KATHUA — Two persons hailing from Uttar Pradesh died while seven others were injured in a road accident that took place at Logate Morh in Kathua district on Thursday afternoon. Officials told that a vehicle hit highway divider at Logate Morh, resulting in injuries to nine passengers. The official said that among the nine passengers, […]
BUDGAM — A 56-year-old man who was working as a sweeper at Tehsil office Beerwah was found dead in Nallah Sukhnag at Beerwah in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. An official told that today morning a group of people found the body and accordingly informed the police. He said that the body was later […]
ANANTNAG — A carpenter died after he fell off a rooftop of a residential house in Kanelwan locality of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday afternoon. An official told that the carpenter identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ramzan Bhat, resident of Magraypora Kanelwan fell from the rooftop of a residential […]
BUDGAM — A 32-year-old lady allegedly attempted to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze at her home in Hafroo area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Sources told that the a lady (name withheld) from Punjab and married to one at Hufroo tried to end her life after sprinkling some inflammable liquid […]
SRINAGAR — Media personnel boycotted a press conference of a Sikh body after some Sikh leaders tried to manhandle them before the start of the presser here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Leaders of Sikh Community were scheduled to hold a press conference at Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga Sahib, Baghat Barzulla at 11 AM today. The organizers […]
NEW DELHI — Prices of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were on Thursday hiked by oil marketing companies. The price of domestic LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs 25.50 per cylinder with effect from today and domestic cylinders weighing 14.2 kg will now cost Rs 834.50 in Delhi, sources told ANI. “The price of 19 […]
GANDERBAL — A 75-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. An official told that the woman was rushed to SMHS hospital for treatment, where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and have started investigation […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that Pakistan would not restore diplomatic ties with India until New Delhi revokes its decision of scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union […]
NEW DELHI — An expert panel of the country’s central drug authority on Wednesday recommended against granting permission to the Serum Institute of India (SII) to conduct the phase 2/3 trial of Covid-19 vaccine Covovax on children aged two to 17 years, News agency PTI reported. The SII had applied to the Drugs Controller General […]
NEW DELHI — Abhimanyu Mishra on Wednesday became the youngest chess grandmaster in history. The 12-year-old player from New Jersey scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier. “On Wednesday, Mishra won the biggest game of his short but sweet career so far. He defeated the 15-year-old […]