Udhampur (JK): A nine-year-old girl died and 61 people, including several children, were injured on Friday when a footbridge collapsed due to overloading as people swarmed it during Baisakhi celebrations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said. The government has ordered a probe led by Deputy Commissioner Udhampur into the collapse. The incident took […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 151 fresh covid-19 cases while there was one death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that 57 cases were reported from Jammu division and 94 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 480746. Among the cases, 174524 are from Jammu […]
New Delhi: India recorded 11,109 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, while the active cases increased to 49,622, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,31,064 with 29 deaths. While three deaths each were reported from Delhi and Rajasthan, two each were from Chhattisgarh and […]
Srinagar: Amid forecast for wet spell after April 15, weatherman on Friday said that there was likely to be 4-6°C drop in day temperature. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 9.0°C against 7.2°C on the previous night and it was 1.4°C above normal for the summer capital. Qazigund, he […]
New Delhi: Climate change is increasing the intensity of wildfires, reducing vegetation and making poor people more reliant on forests, resulting in an increase in conflict between wildlife and humans over habitat and resources, conservationists said on Friday. In its latest all-India tiger estimation report, released recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the National Tiger […]
Kohima: The Centre has denied sanction to prosecute 30 Army men who were allegedly involved in the December 2021 killing of 13 civilians in a botched ambush at Oting in Nagaland’s Mon district, an official said. This has been communicated by Nagaland police to the Mon district and sessions judge court, where the chargesheet has […]
Srinagar: Police on Friday said that it arrested six drug peddlers in Baramulla, Kulgam and Awantipora and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A Police party under the supervision of SDPO Tangmarg Shri Imtiyaz Ahmad-JKPS, assisted by Incharge Police Post Babareshi during routine patrolling at Shranz Crossing Tangmarg arrested a drug peddler namely Mohd Ashraf […]
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Friday paid a visit to Gurudwara Chatti Padshahi in Rainawari area of the district to extended warm greetings to the Sikh fraternity on the occasion of Baisakhi marking of the new solar year and the harvest season. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner was accompanied by senior […]
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir said on Friday that its Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) investigated the complaint filed by a PhD scholar against her then Supervisor promptly and as per the law, refuting that any “obstruction” was created in the matter. Referring to a news report on some social media platforms which came into the […]
Awantipora: Islamic University of Science and Technology shall consider CUET (PG) Score for admissions to the different Postgraduate programs at the University from the academic session 2023. Accordingly, the University has advised the PG aspirants to stay in contact with the website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and IUST for information about the examination. […]