New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death for the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012. The three men are accused of abducting, gangraping and brutally killing the woman in February 2012. Her mutilated body was found three days after she was abducted. […]
Programme aims at Promoting Physical Social, Psychological rehabilitation of Specially Abled Persons: Dr Sehrish BARAMULLA: In order to identify and register the persons with disability in the district, the Social Welfare Department in collaboration with Artificial Limbs Corporation of India (ALIMCO) today organized Registration cum Assessment Camp at Dak Bungalow here. The camp was inaugurated […]
Washington: One in five people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest may describe lucid experiences of death that occurred while they were seemingly unconscious and on the brink of dying, a first-of-its-kind study has found. CPR is a lifesaving technique, consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, that’s useful in many […]
Asks Officers to conduct survey; prepare separate action plan for vulnerable groups SRINAGAR: To give impetus to the progress towards Measles-Rubella Elimination in the district, a meeting of District Task Force (DTF) was today held under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad at Conference Hall of DC Office Complex, here. […]
Srinagar: Demchok village is located in super high altitude in far flung area of Changthang region. Indian Army has been focused on effecting visible and positive changes in the habitat for the community members of the village. In pursuit of the same, Medical Centre at Demchok village has been upgraded under Op Sadbhavana. The Medical […]
Mandi: The average asset of 58 MLAs who are contesting the Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh again has grown to Rs 12.08 crore in 2022 from Rs 9.3 crore in 2017. According to data provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Himachal Pradesh Election Watch, as many as 49 MLAs saw an increase […]
Srinagar: Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the plains were hit by moderate rains in the early hours of Sunday, officials said here. The minimum temperature in the Gulmarg tourist resort plunged to minus 3.6 degrees Celsius, they said. Gulmarg tourist resort, Machil, Sadhna Pass and Zojila Pass were some of the places […]
Jammu: The Mughal Road, an alternate link connecting Kashmir with rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic on Sunday as most of the high altitude area experienced light to moderate snowfall overnight, officials said. However, traffic on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is moving normally despite rains which lashed wide parts of Jammu […]
Jammu: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has intensified fogging drive to control spread of dengue which has claimed 11 lives and left nearly 6000 people sick in Jammu and Kashmir this season, an official said. Jammu district alone accounted for the highest 4,464 dengue cases, he said. The fogging drive was launched by JMC Mayor […]
New Delhi: The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, likely making the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organisation said in a report on Sunday. The report titled ‘WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022’ released at the […]