J&K govt sets up winter secretariat in Srinagar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a winter secretariat here for addressing the problems of people in the Valley, following the shifting of its administrative offices to Jammu early this week. “The Government has set up winter secretariat in the Civil Secretariat here in which ministers would be available for the redressal of public grievances on rotation basis during winter months,” an official spokesman said on Wednesday. Civil Secretariat- the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government- and other offices were moved to Jammu on November 4 for six months in continuance with the century-old practice of bi-annual Darbar move. The state ministers will be available in the order of one after the other at the winter secretariat, starting with J&K Floriculture Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed taking over till November 8. The rotation among ministers will continue till January end next year. (PTI)
Four killed in separate mishaps
Farrukhabad: Four persons were killed and five others got injured in separate road accidents in the district here, police said. Two persons were killed on the spot when their motorcycle was hit by a car on Kanpur- Farrukhabad road under Kamalganj police station area on Tuesday, they said. A youth was killed and five others were injured when two motorbikes collided near Mission hospital on Farrukhabad- Fatehgarh road, while another person was killed after being hit by a tractor-trolley in Kampil area. (PTI)
Missing advertising professional found dead, 3 others untraced
Pune: Police on Wednesday recovered the body of an advertising professional, who went missing along with three others while on their way to Goa on November 1. The body of 28-year-old Chintan Buch was found today in Neera river along Pune-Satara road, police said adding that the car and three other occupants still remained untraced. “After combing the area, we recovered the body of Chintan Buch from Neera river near Sarola village,” police inspector Shrikant Navle said, adding that they are searching for the other three missing persons. The four employees of an advertisement company at Kothrud, including a 28-year-old woman, had left here in a car on November 1 and were supposed to drop her at her Kolhapur residence on their way to Goa. The search operation had drawn a blank during the last four days for the missing persons, after a complaint was filed by parents of the youths. According to the police, the car in which they were travelling was last spotted on November 2 at a toll post where they halted briefly to pay toll charges and moved on towards Satara. Investigations to trace the remaining missing persons – Pranav Lele (29), Sahil Qureshi (28) and Shrutika Chandvani and their car were on, police said. (PTI)
Three dacoity gang members arrested with arms and ammunition
Jaipur: Police on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a highway dacoity attempt by arresting three members of a notorious gang on a highway near Nagar-Sikari towns of Bharatpur district. A pistol, live cartridges, sharp edged weapons and an iron rod were also recovered from their possession on Tuesday, a police spokesman said. The accused, identified as Aslam, Arif and Liyakat, were planning a highway robbery when they were chased by a patrolling police team, which arrested them with arms and ammunition, he said. Two of their accomplices Arshad and Mizaz fled from the spot in the cover of darkness, the spokesman added. (PTI)
People get relief with rise in night temperature in Kashmir
Srinagar: The night temperature across Kashmir rose by several degrees, providing much needed relief to the people from over week-long biting cold. Barring Leh in frontier region of Ladakh, the minimum temperature settled above freezing point owing to overcast skies with summer capital Srinagar recording a pleasant seven degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal, during this part of the season, a spokesman of the MeT department said. Leh recorded a low of minus 0.3 degrees Celsius while the nearby Kargil town recorded a minimum of 0.4 degrees Celsius, he said. Pahalgam, a hill resort in south Kashmir, recorded a temperature of 4.6 degrees Celsius as compared to zero degree Celsius the previous night, while the mercury settled at 1.2 degrees Celsius in Gulmarg Ski resort – the star attraction for tourists visiting the Valley during winter, the spokesman said. However, the respite from the cold might not last long as the weatherman has warned isolated heavy rains or snow over the state during the next 24 hours. “Light to moderate rain/thundershower would occur at many places with isolated heavy rain/snow over the state during next 24 hours due to a fresh western disturbance,” the spokesman said. (PTI)