Jammu: A round-the-clock dedicated helpline will be available in New Delhi for reporting incidents of harassment against Jammu and Kashmir students pursuing education outside the state. “Dedicated helpline (011-24611108 and 011-24611210) would be available on 24×7 basis in the office of Principal Resident Commissioner, J&K, New Delhi for reporting any incident of harassment (against students […]
Mumbai: Bombay High Court today ordered Maharashtra education department to issue directives to all educational institutions to put up display boards outside their premises stating that sale and consumption of cigarettes and any tobacco product is banned within 100 meters. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha was hearing […]
Jammu: An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Poonch district Tuesday. Deployed in forward area in Poonch, 23-year-old sepoy Parna Murmu allegedly shot himself with his service rifle at 0900 hrs, the PRO Defence said. The soldier, who hailed from Madhepura district in Bihar, was performing his duty […]
The Government of India issued a white paper on Jammu and Kashmir. On Page 3, the paper described the state’s accession as valid but purely provisional. This was the official Indian position on accession for quite some time. However, it changed and India started claiming Jammu and Kashmir as its integral part. 2002: Debate on […]
MUMBAI: Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia, which is awaiting flying permit from the DGCA to launch its services in the domestic market, Tuesday said it is offering half a million free seats along with 1.8 million low fare promotional seats from Kuala Lumpur on select routes. The bookings under the offer, which commenced yesterday, can be […]
Srinagar: An employee of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) died while another was injured in a mishap at a tunnel construction site in Uri sector of north Kashmir, police said. The HCC employees were hit by a rock during construction work at National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) tunnel Phase II at Uri, 101 kms from here, […]
NEW DELHI: To offer some relief to farmers in drought-affected states, a ministerial panel has decided to increase the number of guaranteed work days under MGNREGA to 150 days and cut interest rates on crop loans to 7 per cent for one year, according to sources. These decisions were approved by the EGoM on drought […]
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of Army and revenue authorities to review the disposal of land requisition and acquisition cases involving forces in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts. The meeting was convened as a follow-up of the recently held Civil-Military Liaison conference. GOC 26 Infantry Jammu, District Development Commissioners of […]
Jammu: As many as 1,816 foreigners, including many refugees, were residing in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday informed the state Assembly today. In a written reply to the question of Chaman Lal Gupta, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said 1,816 foreign nationals were residing in Jammu on different grounds. Of them, 381 Myanmar (Burma) families […]
DHAKA: The last time India and Bangladesh met in an ODI was in the 2012 Asia Cup. Then, the hype over Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th international hundred was deflated by Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan’s well-executed chase of 290. The memory of that match is something Mushfiqur Rahim will want to go back to in […]