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President arrives in Odisha on a 3-day visit

President’s Rule imposed in Puducherry

10:42 pm February 25, 2021

New Delhi: President’s Rule was imposed in Puducherry following a recommendation by the Union Cabinet after a Congress-led government lost power in the Union Territory in a vote of confidence. The notification, signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, said the decision was taken after the president received a report from the administrator of the Union […]

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

PDP youth leader Waheed Para granted bail in ‘terror-link’ case by NIA court

10:24 pm January 9, 2021

Jammu : PDP youth president Waheed Para was on Saturday granted bail by an NIA court hereafter remaining in custody for one-and-a-half months for his alleged links with terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen. However, he was whisked away by sleuths of a security agency as he came out of the district jail here on being released but it was not […]

TN records 2,405 COVID-19 cases, 49 fatalities

J-K reports 137 new coronavirus cases, 6 deaths

7:40 pm January 5, 2021

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 137 new COVID-19 cases, while six deaths took place in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 1,21,923 and the death toll to 1,897, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 71 were from Jammu division and 66 from Kashmir division of the Union territory, they said. […]

Some respite from cold as mercury rises in Kashmir

Intense cold conditions in Kashmir Valley

3:59 pm December 17, 2020

Srinagar: The minimum temperature across Kashmir plummeted several degrees below the freezing point on Thursday owing to a clear sky as the valley reeled under cold conditions, with Srinagar experiencing the coldest night of the season so far, MeT Department officials said. The night temperature continued to drop across the valley owing to the clear […]

Wildlife body urges L-G to name snow leopard as state animal of Ladakh

11:26 pm December 8, 2020

Leh : The Wildlife Conservation and Birds Club of Ladakh (WCBCL), an NGO working for preservation of wildlife, on Tuesday batted strongly for naming the black-necked crane as the state bird and snow leopard as state animal of the Union territory. A delegation of WCBCL led by its President Lobzang Vishuda and Secretary Dorjey Daya […]