SRINAGAR — Fifty eight incidents of forest fire were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last fortnight. According to details, 50 fire incidents were reported in Jammu alone while the rest eight in Kashmir. Experts believe the main reason can be the ongoing dry weather conditions. J&K Chief Wildlife Warden Suresh Kumar Gupta said […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir recorded eight new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a day after there was zero number of infections and deaths related to it, officials said on Tuesday. They said that while five cases were reported from Srinagar and two from Baramulla, Jammu district registered one case after a week. […]
GANDERBAL — Union Secretary, Information and Broadcasting (I&B), Apurva Chandra, on Tuesday visited far flung areas of Kangan Sub Division to assess outreach of DD Free Dish in the area. During the visit, Union Secretary was accompanied by Joint Secretary, Union Ministry I&B, Vikram Sahay, Principal Director General News, All India Radio, N V Reddy, […]
SRINAGAR — With India reporting two cases of new XE variant, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said it is unlikely to cause a new wave of Covid-19. “The new variant is not a cause of concern for us and there is no need to worry about it,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that she has been put under house arrest ahead of her scheduled visit to the family of the Kashmiri pandit who was attacked in Shopian. The former chief minister also said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government is ‘wilfully’ spreading fake propaganda about Kashmiri […]
ANANTNAG — Anantnag police on Tuesday said it recovered arms and ammunition from a vehicle in Dooru area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir last night. According to statement by Anantnag police, “the driver of a vehicle fled from the spot upon seeing the police naka near Mehmoodabad Bridge in Dooru”. “A bag with arms […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear in J&K and Ladakh on Tuesday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast light to moderate rain in the two union territories during the next 24 hours. “A feeble Western Disturbance is most likely to cause Light to Moderate Rain/Snow(over higher reaches) during 12th (Night) -14th at many places of […]
NEW DELHI — India recorded 796 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,36,928, while the active cases dipped to 10,889, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,710 with 19 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]
Waris Shah SRINAGAR — A massive conflagration which broke out on intervening Monday and Tuesday night dealt substantial damage to at least three complexes, which included a shopping-cum-residential complex, besides to a Pandit Ashram in Sherbagh area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports reaching GNS said that a fire broke in Sherbagh area at around […]
SAMBA — A woman has been arrested for beating her toddler mercilessly here today. As per police sources, a video went viral on social media in which a woman was seen beating her toddler mercilessly. On seeing the video, police team immediately swung into action and arrested the lady, who was identified as Preeti Sharma, […]