New Delhi: Several I-League clubs are not happy at the Super Cup qualifying-round matches in Kerala involving them not being shown live, saying that they have been handed “step-motherly treatment” by the broadcasters. The All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) marketing partners FSDL, the organisers of the Indian Super League, look after the matters relating to […]
New Delhi/Beijing: India on Thursday hoped that Chinese authorities would facilitate continued presence of Indian journalists in China. The comments by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in Delhi came days after China decided to “freeze” visas of two Indian journalists. “There are Chinese journalists who have valid Indian visas to undertake journalistic activities,” Bagchi […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India shares Japan’s vision for a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and stressed that both the countries must continue to expand the scope of their bilateral cooperation. Singh conveyed this to Japan’s Vice Minister of Defence for International Affairs Oka Masami during a meeting. Oka […]
New Delhi: As many as 185 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the Union Territory in the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, however, said as per the information provided by Ladakh, no land has been bought by outsiders in […]
New Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded 4,435 new COVID-19 infections, the biggest single-day jump in 163 days (five months and 13 days), while the number of active cases increased to 23,091, according to Union health ministry data. A total of 4,777 cases were recorded on September 25 last year. With the fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 […]
Jammu: The unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir declined from 6.7 per cent in 2019-20 to 5.2 per cent in 2021-22 while the urban unemployment rate dipped by 1.1 percentage points, according to the Economic Survey Report 2022-23. The report, released by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta recently, stated that the labour […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea by 14 political parties led by the Congress alleging arbitrary use of central probe agencies against opposition leaders, asserting that laying down guidelines without facts of a criminal case will be “dangerous”. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice J […]
Theft at Rajouri court: 5 cops suspendedJammu: Some seized articles and case property were stolen from the district court complex in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri, prompting the authorities to suspend five police personnel including an officer, and detain some suspects. Officials said some thieves broke the locks of the ‘Malkhana’ of the district court complex […]
New Delhi/Leh: A 33-year-old Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer, who was leading a patrol along the India-China LAC in Ladakh, was killed after falling into a deep gorge, officials said. Assistant Commandant Tikam Singh Negi was killed in the line of duty in the Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on April […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the Minority Affairs Ministry’s response to a plea seeking an opportunity for all Muslim employees of Centre, states and Union Territories to assist Haj pilgrims instead of deputing only Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad […]