One drug peddler arrested and 8 grams of heroine like substance recovered by Police station RS Pura*

One drug peddler arrested and 8 grams of heroine like substance recovered by Police station RS Pura

Rs Pura:Continuing it’s efforts against the drug peddlers, today on 10.01.2024 police party of police station RS Pura led by *Raj Bhadur Singh* along with officials were on routine patrolling under the jurisdiction of police station R.S Pura and established a naka at Banota Road near Sunder Farm and started checking/frisking. During checking/frisking found that…

Marheen village women gang up against drug peddlers

Marheen village women gang up against drug peddlers

JK FIRST  Correspondent KATHUA, Jan 10 : The local women took initiative to control the growing drug menace like Chitta at village Sanjwan Chagwal, tehsil Marheen near here and put a check on drug abuse to secure their children from falling in its dragnet. Worried over growing drug menace in the area, a group of…

Mobile phone recovered from possession of inmate in Jammu?s high security Central Jail

Mobile phone recovered from possession of inmate in Jammu?s high security Central Jail

Jammu, Jan 10 (UNI) In yet another incident of security breach, a mobile phone has been recovered from the possession of an inmate lodged in UAPA case here in Kot Bhalwal Central Jail. Official sources said that acting on a specific input that one inmate from Hariachak, Kathua lodged in Central Jail is using a…

US Navy shoots down Houthi missiles, drones launched into Red Sea

US Navy shoots down Houthi missiles, drones launched into Red Sea

Washington, Jan 10  The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday said the Navy shot down a barrage of drone and missile attacks launched from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthi militia to the southern Red Sea, in one of the largest attacks by the rebels in the region in recent months. In a post on X,…

S.Koreans aged 70 and older outnumber those in 20s for 1st time

S.Koreans aged 70 and older outnumber those in 20s for 1st time

Seoul, Jan 10  South Korea’s elderly population aged 70 and older outnumbered those in their 20s for the first time last year, as the society is rapidly aging amid record low birth rates, government statistics revealed on Wednesday. According to the resident registration data compiled by the Interior Ministry, the number of people aged 70…

India has reservations over buying energy from Nepal produced by Chinese: Prachanda

India has reservations over buying energy from Nepal produced by Chinese: Prachanda

Kathmandu, Jan 10 Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” on Wednesday said that India has reservations over buying energy from the Himalayan nation produced by Chinese contractors. Addressing a parliamentary committee meeting, he said though everyone is free to invest and produce energy in Nepal but as per long-term energy trade with India, New…

Imran Khan’s PTI missing from poll body’s symbols’ list

Imran Khan’s PTI missing from poll body’s symbols’ list

Islamabad, Jan 10  Ahead of the crucial February 8 general elections in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was not included in the national poll body’s list of symbols allotted to parties. PTI is struggling to maintain its presence among the contesting parties amid major legal challenges and cases challenging its existence…

Impact assessment underway in Australian state after major flooding

Impact assessment underway in Australian state after major flooding

Melbourne, Jan 11  Authorities in Victoria on Wednesday confirmed that impact assessments were being conducted at several towns in the Australian state’s north, as floodwater has started to recede. “In Yea, we saw six properties with above-floor flooding, 17 with inundation in and around their property. At Seymour, we saw seven businesses with above-floor flooding…

World Bank forecasts Sri Lankan economy to grow 1.7% in 2024

World Bank forecasts Sri Lankan economy to grow 1.7% in 2024

Colombo, Jan 10 The World Bank forecasts the Sri Lankan economy to grow by 1.7 per cent in 2024 and by 2.4 per cent in 2025, according to its report on global economic prospects issued on Wednesday. According to the global lender, the country’s economy is estimated to have recorded a negative growth of 3.8…

Omar Abdullah opposes power offtake agreement of J&K’s RATLE project to Rajasthan

Omar Abdullah opposes power offtake agreement of J&K’s RATLE project to Rajasthan

Srinagar, Jan 10 Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday opposed the electric power offtake agreement from J&K’s RATLE project to Rajasthan. Addressing a press conference here, Omar Abdullah spoke about the agreement which is for 40 years. He said, “When it comes to installation of smart meters, where one has to pay money in…