Covid Upsurge: GoI Asks States To Stay Alert, Prepared

Covid Upsurge: GoI Asks States To Stay Alert, Prepared

New Delhi: Amid rising cases of coronavirus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday held a review meeting and advised states to stay alert and be prepared for COVID-19 management. In the meeting with state health ministers and principal and additional chief secretaries held virtually, Mandaviya stressed on identifying emergency hotspots by monitoring trends of […]

Fresh cases cross 6000-mark in India

Fresh cases cross 6000-mark in India

New Delhi: India has logged 6,050 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 203 days, while the active cases have increased to 28,303, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. On September 16 last year, 6,298 cases were recorded. The death toll has increased to 5,30,943 with 14 deaths — three reported from Maharashtra, […]

Will continue to fight for my passport in court: Iltija

Will continue to fight for my passport in court: Iltija

Srinagar: “Am I a terrorist or an anti-national”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija asked on Friday, a day after she was issued a “country-specific passport” for two years to allow her to study in the United Arab Emirates. The 35-year-old had moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in February after her application for […]

Police Dismiss Allegations

Police Dismiss Allegations

Srinagar: Police on Friday dismissed as “completely false” the allegations of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija that she was being “pressured to withdraw her petition” in the high court after she was issued a “country-specific passport” for two years. Without naming Iltija in its response to her allegations, the police said security verifications preceding […]

Probe ordered into ‘illegal lease’ of temple properties in Kashmir

Probe ordered into ‘illegal lease’ of temple properties in Kashmir

Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have ordered a probe by a special investigation team into the allegations of illegal lease of temple properties in the valley, officials said on Friday. In a letter, the office of the divisional commissioner, Kashmir, directed all 10 deputy commissioners to probe the illegal lease of temple properties and their illegal […]

Some areas cut off from Ramban as road caves in

Some areas cut off from Ramban as road caves in

Banihal/Jammu: A portion of a road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district caved in on Thursday, cutting off around 40,000 people of Khari and Maho Mangat areas from the rest of the district, official sources said. The incident occurred on the Nachalana-Khari link road near 23 Rashtriya Rifles camp, they said. The road is maintained […]

No Written Exams Till Class 2: Draft NCF

No Written Exams Till Class 2: Draft NCF

New Delhi: Explicit tests and exams are completely inappropriate assessment tools for children up to class 2 and written tests should be introduced from class 3 onwards, the draft National Curriculum Framework (NCF) has recommended stressing that assessment methods should be such that they do not contribute to any additional burden for the child. The […]

Heroin Haul: CRPF Trooper Among 3 Arrested

Srinagar: Police on Friday arrested a third accused in connection with recovery of a huge haul of heroin worth 70 crores in Srinagar district. Police have already arrested two persons including a CRPF trooper in connection with the recovery of over 11 kilograms of heroin and recovery of cash 11,82500 at Rajbagh area of Srinagar. […]

Banihal-Katra railway link: Digging work completed on T-14 tunnel

Jammu: The Northern Railway on Friday achieved yet another major milestone by breaking through T-14 tunnel between Sangaldan and Sawalkote stations on the 111-km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway link in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Engineers and workers faced several challenges in the course of construction in such a shear zone, encountering flammable gases (methane), perched […]