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 […]
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 […]
Chennai/New Delhi: She wakes up in the dead of night and screams with tears rolling down her cheek as the memory of February 1 acid attack still haunts her, say family members of a woman from Srinagar who is waiting to regain her sight and see light at the end of the tunnel at a […]
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. […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has held that an individual facing any deficiency in telecom services can approach consumer forums directly with his complaint against the company. The fact that the remedy of arbitration under the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 is of a statutory nature would not oust the jurisdiction of the consumer forum […]
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Indian Navy is seeking to be the “preferred security partner” for all the smaller countries in the region, its chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said here on Sunday. “Over a period of time, Navy has been making efforts to be the preferred security partner for all the smaller countries in the region. And […]
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 […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON: The discussions on the sale of 30 Predator armed drones by the US to India, the first to a non-NATO ally, at an estimated cost of USD 3 billion are at an advanced stage, multiple sources have confirmed. The major defence deal was announced under the previous Trump administration during the visit of Prime […]
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 […]