Banihal/Jammu: A government school teacher in Ramban district was suspended on Friday for criticising government policies on social media, officials said. Joginder Singh, a teacher at a school in Chanderkot, was running four Facebook pages as a socio-political activist to conceal his real identity, they said. He was criticising government policies and posting anti-government posts […]
Jammu: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared via video-conferencing before a special court here on Friday and an eyewitness identified him in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The eyewitness corroborated that he had gone to Sopore in Baramulla district of north […]
United Nations: India slammed Pakistan after it referred to Jammu and Kashmir during a special session on Ukraine in the UN General Assembly, terming the provocation as “regrettable and misplaced” and calling out Islamabad’s track record of harbouring and providing safe havens to (militants) with impunity. “I’m taking the floor today to say that India […]
New Delhi: The discovery of lithium in Jammu and Kashmir is significant for India’s push towards electric vehicles but any environmental gains could be negated if it is not mined carefully, say experts, citing risks such as air pollution and soil degradation in the fragile Himalayan region. The Geological Survey of India recently identified a […]
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed to vehicular traffic for repair and maintenance work, officials said on Friday. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday announced the suspension of vehicular traffic on the highway on February 24, March 3 and 10 for repair and maintenance. “The highway will remain closed for the day […]
New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations (NBE) on Friday told the Supreme Court that around 2.09 lakh candidates have registered for the NEET-PG exam 2023, which is scheduled for March 5, and no alternative date for conducting the exam may be available in the near future if it is postponed. The submissions were made […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking to gag the media from reporting on the Adani-Hindenburg issue till the court pronounces its order. The apex court had reserved its order on February 20 on a batch of PILs on the recent Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research’s fraud […]
New Delhi: BJP chief Nadda trashes previous govts’ crop insurance schemesJaipur, Feb 24 (PTI) BJP president JP Nadda on Friday said farmers were cheated in the name of the crop insurance scheme in the past. Addressing a farmers’ gathering convened by a Sikh organisation in Hanumangarh district, Nadda also said more than 11 crore farmers, […]
Bengaluru: The global economic outlook has improved in recent months, but uncertainties still remain, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday as he called upon G20 nations to resolutely address the challenges, including debt distress and threats to financial stability, confronting world economies. Addressing the inaugural session of the meeting of G20 finance ministers and […]
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India on Friday said it has increased prices of its premium compact model Ignis by up to Rs 27,000 (ex-showroom Delhi) with the addition of new features. The model is now being equipped with electronic stability programme (ESP) and Hill Hold Assist as standard feature across all the variants providing an […]