10 persons arrested as police busts narco-militant module in Baramulla: Officials
Heroin, 4 Pistols, 10 Grenades, Cash Recovered; Truck, Verna Car, Scooty Seized Srinagar, Jun 19 : Police have arrested ten persons and recovered 11 packets of heroin, arms and ammunition besides cash in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. A police official told GNS that a narco-militant module was busted by arresting […]
Sartaj Madni released after 6-month-long detention
Srinagar, Jun 19 (KNO): Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Sartaj Madni, who is also uncle of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Saturday released from six-month-long detention. Madni was detained on December 20, last year and was lodged at Bijbehara police station for four days. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), […]
“LG Mulaqaat” With DDCs, BDC & Panchayat Representatives Every Month
Lt Governor to Hold Interaction with Representatives of all Three-Tier PRIs Representative Once Every Month “J&K Government strengthening participatory democracy, making Panchayati Raj institutions more empowered, vibrant in true sense”, LG “Platform to voice developmental aspirations of the people, area-specific needs”: LG Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Department to formulate mechanism for holding monthly interaction […]
PDP to hold meeting over centre’s invite to J&K’s political parties Tommorrow
No formal invitation yet, will take decision on participation in talks with PAC: Mehbooba Mufti Srinagar 19 June (KNS): The People’s democratic party will hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the invitation of the centre to political parties of Jammu and Kashmir for talks. People’s democratic party chief, Mehbooba Mufti While talking to Kashmir […]
Man injured in LPG cylinder blast in Anantnag
Anantnag, Jun 19 (UNI) A person was injured critically when an LPG cylinder exploded accidently in this south Kashmir late Friday night, official sources said on Saturday. They said a cooking gas cylinder exploded at Hangalgund Kokernag in Anantnag late last night resulting in serious injuries to a 50-year-old Parvez Ahmad. The injured was immediately […]
Elderly woman dies due to drowning in Anantnag
Anantnag, Jun 19 (UNI) An elderly woman died due to drowning in a water body in this south Kashmir district on Saturday, official sources said. A 70-year-old woman identified as Rahti Begum, a resident of Posheeri Srigufwara in this south Kashmir, drowned in a water body when she was washing her face this morning. Later, […]
Seven dead, 13 injured after plane crash-lands in Russia’s Kemerovo region
Moscow, Jun 19 (UNI) Seven people were killed while 13 others injured after a plane crash-landed in Russia’s Kemerovo Region, officials said on Saturday. “The aircraft had 20 people on board, seven of them have died and 13 were injured,” Russian news agency Sputnik quoted an emergency services spokesperson as saying. The condition of four […]
President, Vice-President, PM mourn demise of ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh
New Delhi, Jun 19 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the demise of legendary sprinter Milkha Singh due to post-COVID complications at the age of 91. Expressing grief over the passing away of the sports icon on Friday night, Mr Kovind said the story […]
India reports 60,753 new COVID cases, 1,647 fatalities
A total of 97,743 patients recuperated during the past 24 hours, pushing the number of recoveries to 2,86,78,390. With these new recoveries, recovery rate jumped from 96.03 to 96.16 per cent. Meanwhile, the death toll stands at 1.29 per cent.Now, active caseload further declined to 7,60,019, the lowest in 74 days, shows the data. Meanwhile, […]
Lt Governor Chairs Covid Review Meeting,Positivity rate of J&K drops to 1.3%; overall Recovery rate at 95.2%
Positivity Rate down but Containment Zone Policy has to be strictly implemented: LG Joint efforts by Civil administration & Police to enforce Covid Appropriate Behaviour imperative: LG “Cases have started to drop, but we need to be more cautious & implement all containment measures”: LG Vaccination & Contact Tracing to be expedited: LG to Officers […]