Srinagar: The minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across Kashmir, with several weather stations in the valley including Srinagar city recording the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, the […]
New Delhi: India added 8,954 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,96,776, while the active cases were recorded at less than a lakh after 547 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,69,247 with 267 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
Srinagar:Two militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit were killed on Friday in a gunfight in Chawalgam area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam. A senior police officer while confirming that two militants were killed in an encounter in Chawalgam who were affiliated with Hizb. However identity of the militants is yet to be ascertained. The […]
Srinagar: The man injured after being fired upon by unknown gunmen, suspected to be militants, at Bohri kadal area of downtown Srinagar succumbed to the injured at a hospital here on Monday evening. Official sources sais that gunmen fired upon the man identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (45), working as salesman, son of […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met soldiers at Nowshera sector in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on the occasion of Diwali. Since taking over as prime minister, Modi has made it a point to meet troops in a border region on Diwali, starting from a visit to […]
Srinagar: Body of a 30-year-old man was found under mysterious circumstances in Batnoor Shahoora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Reports said that the body was spotted in the paddy field by some passersby. Subsequently the police was informed which reached the spot soon and took the corpse into possession. […]
Srinagar: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on Wednesday appointed Mohan Lal and Mohammad Akram Chowdhary as judges of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the appointments have been made by the President under clause (1) […]
Srinagar: Night temperature fell further across Kashmir Valley even as sub-zero conditions prevailed in Pahalgam and Gulmarg, officials said on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 2.0°C against 2.6°C on the previous night. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded minimum temperature of 1.6°C against […]
Srinagar: Two Scientists from the SKUAST-Kashmir have figured in the World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists” in 2021 database (Published:19 October 2021) created by experts at Stanford University, USA in association with Elsevier BV and Plos Biology. The analysis, conducted using research publications up to 2020 end, was published in PLOS Biology, a peer-reviewed scientific […]
Srinagar: A local hybrid militant from Kulgam was killed in retaliation after he fired upon the army in cherdari area of North kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning, officials said. Officials said that the militants fired indiscriminately on army’s patrol party that was retaliated during which a local militant was killed. Body has […]