Buenos Aires: Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60. The office of Argentina’s president will decree three days of national mourning because of Maradona’s death […]
New Delhi:Amid a spurt in coronavirus cases in some regions, the Centre on Wednesday said states and union territories can impose local restrictions like night curfew to check the spread of COVID-19 but made it clear that they will have to consult it before imposing any lockdown outside the containment zones. While issuing guidelines for […]
New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the new land law will check Jammu and Kashmir’s Roshni-like scams and illegal land grabbing He said the law is also against mafia members of the politician-administration nexus who have been for over half a century constructing huge mansions, bungalows and commercial complexes on unauthorised […]
Instructs DCs, SPs to ensure free movement of candidates of all parties
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor J&K, Manoj Sinha on Wednesday reviewed the election preparedness for the ensuing District Development Council (DDC) election and by-elections for Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in a high-level meeting with Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Superintendents of Police through video-conferencing, here at Civil Secretariat. A government handout said that divisional […]
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on winning the presidential election, expressing hope that the two countries will uphold the spirit of non-confrontation and advance the healthy and stable development of bilateral ties, official media reported. President Xi sent a message to Biden to congratulate him on his election as US […]
VCs, experts bat for early implementation of key provisions
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir and the Central University of Kashmir jointly organised on Wednesday a seminar-cum-webinar on implementation of the National Education Policy-2020 in the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad presided over the national-level conference, organised by the departments of Education of the two universities to identify […]
Srinagar: Around 6000 aspirants appeared for the first phase of online preliminary examinations for the posts of Probationary Officer (PO) in J&K Bank on the first day. Over 56,000 aspirants are appearing in the exams at thirty-nine centres spread across Jammu and Kashmir and in rest of India. The online exams are held directly by […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday reported 489 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,07,819. Out of the total cases, 1,00,892 have already recovered and 1,663 have died leaving a total of 5,264 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 225 were reported in Kashmir […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party on Wednesday condemned the arrest of its youth President, Waheed ur Rehman Parra by the NIA ahead of the maiden DDC election in J&K. Parra was to contest the election from his home constituency Pulwama, but was arrested by the NIA on Wednesday in a militancy case that saw the arrest […]
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah’s sister and two prominent hoteliers including a Congress leader figure in the second list of 130 people who have availed land under now-scrapped Roshni Act. According to the fresh list uploaded on the website of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, majority of the beneficiaries including a former bureaucrat and his wife legalised […]