Srinagar: State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), 1st Battalion, Kashmir held a flood preparedness mock drill inside Dal Lake on Saturday. The drill was held in collaboration with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and support of J&K State Emergency Operation Centre (JKSEOC) and J&K Dragon Boat Association. Speaking on the occasion Firdous Iqbal, Commandant SDRF 1st […]
SRINAGAR – The famous Tulip garden in Srinagar will shut for visitors on April 18 as flowers have started to shrink in view of rise in temperatures, officials said Saturday. Director Floriculture Farooq Ahmed Rather said that the department has decided to close the garden for visitors on April 18. “The Tulip bloom has started […]
Kupwara: Atleast nine people suffered serious burn injuries following an LPG gas cylinder explosion inside a kitchen in Mugalpora village of Kupwara district on Saturday. “Nine people suffered burn injuries after an LPG gas cylinder exploded inside the house of of Ghulam Mohidin Wani son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani of Mughalpora Kupwara. Among the injured […]
Islamabad:Pakistan’s Parliament is set to meet on Saturday to appoint former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as the new speaker and take up a no-confidence motion against deputy speaker Qasim Khan Suri for acting in favour of the previous government led by Imran Khan. Ashraf, 71, from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will be given […]
Srinagar: Night temperatures recorded increase in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. A Meteorological official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 8.9°C against 7.0°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 1.0°C above normal during this time of the year for the summer capital. Qazigund recorded a low of 6.8°C against 4.8°C on […]
Rajouri: Security forces in the wee hours of Saturday morning recovered Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) in Gurdan Chawa village of Rajouri district, police said. A police official said that after receiving credible input about some suspicious movement in Gurdan Chawa village in Rajouri, security forces launched a joint Cordon and Search Operation in the area […]
Srinagar: An independent Sarpanch was shot dead by militants in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, officials said. They said bullet ridden body of the Sarpanch, Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo son of Mohammad Sadiq of Goshbugh area of Pattan was found in orchard, Rakh area, and was taken to hospital. The doctors declared […]
Baramulla: Unknown gunmen shot dead a BJP Sarpanch in an orchard at Goush-bugh village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening. Official said that a sarpanch associated with BJP was shot dead by suspected militants in an orchard at Goush-bugh village this evening. The Sarpanch has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo […]
Kyiv: A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged military diversions on the Russian territory. The threat of intensified attacks on Kyiv came after […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s state-owned petroleum corporation announced fuel rationing for vehicles with effect from Friday, as an unprecedented economic crisis roils the country. According to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) statement, now motorcycles and other two-wheelers can purchase fuel upto worth Rs 1,000 per visit to a fuel station. Similarly, three-wheelers can purchase fuel worth […]