Srinagar, Jul 2: Sweltering weather conditions showed no signs of abating in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar recorded the 2nd warmest day in July at 34.6°C on Tuesday, officials said. In last ten years, a meteorological department official here told GNS that it was on July 18, 2021 (35.0°C) when mercury surpassed today’s temperature in […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress-led opposition saying that they couldn’t do away with the provision in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that Article 370 had taken away people’s rights. Referring to the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress-led opposition saying that they couldn’t do away with the […]
Chairs high level meeting to review arrangements Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review arrangements for Muharram, today at Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Sh Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Sh RR Swain, DGP; Sh Vijay Kumar, ADGP, Law & Order; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, […]
New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid to take oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5, subject to some conditions. Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, was elected from Baramulla seat as an independent candidate defeating National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in the […]
New Delhi: At least 116 people, mostly women, died in a major stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Tuesday. The incident took place when a religious preacher was addressing his followers at a specially laid tent in the Rati Bhanpur village in the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. The […]
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed profound sorrow over the stampede in Hathras and announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured. The stampede occurred during a religious congregation at a ‘satsang’ event in Uttar Pradesh’s Pulrai village where a large number of […]
New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital on Tuesday. The Army Chief was accompanied by his spouse during his visit to the President. General Upendra Dwivedi took over the command of the Indian Army on June 30. The 30th Chief of […]
Jammu: At least 10 pilgrims returning from the Amarnath yatra were injured when they jumped out of a moving bus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district after the driver informed them about the failure of its breaks, officials on Tuesday said. The bus was, however, stopped by the army and police personnel, thus averting a […]
Srinagar: Security forces on Tuesday recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Based on specific inputs from Kupwara Police, the search operation was launched by security forces in general area of Nangari Forest, Dardpora Kralpora, in the north Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. He said […]
New Delhi, Jul 2: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Post Graduate (NEET-PG) 2024 is likely to be held mid-August, sources said on Tuesday. The revised date for the medical entrance exam is expected to be announced this week. A meeting was held in the Union home ministry on Monday, in which officials from the health ministry, National […]