RAMBAN/JAMMU: More than six portals allegedly peddling fake news and maligning the image of Jammu and Kashmir government were banned in Ramban district on Tuesday, an official order said. District Magistrate Mussarat Islam ordered the ban after verifying the credentials of their operators from police and information department following large number of complaints from people […]
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday handed over to the Army a wide range of indigenous military equipment including unmanned aerial systems and quick reaction fighting vehicles to crank up its combat capabilities in eastern Ladakh in the backdrop of the prolonged border face-off with China. The other key equipment that the Army […]
JAMMU: More than 75 per cent of the total 37 bridges and 97.6 percent tunnelling work on the vital Katra-Banihal railway link stands completed, officials of the northern railways said, expressing hope that Kashmir will be connected to the rest of the country via train next year. The Katra-Banihal stretch is part of the prestigious […]
SRINAGAR: All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday appointed former minister Vikar Rasool Wani as new president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC). Wani has been appointed as new JKPCC chief while Raman Bhall has been appointed as party’s working president. The announcement was made after the AICC accepted the resignation of Ghulam […]
Colombo: A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ arrived in the southern port of Hambantota at 8.20 […]
Washington: India and the US have done more than any other nation in the fight global against COVID-19, the White House’s top health official has said, as he highlighted the massive efforts by the two countries to vaccinate their people along with supporting and donating to other nations to tackle the pandemic. Dr Ashish Jha, […]
TEHRAN: Iran said Tuesday it has given its response to a “final” draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers presented by EU mediators at talks in Vienna. “Iran has submitted a written response to the draft text of a Vienna agreement and has announced that an agreement will be concluded if […]
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar travelled to the Southeast Asian nation Monday for the first time since she was appointed to the post last October. The trip by Noeleen Heyzer followed the U.N. Security Council’s latest call for an immediate end to all forms of violence and unimpeded humanitarian access in the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif could initiate discussions on the appointment of the next Army chief to replace General Qamar Javed Bajwa by the end of August, and take a decision by mid-September, according to a media report on Tuesday. Appointed in 2016, the current Chief of Army Staff Gen Bajwa, 61, is set […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would consider a joint request for mediation of low-cost airline SpiceJet and media baron Kalanithi Maran and his Kal Airways for amicably settling all pending disputes between them including the row over the share-transfer issue. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices J […]