Day: December 28, 2019

Body of Odisha collector’s PA fished out of reservoir

4:14 pm December 28, 2019

Malkangiri (Odisha): The body of the personal assistant of Malkangiri district collector was fished out of a reservoir in Odisha on Saturday, police said. The body of Deb Narayan Panda, who was PA of district Collector Manish Agarwal, was recovered from the reservoir of Sitaguda Dam which is located seven kilometres from the District Collectorate, […]

Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir, rain in plains

Sub-zero temperatures prevail in many parts of HP

4:11 pm December 28, 2019

Shimla: Kufri, Manali, Solan, Bhuntar, Sundernagar, Seobagh and Kalpa shivered at below sub-zero temperatures in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday with the state’s lowest temperature for the day recorded in Keylong at minus 11.5 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. The MeT office has predicted snowfall in the middle and higher hills of the state from […]

Two men die in road accident in UP

4:08 pm December 28, 2019

Banda: Two men were killed and one was injured when a motorcycle collided with a tractor-trolley here, police said on Saturday. According to Girwa Police Station SHO Shashi Kumar Pandey, the accident took place on Friday night near Morwa village. “The motorcyclists collided with the tractor trolley, and died on the spot. The deceased were […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

2019: A year that reshaped JK

4:05 pm December 28, 2019

Srinagar: For Jammu and Kashmir, 2019 was a year of massive changes with defining firsts and lasts and unprecedented curbs. On October 31, Jammu and Kashmir transitioned from a state into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. This was the first time a state was downsized into union territories. The move was […]

Army rescues 1,500 tourists stranded in Sikkim

3:56 pm December 28, 2019

Gangtok: The Indian Army has rescued about 1,500 tourists who were stranded in Nathu La in East Sikkim, an official release said on Saturday. Some 1,500 to 1,700 tourists travelling in about 300 vehicles from Gangtok got stranded at various stretches of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Road between 13th Mile and Nathu La on Friday […]