Bandipora-Gurez road closed as higher reaches receive fresh snowfall

    Srinagar: Authorities in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday closed the traffic movement along Bandipora-Gurez road, owing to snowfall in parts of Gurez and Razdan top.   An official said that the road has been closed today morning after fresh snowfall in parts of Gurez Valley including Razdan Top took place.   Meanwhile, officials […]

Active COVID-19 cases lowest in 221 days

          New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) India added 13,596 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,81,315, while the active cases declined to 1,89,694, the lowest in 221 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.   The death toll climbed to 4,52,290 with […]

China’s economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown

  Beijing:China’s economic growth sank in the latest quarter as a slowdown in construction and curbs on energy use weighed on its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 4.9% over a year ago in the three months ending in September, down from the previous quarter’s 7.9%, government data showed Monday. […]

Order in circulation about non-local labourers fake: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

  Srinagar:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Sunday strongly rebutted the order asking non-local labourers to reach police stations and army camps terming it as “totally baseless and fake order.”   “There is no such order. It’s a fake one,” the IGP Kashmir Said .. An order that has gone viral on social […]

Altaf Bukhari condemns killing of two non-local laborers

SRINAGAR:  Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Sunday expressed deep shock and grief over the killing of two non-local labourers in Ganjipora area of district Kulgam. In a statement issued here, Bukhari termed the incident as extremely brutal where two labourers lost their lives to this insane killing spree while the third one […]

95 Fresh Covid-19 Cases In J&K

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 95 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. Among the fresh cases, 14 were reported from Jammu Division and 81 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 331062. There was no death due to […]

2 non-locals shot dead, another injured in Kulgam

  Anantnag: Two non-locals were killed and another injured when unknown gunmen fired upon them in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday evening.   They said the gunmen fired at them at Wanpoh, leaving two persons—Raja Reshi Dev and Jogindar Reshi Dev, both from Bihar—leaving them dead on the spot while wounding one another. […]

Non-local labourer shot at in Ganjipora Kulgam

Non-local labourer shot at in Ganjipora Kulgam

    Kulgam: A non-local labourer was shot at by unknown gunmen in Laran Ganjipora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday evening.   An official said  that suspected militants shot at a non-local labourer in Ganjipora area of Kulgam.   He said that the labourer identified as Chun Chun Reshi Dev, son of […]

Rahul slams govt over rising fuel prices

New Delhi, Oct 17 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at the government over the increasing prices of petrol and diesel, alleging that there was “destruction for all” and development of “rising prices”. Tagging a media report which claimed that if the government had not hiked taxes, petrol would have been Rs […]

Petrol, diesel price hiked again; cost 30% more than ATF

Petrol, diesel price hiked again; cost 30% more than ATF

      New Delhi: Petrol and diesel price on Sunday was hiked again by 35 paise a litre and the auto fuels now cost a third more than the rate at which ATF is sold to airlines.       The fourth straight day of 35 paise per litre hike sent petrol and diesel […]