SRINAGAR — An 85-year-old man, who was injured in a road accident in Qamarwari area of Srinagar, sccumbed at SMHS Hospital, officials said Tuesday. The 85-year-old man identified as Ghulam Ahmad Naath, resident of Patlipora, Chattabal area of Srinagar was injured in a road accident in Qamarwari area of Srinagar few days ago. He was […]
BENGALURU — The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear Hijab inside the classroom. The prescription of school uniform is only a reasonable restriction, constitutionally permissible which the students cannot object to, a three-judge bench of […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K Centre of India Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast partly cloudy and dry weather in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Srinagar recorded 10.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 5.2 degrees and Gulmarg 2.0 degrees as the minimum temperature this morning. In the Ladakh region, Drass town registered minus 5.3 […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 2,568 new cases in a span of 24 hours, which is a slight increase from 2,503 reported on the previous day, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its latest update Tuesday morning. In the same period, 97 deaths were reported, taking the total number of deaths to […]
BENGALURU — The Karnataka High Court is scheduled to pronounce the judgment on the hijab row on Monday. The special bench constituted to look into the issue will read out the verdict at about 10.30 a.m. As a precautionary measure, security has been beefed up across the state. Holiday has been declared in the districts […]
GUREZ — Days after reopening, the administration on Tuesday has decided to close Bandipora—Gurez road till futher orders in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “Traffic movement on Bandipora Gurez road shall remain suspended on 15-03-2022 till further orders,” Officials said. However, it was not immediately known why the instructions were passed by the authorities. On last […]
PULWAMA — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chersoo village of Awantipora in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Chersoo village following the inputs about presence of militants in the […]
PULWAMA — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested an active militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Pulwama district and recovered arms and ammunition from his procession. Police in a statement said, “during surprise naka checking by Police along with 55RR, 182/183Bn CRPF, movement of a suspicious person was noticed, who was apprehended tactfully by the […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha has condoled the loss of life in a fire incident in Jammu on Monday. LG took to twitter and announced the ex-gracia for the families of deceased who lost their lives in a fire due to LPG Cylinder blast at a scrap shop in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Monday reported only 12 fresh cases pushing the number of active cases to 217 while no death was reported in the last 24 hours in the UT. With no more death, the death toll in J&K stands at 4,750 and 12 fresh positive cases reported on Monday have pushed the […]