DDC Pulwama distributes 18 Motorized Tricycles to Specially abled persons

PULWAMA: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Pulwama, Baseer ul Haq Chowdhary today distributed motorized tricycles to 18 Differently abled persons belonging to BPL category and having more than 40 percent disability in lower limbs. The camp was organized by the Social Welfare Department at DC Office Complex Pulwama. DSWO Pulwama, besides all officers/officials of the […]

JMC, JSCL organise cycle rally to spread awareness on hazards of drug abuse

JAMMU: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in association with Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) on Friday organised a cycle rally to spread awareness on the menace of drug abuse. The rally was flagged off by JMC, Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JSCL, Rahul Yadav from Kala Kendra. He was also accompanied by additional […]

Swashta Rath taken out in Ramban

RAMBAN: Continuing the endeavor to make the district Ramban Nasha Mukt, the District Administration today took out a Swastha Rath which was flagged off by the Deputy Commissioner, Mussarat Islam to spread awareness among the masses regarding the menace of drug abuse. The Swashta Rath fitted with loudspeakers and banners shall spread awareness across the […]

Jitendra Singh says, the government job mind-set impediment to Start-Up culture

NEW DEHLI: Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Science; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Space and Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh on said, the government job mind-set is proving an impediment to Start-Up culture, mainly in North India. Dr Jitendra Singh gave […]

US created nuclear precedent by bombing Japan: Putin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States had created a “precedent” by using nuclear weapons against Japan at the end of World War Two, in a speech filled with hostility towards the West delivered from the Kremlin on Friday. Fears of nuclear war have grown since Putin said last week he was “not […]

Panic in Anantnag district over death of cows, sick cattle

Panic in Anantnag district over death of cows, sick cattle

Anantnag: Panic has spread in Anantnag district in south Kashmir, in rural areas in particular, as hundreds of bovine animals have fallen sick and at least half a dozen cows have died due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), which is prevalent across the country at present. The news of these deaths has come just a […]

Second blast in parked bus in Udhampur

Second blast in parked bus in Udhampur

Udhampur/Jammu: Suspected militants triggered a blast in a parked bus in Udhampur early Thursday, nine hours after a similar explosion took place in the city, but there was no casualty, police said. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu region Mukesh Singh visited both the sites and said high explosives might have been used in […]

NGT restrains private company from mining stream in Budgam

NGT restrains private company from mining stream in Budgam

Srinagar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained a private company from carrying out any mining activities in Shaliganga stream in Budgam district. In an order pronounced on Wednesday, the NGT directed the Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board (PCB) and the District Magistrate Budgam to ensure compliance of its directions. The NGT order came […]

Rajnath visits forward areas in Arunachal

Rajnath visits forward areas in Arunachal

Itanagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the country’s easternmost Army formation at Dinjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday and reviewed its operational readiness, a Defence communique said. Singh, who is on a two day visit to Arunachal Pradesh, was accompanied by Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Commander of Eastern Command Lieutenant General R P […]

NIA opposes Aasiya Andrabi’s plea on attachment of in-laws’ house

NIA opposes Aasiya Andrabi’s plea on attachment of in-laws’ house

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opposed in the Delhi High Court the plea of Kashmiri woman separatist leader Aasiya Andrabi, who challenged the attachment of her mother-in-law’s house. The NIA said the house was utilised for terror activities and even for celebrating Pakistan Day. The agency, in its reply, claimed that the […]