union Territories in a matter regarding the presence of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater. The green panel observed that the presence of these metals or chemicals are “very serious” and requires “urgent preventive and protective steps”. The panel was hearing a […]
PM Modi restoring the past glory of India: Lt Guv
Attends Divya Adhyatmik Mahotsav at Haridwar HARIDWAR/ JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is restoring the past glory of India and building a prosperous and modern nation. The Lt Governor was speaking at a function to mark Juna Akhara Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri’s 25 years as Acharya Mahamandaleshwar […]
Kashmir continues to see dip in night temperatures, dense for in morning
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures continued to dip at night in most parts of Kashmir even as dense fog disrupted early morning life for the second consecutive day in the Valley on Tuesday, officials said here. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 3.0 degrees Celsius on Monday night, a slight […]
Pilgrim count at Vaishno Devi shrine highest in a decade
Jammu: The cave shrine of Vaishno Devi has been visited by more than 93.50 lakh pilgrims so far this year the highest footfall in a decade. According to the shrine officials, a total of 93.50 lakh people had visited the temple in Trikuta hills in Jammu’s Reasi district by Monday, surpassing the 2013 figure of […]
PM Modi’s YouTube channel subscribers number cross 2 Cr
Number exceeds far ahead of other global leaders New Delhi: The number of subscribers on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal YouTube channel crossed two crore on Tuesday, with the Indian leader becoming the only world leader to have this distinction and leading his contemporaries by a long distance. Officials noted that the videos posted on […]
Cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 rises to 69 in India: Sources
Cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 rises to 69 in India: Sources Press Trust of India New Delhi: With six more cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1, the number of infections of the new variant reported in the country have risen to 69, official sources said on Tuesday. Most of these patients are currently in home isolation […]
