Upper Reaches Receive Light Snowfall, Rains In Plains

Upper Reaches Receive Light Snowfall, Rains In Plains

Srinagar: Upper reaches of Kashmir valley, including Gulmarg and Sonamarg, received snowfall while rains lashed plains, resulting in a drop in temperature on Sunday, officials said. Higher reaches of Kashmir valley, including the mountainous range of Affarwat in Ski resort of Gulmarg, the tourist destination of Sonamarg, Sinthan Top, Razdan Top, and Pir Panjal Range, […]

Ladakh Activist Wangchuk Sits On Fast

Ladakh Activist Wangchuk Sits On Fast

NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday sat on a fast at the Ladakh Bhawan where he was staying, after the protesters were denied permission to stage the stir for Ladakh’s Sixth Schedule status at Jantar Mantar. Wangchuk, in a brief interaction with media before starting the fast, said they were forced to stage […]

3 drug peddlers held with heroin

3 drug peddlers held with heroin

Jammu: Three alleged drug peddlers were arrested along with 7.8 grams of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Sunday, police said. Rajman Singh alias Raman, Ranjeet Singh and Ram Kumar were travelling in a car when they were intercepted by police at Tapyal near Ghagwal on Jammu-Pathankot highway, a police spokesperson said. A […]

AI can be as dangerous for world as nuclear weapons: EAM

AI can be as dangerous for world as nuclear weapons: EAM

New Delhi, Oct 06: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on Sunday said that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a profound factor for the world, after nuclear weapons. Participating in the third edition of the Kautilya Economic Conclave, organised by the Institute of Economic Growth and the Finance Ministry, on its third and final day, […]

3 schools to remain closed

3 schools to remain closed

JAMMU: The J&K government Sunday said that the three educational institutes in Jammu shall remain closed on Oct 7, 8, and 9 as the vote counting for the recently concluded assembly elections will commence in these venues. In connection with counting of votes for General Election to J&K Legislative Assembly 2024, It is hereby ordered […]

Poonch: Army seizes arms cache

Poonch: Army seizes arms cache

Jammu: The Indian Army seized a huge cache of weapons and explosives in the Jhullas area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Saturday. According to the Army officials, a search was launched based on a tip-off and the weapons and explosives were recovered from a suspected terrorist bag. The officials said that […]

Removal Of Women Elected Representative Can’t Be Treated Lightly: Top Court

New Delhi: Removal of an elected public representative should not be treated lightly, especially when it concerns women belonging to rural areas, the Supreme Court has said as it set aside an order for removal of a woman sarpanch in a Maharashtra village. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan termed the matter […]

Exit Poll: Edge To NC-Cong Alliance

Exit Poll: Edge To NC-Cong Alliance

BJP Remains Hopeful To Form Govt; Omar Calls It ‘Time Pass’, PDP Says Too Premature To Talk About Govt Formation Jammu: Most of the exit polls predicted that the Congress-NC alliance has an advantage in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP remained hopeful of forming the government in the Union territory. […]

Going to Pak for SCO event, not to discuss bilateral ties: EAM

Going to Pak for SCO event, not to discuss bilateral ties: EAM

New Delhi: A day after India announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Islamabad to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) mid-October, he said he was going to Pakistan for a “multilateral event” and not to discuss Indo-Pak relations. He said this in response to a query during […]

Hope it will be start of better Indo-Pak relationship: Farooq

Hope it will be start of better Indo-Pak relationship: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Islamabad for the SCO meeting would mark the start of a better relationship between India and Pakistan. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]