Anantnag: Police today said that they have killed two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants – one of them a Pakistani commander of the outfit and another a local militant, an IED expert – in a pre-dawn gunfight in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. “It is a huge success,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar was quoted […]
Srinagar: A traffic policeman was injured after militants fired upon him in Rajouri kadal area of downtown Srinagar on Wednesday evening. A police official told GNS that unknown persons suspected to be militants carried out the attack, leaving a blue uniformed cop injured. Identified as Mohammad Abdullah, the official said, the cop has been rushed […]
New Delhi: The number of militant incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during a period of 841 days after Article 370 was revoked dipped to 496 from the 843 cases reported in a same span of time prior to the abrogation, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai […]
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said the recent migration of 115 Kashmiri Pandit families, mostly women and children, from Kashmir to Jammu was a “part of movement of officials” and due to winter vacations in educational institutions. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai was responding in the Rajya Sabha to a question […]
Srinagar: The minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across Kashmir, with several weather stations in the valley including Srinagar city recording the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, […]
Srinagar: The High Court on Thursday directed Superintendent District Jail Baramulla to arrange all the facilities for a detenue to enable him to appear in MBA 2nd semester examination. The application was moved on behalf of the applicant-detenu, namely Musaib Ashraf Bangroo seeking a direction from court to Superintendent District Jail Baramulla for making arrangement […]
Shopian: After good rates of apple throughout the autumn, the end of November has brought down the rates of Kashmiri apple by Rs 100 to Rs 250 per box in various Indian markets and mandis. Experts believe that many reasons are responsible for this decline, which include cold conditions in north India, flood-like situation after […]
Srinagar: Two hundred thirty four cases of Covid cases were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday while one death due to the infection was reported in Kashmir, an official bulletin said. It said that 118 cases were reported in Kashmir and 116 in Jammu division. Moreover, 171 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been […]
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday decided not to resume scheduled international flights from December 15, less than a week after announcing the decision in the wake of rising concerns over the COVID variant Omicron. Aviation watchdog DGCA said the effective date for resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services will be notified in due […]
WASHINGTON: US biotech firm Regeneron said Tuesday that its synthetic antibody treatment for Covid-19 may be less effective against the new variant, and it plans to conduct tests to determine by how much. “Prior in vitro analyses and structural modeling regarding the individual mutations present in the Omicron variant indicate that there may be reduced […]