Srinagar-Jammu highways reopens for traffic

Srinagar-Jammu highways reopens for traffic

Banihal/Jammu: Traffic movement on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway resumed on Sunday after being suspended for over 30 hours owing to snowfall in the Qazigund-Banihal sector and landslides in Ramban, officials said. The highway was closed for traffic around 4.30 am on Saturday and debris was cleared at over a dozen places between Chanderkote and […]

Azad’s nephew joins BJP in Jammu

Azad’s nephew joins BJP in Jammu

Says he is influenced by PM Modi’s development agenda Jammu: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew Mubashir Azad joined the BJP on Sunday and said he was “influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental works at the ground level”. Mubashir Azad, the son of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s youngest brother Liaqat Ali, also said his […]

Single day rise of 10,273 COVID-19 infections, 243 fatalities push India’s tally of cases to 4,29,16,117

Single day rise of 10,273 COVID-19 infections, 243 fatalities push India’s tally of cases to 4,29,16,117

NEW DELHI: With 10,273 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,29,16,117, while the active cases dipped to 1,11,472, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,13,724 with 243 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

BJP president Nadda’s Twitter account hacked; tweets on Ukraine crisis, crypto currency posted

BJP sources said Nadaa’s account was compromised briefly New Delhi: Multiple tweets were posted from BJP president J P Nadda’s account on the Ukraine crisis and also on crypto currency issues on Sunday, in another case of hacking of a prominent public figure’s Twitter account. Electronics and Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told PTI that the […]

Hope to get Parliament nod on data protection legislation latest by Monsoon session: Vaishnaw

New Delhi: Extensive deliberations are on over various aspects and suggestions related to the draft data protection Bill, and the government hopes to resolve certain complex issues soon and get Parliament’s approval on the legislation latest by the monsoon session, according to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. He said there is no plan to scrap the […]

RBI proposes to assess impact of its financial literacy campaigns

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is proposing to assess the impact of the multi-media awareness campaigns launched by it to promote financial literacy and also safe banking practices. The RBI runs the ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ campaign to educate and empower the public about banking regulations, and also to make them aware of […]