SRINAGAR — Sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at least a dozen places in parts of Kashmir division on Wednesday morning in connection with a case already registered at NIA office. Official sources said that sleuths of NIA accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided the residence of Aijaz Ahmad […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was injured in a head-on collision between a private car and an armoured vehicle of the paramilitary SSB near Bemina area of Srinagar on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that the accident took place between I10 car and with SSB’s armoured vehicle, leading to injuries to Sabia Yasmeen wife of Imtiyaz […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained partly cloudy in J&K and Ladakh on Wednesday as the Meteorological Department (MeT) forecast partly cloudy weather with light rain and snow at isolated places during the next 24 hours. An official of the MeT department said weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with chances of light rain and snow […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 30,615 new coronavirus infections, taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,27,23,558, while the active cases dipped to 3,70,240, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,09,872 with 514 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily COVID-19 […]
SRINAGAR — The recently constituted State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted overnight raids at ten different locations in various districts of south and central Kashmir and arrested 10 persons. SIA in a statement said, “These raids were primarily focused on the network of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM). Ten identified persons who were part of OGW modules and taking […]
JAMMU — The Northern Railways has achieved a line and level breakthrough of the longest 12.758 km tunnel between Sumber and Arpinchala station on the Katra-Banihal section under the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, an official said on Tuesday. The breakthrough was achieved on the T-49 tunnel, which is going to be the longest tunnel […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the groundbreaking ceremony of the launch of industrial investments worth 20,000 to 25,000 crore rupees here next month, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. He sought cooperation of the people to the efforts of his administration to usher a new dawn of […]
SRINAGAR — An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred at around 5:43 am. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.2, Occurred on 16-02-2022, 05:43:26 IST, Lat: 33.90 & Long: 75.23, Depth: 16 Km ,Location: 15km […]
MUMBAI — Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, has died following multiple health issues, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday. He was 69. Lahiri died on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. “Lahiri had been admitted to the hospital for a month and was […]
JAMMU — Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Tuesday sanctioned Rs 2.04 crore as Special Welfare Relief for NOKs of slain, deceased Police personnel and SPOs. As per a statement, DGP sanctioned rupees 22 lakh each out of Contributory Police Welfare Fund as special welfare relief in favour of dependents/ legal heirs of martyrs […]
