SRINAGAR, JUNE 17: Jammu and Kashmir becomes the first Union Territory in the country, after Punjab state, having a comprehensive drug de-addiction policy envisaged to weed out this atrocious menace from the society. The urgency to formulate a drug de-addiction policy by Jammu and Kashmir government is due to the location of the UT in […]
JAMMU, June 17: Troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) detected an anti-tank mine near the International Border in Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, which was defused later. The mine was found on Thursday evening. BSF sources said that the mine was found buried underground during construction work in Tanggur border outpost […]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is being treated for a fungal infection along with other post-Covid symptoms at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, according to Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary and new incharge of its Communication Department. In a press release here, Ramesh said Sonia had been admitted to the hospital on 12 […]
PALLEKELE: Fast bowler Chamika Karunaratne led an inspired Sri Lankan attack to pull off a thrilling 26-run win over Australia in the rain-hit second One-day International on Thursday. Chasing a rain-revised target of 216 in 43 overs, Australia suffered from regular wicket falls to get bowled out for 189 in 37.1 overs as Sri Lanka […]
Three Palestinians were killed and 10 others were wounded on Friday during an Israeli army raid in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The three men were killed when the Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle in which they were travelling, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. “Fierce clashes” then ensued in the area, […]
A soldier was killed in an accidental grenade blast in the frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara, official sources said. They said a grenade exploded accidentally when the victim Signal-Man identified as Bharat Yaduwanshi was on sentry duty at Gonipora Gugtiyal Camp in Kupwara. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the injured soldier was […]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is going in a big way for the rooftop Solar Scheme. In this direction recently Administrative Council approved .roll out of Rooftop Solar Scheme in Jammu and Kashmir JAKEDA is going to install 200 MW Grid Tied Rooftop Solar Power Plants on 50,000 residential buildings in Jammu city. The […]
Several Houses Damaged in Flash Floods Triggered By Cloudburst in Rafiabad; Lightning Sparks Fire in Handwara Forests A massive hailstorm witnessed at several places in parts of north Kashmir districts on Thursday wreaked havoc to orchards and standing crops with several residential houses reportedly suffering damage in the aftermath of flash floods due to a […]
Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 22 new Covid-19 even as there was no death due to the pathogen, officials said. They said that 17 cases were reported from Jammu, three from Kupwara and one each from Srinagar and Udhampur districts respectively, taking the overall tally to 454420—166594 in Jammu division and 287826 in Kashmir. […]
A Hizb militant has killed in a gunfight that broke out between militants and government forces at Hangalgund village Kokernag area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Thursday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of […]