JAMMU — Two brothers were killed and a person injured when an earthmover skidded off a road and plunged into a 100-feet-deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred at Shahlala around 11.30 pm Saturday when the brothers along with an acquaintance were on their way to […]
NEW DELHI — The India Meteorological Department revealed that the year 2021 was the fifth warmest in India since 1901, with the country recording its annual mean surface air temperature at 0.44 degree Celsius above normal. “The year 2021 was the fifth warmest year after 2016, 2009, 2017 and 2010 since 1901. The annual mean […]
SRINAGAR — As J&K braces up for light rains and snowfall till January 19, night mercury recorded an increase even as it stayed below freezing point with Srinagar recording a low of minus 1.2 °C on Sunday. A meteorological department official told GNS that the minimum temperature in the summer capital of the J&K was […]
NEW DELHI — India added 2,71,202 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,71,22,164, including 7,743 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The country saw 1,702 new cases of Omicron variant, the highest in a single day so far, and an increase […]
SRINAGAR — After authorities withdrew registration of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC), a group of journalists on Saturday unilaterally formed an interim body in what several journalist bodies in the region said was “arbitrary” and “illegal” while many termed it a “state-backed coup”. The group of journalists entered the Kashmir Press Club premises earlier on […]
BUDGAM — Body of a Kashmiri MBBS student, who died in a Bangladesh College on Wednesday, reached her native village in Budgam on Saturday, officials said. An official said that the body of Seema Zehra, a resident of Zabar Mohalla in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, reached her home on late Saturday evening where her last […]
NEW DELHI — A 42-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing luxury cars on demand from the national capital and supplying the vehicles to UP and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. The accused was identified as Kunal alias Tanuj, a resident of Sangam Vihar here, they said, adding that he called himself ‘Car Raja’. A […]
NEW DELHI — Centre will make it mandatory for carmakers to provide a minimum of six airbags in motor vehicles that can carry up to 8 passengers for enhanced safety of occupants, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. In a series of tweets, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said his ministry had already […]
SRINAGAR — The imposition of weekend lockdown without making any announcement has led to the sufferings of tourists as well as the losses to the traders; alleged trade bodies, stating that the unexpected decision has surprised all in the Valley. Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) president, Sheikh Ashiq said that it was surprising […]
Mudasir Maqbool PULWAMA — A 30-year-old man was missing in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district from last 5 days has been traced by Police near Chinani Nasri tunnel at Udhampur and has been handed over to the family. We have traced the man and handed over to family on Satarday, an officials said. He was brought […]