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Dengue eradication programmes to be launched

Sri Lanka, May 5 -- The National Dengue Control Unit announced the implementation of special Dengue eradication programmes in high-risk areas beginning tomorrow. Consultant Specialist Dr Prashila Sam... Read More


Public warned against WhatsApp video extortion

Sri Lanka, May 5 -- Sri Lanka CERT received several complaints recently from individuals coerced into paying ransom after falling prey to a WhatsApp video scam allegedly operated from India. The fraud... Read More


Schoolchildren hospitalised after van veers off road

Sri Lanka, May 5 -- Thirteen schoolchildren were admitted to the Nawalapitiya District General Hospital after a van transporting students from Kataboola to Harangala veered off the road near the Tispa... Read More


Father arrested for fatal assault on daughter

Sri Lanka, May 5 -- A 35-year-old mother of one died after being struck with an iron rod by her father following a dispute over picking a jackfruit in the Kalutara North area. The victim, identified a... Read More


Property worth Rs.1.20 crore attached in Srinagar under anti-drug drive

Srinagar, May 5 -- Police on Tuesday attached immovable assets worth approximately ?1.20 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler in Srinagar as part of the ongoing 'Nasha Mukt J&K' (Drug-free Jamm... Read More


Bandipora hospital staff under cloud; locals seek reshuffle over 'lobby system'

Bandipora, May 5 -- Suhail Rather Rising public anger over the functioning of the District Hospital here in north Kashmir's Bandipora district has prompted demands for a major reshuffle of long-servi... Read More


LG Sinha leads 'Nasha Mukht' padyatra in Budgam

Budgam, May 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday led a 'padyatra' in central Kashmir Budgam district as part of the ongoing 'Nasha Mukht Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan', of... Read More


EOW Kashmir Nabs Health Employee in Educator Appointment Fraud

Srinagar, May 5 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has conducted searches in connection with FIR No. 19/2017 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 471 RPC of Police... Read More


Fujairah attack unacceptable, GOI says; 3 nationals injured

Jammu, May 5 -- New Delhi, May 5 (KNS) ; The Government of India (GOI) on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack on Fujairah that left three Indian nationals injured, asserting that the targeting of ci... Read More


481 FIRs, 518 arrests in 22 days of J&K's anti-drug campaign

Srinagar, May 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir administration has registered 481 First Information Reports (FIRs) and arrested 518 drug peddlers in the first 22 days of a 100-day 'Nasha Mukt' campaign launc... Read More