SRINAGAR — Amid forecast for ‘erratic weather’, night temperature increased across Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a low of 1.4°C against last night’s minus 2.2°C. The temperature was above 1.2°C than the normal for this time of the year, […]
NEW DELHI — India on Monday reported 34,113 fresh coronavirus infections that took its tally to 4,26,65,534, while active cases dropped below 5 lakh after around 37 days, according to Union health ministry data. The daily COVID-19 cases have remained below 1 lakh for eight consecutive days now. The death toll climbed to 5,09,011 with […]
DHARWAD — Karnataka Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan stated that incidents of rape are on high in India and wearing hijab will protect Muslim women from getting raped in the country. “The beauty of women is not supposed to be exposed. No one should set their eyes upon them. Muslim women have been wearing hijab […]
NEW DELHI — Jaimal Singh, the driver of the ill-fated bus that was blown up by a suicide bomber in Pulwama on February 14, 2019, wasn’t even supposed to drive that day and was merely substituting for another colleague, says a new book. IPS officer Danesh Rana, who is currently an additional director general of […]
JAMMU — Two men from West Bengal were detained early Sunday after one of them was spotted moving around suspiciously outside the main gate of the Indian Air Force’s technical airport in Jammu’s Satwari area, reported Times of India. According to airport authorities, the suspect was found running towards the airport area through a stream […]
JAMMU — A minor girl who was allegedly abducted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was rescued within 36 hours of the crime, police said on Sunday. Information was received at police station Bari Brahmana on Friday regarding the kidnapping of a girl from the Lower Jallo Chak area, police said in a statement. A […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar police on Sunday claimed to have arrested five thieves, including two involved in theft at Dastgeer Sahib Shrine in Khanyar area of Srinagar city. Police in a statement said, On 10th February 2022, Khanyar PS recieved information that a theft has taken place from donation box at Dastgeer Sahib Shrine in Khanyar […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 440 fresh covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said, 276 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 164 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 450771. Giving district wise details, Srinagar reported 92 […]
NEW DELHI — Records related to alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, which were being handled by the erstwhile State Human Rights Commission, are locked up in a room since the panel was wound up after the state was downgraded to a Union Territory in August 2019, according to n Right to Information […]
SRINAGAR — The security cover of four former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers has been scaled down further with the Union Territory administration’s decision to stop deployment of jammers and ambulances during their movement within Srinagar district, according to officials. On Saturday, veteran politician and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah, was seen offering prayers at […]