Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday directed for higher resource mobilisation and increasing manpower to ensure the completion of all the ongoing work in time for the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra next month. The LG chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness for the annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in the […]
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti has challenged the conditions imposed by the Ministry of External Affairs while issuing a passport to her last month on the orders of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. The High Court has issued a notice to the authorities on her plea challenging the ‘conditional […]
Bhaderwah/Jammu: The recent spate of mild earthquakes accompanied by aftershocks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda-Ksihtwar region, particularly in the Bhadarwah Valley, has left residents in a state of panic and fear. However, seismic experts note that these small-scale earthquakes can actually help prevent larger disasters. Neeraj Sharma, head of the Institute of Mountain Environment at […]
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha, an expert on neighbourhood countries and operations, was on Monday appointed as the new head of external spy agency R&AW, succeeding Samant Goel who completes his four-year stint on June 30. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has […]
Ranchi: CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday said all secular democratic parties have teamed up together to defeat the BJP in the upcoming 2024 general elections and not for grabbing power. In an interview to PTI, Raja, who is on a two-day Jharkhand visit, said the current situation in the country “is grave and […]
New Delhi: Online accommodation hosting platform Airbnb on Monday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Ministry of Tourism to showcase India’s heritage stays and promote cultural tourism. The company will partner the ministry in its vision to promote inbound tourism as a part of its ‘Visit India 2023’ initiative […]
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a cash reward of Rs 1 crore for the Indian men’s football team for winning the Hero Intercontinental Cup here. India rode on skipper Sunil Chhetri’s 87th international goal and Lallianzuala Chhangte’s strike to beat Lebanon 2-0 in the final and lift the Intercontinental Cup at the […]
NEW DELHI: Olympian C A Bhavani Devi on Monday created history by progressing to the semifinal of the women’s sabre event at the Asian Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China, assuring India its maiden medal at the event. Bhavani stunned reigning world champion Misaki Emura of Japan 15-10 in the quarterfinals to script history. Misaki had […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s badminton duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto clinched the Nantes International Challenge title defeating Hung En-Tzu and Lin Yu-Pei of Chinese Taipei 21-15, 21-14 in just 31 minutes. The pair was initially trailing 0-4 at the Salle Metropolitana de la Trocardaiare but rallied well to level the scores at […]
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir on Monday completed five years without an elected government, prompting a scathing attack from the mainstream National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party over the delay in restoration of democracy in the Union Territory. On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated […]