# Cities

Lightning strike kills man, injures two in Reasi of Jammu-Kashmir

Police said Bakarwal died on the spot, while his daughter and uncle were injured and shifted to a hospital.

PTI | Jammu | November 3, 2018 5:46 pm

Lightning strike kills man, injures two in Reasi of Jammu-Kashmir

A 50-year-old man was killed and two others were injured when they were struck by lightning in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday.

Farooq Ahmad Bakarwal, his daughter Rafia and uncle Abdullah were hit by the lightning inside their house at Kun Darorian village in the Katra area around midnight, a police official said.

He said Bakarwal died on the spot, while his daughter and uncle were injured and shifted to a hospital. More details awaited.

# India

J&K Govt asks admin secretaries, dept heads to move to Jammu from Nov 11

The estates department has been asked to provide accommodation to the officers and staff as per requirement.

# Opinion

An unbridged divide

The delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), intended to restructure electoral boundaries and enhance political representation, appears to have fallen short of delivering the desired outcomes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

# Technology

18.9 pc of Jammu population has diabetes, 10.8 pc at pre-diabetes level: ICMR-led study

The overall prevalence of diabetes in the Jammu region is 18.9 per cent, with an alarming 26.5 per cent in urban areas and 14.5 per cent in rural areas, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-led study revealed on Sunday.