KUPWARA — A 2-year-old boy died after falling into a pit in Batergam in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a child namely Sabzar Ahmad Shiekh son of Fayaz Ahmad Shiekh, a resident of Shiekh Mohalla Batergam fell into a pit whereupon he was rescued by locals and taken to […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today met MBBS students of the UT who have returned from Ukraine, at Raj Bhavan. The group of students accompanied by Sh Arvind Gupta, Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir BJP expressed gratitude for the efforts made by the government for their evacuation from the war hit country. Through a memorandum, […]
SRINAGAR — An officer of the Public Works Department was found dead in his residential house in Ramban district of Jammu division on Monday morning, official sources said. They said that an AE of PWD identified as Jamsheed Ahmad Khan son of Ghulam Mohammad Khan, a resident of Hardbare Kaskoot was found dead in his […]
NEW DELHI — The situation along the Line of Control remains stable after the armies of India and Pakistan agreed to observe a ceasefire in February last year, the defence ministry said on Monday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, said the Army has been keeping a […]
BHUJ (GUJARAT) — A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped after being forced to consume country-made liquor on the outskirts of Bhuj town in Gujarat’s Kutch district, police said on Sunday. Four persons have been arrested in connection with the crime, which took place on a farm at the foot of a hill in […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that in the past many decades no serious effort was made to prevent power losses with the result the UT continues to face huge Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses to the tune of Rs 3400 Crore a year. He also announced that Jammu areas […]
BEIJING — A Chinese airliner with 133 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, state media has reported. Broadcaster CCTV said the accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 and occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. Media said the crash sparked a mountainside fire. It said […]
SRINAGAR — Suchetgarh, the last village along Line of Control (LoC) in Ranbir Singh Pura in Jammu division is surrounded by nearly 10 border villages. Barely 28 kms from Jammu, the Winter Capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Suchetgarh can be developed on the lines of Wagah Border in Amritsar in Punjab that will give boost […]
KUPWARA — Four persons were injured while as at least eight persons including four females were rescued on Monday after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an avalanche in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Officials said that four among the eight persons have also sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital. A […]
KOLKATA — Telcos have warned that consumers may see a sharp slowdown in the availability of latest 5G mobile phones with the government calling for mandatory local testing and certification of such devices from January 1, 2023, before they are sold in the country. Telecom operators have also cautioned that any move to test and […]