SRINAGAR — Following the horrible road accident on Boulevard near SKICC on Friday which resulted in the on-spot death of a 20-year-old youth, Traffic Police Srinagar on Saturday said special teams have been formed to identify individuals involved in stunt biking. Senior Superintendent Police Traffic for Srinagar, Muzaffar Ahmad Shah said that they are taking […]
PATIALA — Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had been serving time in Patiala central jail for a 1988 road rage death case, was released on Saturday, after nearly 10 months. He emerged from the prison wearing a sky blue jacket, later than the anticipated afternoon release time, at 5.53pm. After coming out of the […]
SRINAGAR — The Executive Officer, J&K Haj Committee today issued a communique stating that as per circular received from Haj Committee of India, all the Provisionally selected pilgrim are requested to deposit Advance of Rs. 81,800 each upto 7th April, 2023 positively. Payments can be made either Online through www.hajcommittee.gov.in or in Haj Committee of […]
NEW DELHI — A female AI news anchor named “Sana” was introduced to the public by a Delhi-based news channel India Today in line with Chinese artificial intelligence-powered news anchors. The shift in the mainstream media happened as AI-driven bots proved to be more effective and enabled the development of satisfactory outcomes with less labour. […]
JAMMU — Nearly 400 public welfare projects in Jammu and Kashmir remained incomplete despite incurring an expenditure of over Rs 1,000 crore over the past decade till the end of financial year 2021-22, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said. As many as 378 of these projects were taken up by different government departments […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul Islam Saturday said that Rs 65 have been fixed as the Sadaqat-ul-Fitr per person this Ramdhan while as there is no harm in paying more depending upon the financial capacity of the person. He said that the amount for Sadakat-ul-Fitr has been fixed after thorough consensus with […]
JAMMU — A massive search operation is underway to ensure no weapons or narcotics were airdropped by the drone after Border Security Force (BSF) troops opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border in Ramgarh area of Samba district. A blinking light (of a suspected drone) was observed around 12:15 am (Saturday) […]
PATIALA — Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is set to walk out of Patiala jail today, 10 months after serving sentence in a road-rage incident in which a man was killed 34 years ago. A tweet from Sidhu’s official Twitter handle reads that he will address the media outside jail around noon. On Friday, Sidhu […]
POONCH — A girl died while her two cousin sisters were rescued after they jumped into the river in Poonch district on Friday evening. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that three cousin sisters jumped into the river near Sher-i-Kashmir bridge in Poonch yesterday evening. Soon after the incident, a rescue operation was launched […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast intermittent rain and thundershowers in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours. The weather was cloudy in the Union Territory during last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, Widespread intermittent rain/thundershowers likely to occur in J&K during next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar […]