Srinagar: The Supreme Court has given breather to 64 Drug Inspectors whose selection by J&K Service Selection Board (JKSSB) in 2009 was annulled by J&K and Ladakh High Court in 2021. “In light of the pertinent selection procedure that was followed, we are unable to hold that the same was mechanical or casual or suffered […]
New Delhi: India recorded 3,016 new Covid cases in past 24 hours, a 40 per cent jump since yesterday. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 2.7 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 1.71 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data. Thursday’s infection count is the highest in nearly six […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said India’s borders are “fully secure” and asserted that surgical strikes conducted by India have broken the back of terrorists. Addressing a conclave here, he also said that whether it was the “standoff with China or any ill intentions from Pakistan”, Indian armed forces have been giving a […]
Kishtwar/Jammu: Police on Thursday booked Varinder Singh, suspected to be the bodyguard of the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, under the Arms Act in connection with a gun licence issued to him in Kishtwar district, officials said. The district administration also cancelled Varinder Singh’s licence, and said it will probe how the former army jawan, […]
Srinagar: Ram Navami was celebrated by the miniscule Hindu population of the city by taking out a Shobha Yatra in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Amidst tight security, the Shobha Yatra started from Zaindar Mohalla in the old city and culminated at Tankipora after passing through Habbakadal, Barbarshah, Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High […]
Srinagar: An alleged drug addict allegedly killed his mother in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Dangarpora area of Sopore township of the north Kashmir district Wednesday night, they said. “The killing is a pure case of influence of drugs. The accused is a staunch drug […]
London: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi, accused of financial irregularities in India, launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and threatened to take the senior Congress leader to court in the UK over his ‘Modi surname’ remark. Lalit Modi, 59, also hit out at the Congress party for referring to him as a […]
New Delhi: Undergraduate medical students who had to return from Ukraine and China in their penultimate year of study will get two attempts to clear their final MBBS exams in India. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed this after the centre, as a one-time exception, expressed willingness to give them one chance to clear the […]
Haridwar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday hailed the central government’s New Education Policy for its emphasis on learning in mother tongue and universal education based on the teachings of Indian visionaries such as Mahatma Gandhi and Dayanand Saraswati. Addressing the 113th convocation of the Gurukula Kangri here, Shah credited the university (deemed to […]
Washington: In a big relief for foreign workers in the U.S. tech sector, a judge has ruled that spouses of H-1B visa holders can work in the United States. In the process, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed a lawsuit filed by Save Jobs USA which had approached the court to dismiss the Obama-era regulation […]