Day: November 12, 2019

Cold wave continues in most parts of J-K

9:45 pm November 12, 2019

Jammu: There was no let up in the cold spell in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday as several areas in the union territory recorded temperatures below the season’s average, a MeT department spokesman said. Srinagar, which is reeling under intense cold after the season’s first snowfall last week, marked an improvement in the day temperature […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

JMM Central Committee Secy Akeel Akhtar quits party

9:37 pm November 12, 2019

Pakur (Jharkhand): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Central Committee secretary Akeel Akhtar has quit from the primary membership of the party. In his resignation letter to JMM president, Shibu Soren on Monday, Akhtar, a former MLA said that “he was quitting from the party’s primary membership and also from the post of party’s central secretary.” A […]

Man beaten up by lover’s kin commits suicide

9:34 pm November 12, 2019

Malappuram: A 22-year-old man committed suicide on Tuesday while his lover attempted to end her life after he was allegedly beaten by her relatives opposing their relationship, police said. Shahir, belonging to Kottakal, was found unconscious after consuming poison at his home early in the morning, and died later at a hospital, the police. He […]

Ops on to rescue incapacitated birds at Sambhar lake

9:31 pm November 12, 2019

Sambhar (Raj): Operations were carried out to rescue the migratory birds that were found incapacitated at the Sambhar Salt Lake in Rajasthan, days after thousands of them were found dead around the water body, officials said on Tuesday. A team consisting of Chief Conservator of Forest Arun Prasad, Divisional Forest Officer Kavita Singh and a […]

‘Lata Mangeshkar’s condition critical, slowly improving’

9:22 pm November 12, 2019

Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital here after complaining of breathing difficulty, is still in a “critical” condition but is “slowly improving”, hospital sources said. The 90-year-old Mangeshkar was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in the early hours of Monday where Dr Patit […]