Beijing: China’s ruling Communist Party will hold its key Congress from Sunday during which a new set of top officials will be appointed except for President Xi Jinping who is set to get endorsed for a record third term, breaking over the three-decade norm for top leaders to step down after a 10-year tenure. The […]
Washington:The IMF has urged countries to preserve vital foreign reserves to deal with potentially worse outflows and turmoil in the future, amidst appreciation of the US dollar and depreciation of other major currencies, including the Indian rupee. In a blog post by the First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF Gita Gopinath and the global […]
Srinagar:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate two digital banking units of Jammu and Kashmir Bank to the nation on Sunday via video conferencing, officials said. To deepen financial inclusion, the prime minister on Sunday will inaugurate 75 digital banking units (DBUs) of different banks across the country of which two are of Jammu and Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Weather department has forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir even as night temperatures recorded a slight improvement in the Valley but hovered below normal in some places on Saturday. A meteorological department official here said that while dry weather was expected to continue till October 17, light to moderate rain or snowfall […]
Srinagar;Police on Saturday said that a major tragedy was averted after an Improvised Explosive device (IED) was detected in Astangoo area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. A senior police officer said that an IED approximately weighing 15-16 Kg fitted with two gas cylinders was detected in Astangoo area. A team of Police, army and BDS […]
Poonch: Police have registered a case into “stone pelting” against forest employees while they were performing official duty in the Mendhar area of Poonch. SHO Mendhar Niaz Ahmed confirmed that the case under IPC sections of 353 (deterring a public servant from performing official duties) and 336 (act so rashly or negligently as to endanger […]
Kupwara: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole on Friday said that fruit-laden trucks faced difficulties on the National Highway as the Kashmir valley witnessed a bumper apple crop, which crossed 21 lakh metric tonnes this year. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Langate, Pole, said the apple crop usually remained in […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday filed a chargesheet against a digital magazine editor and a PhD scholar in a “narrative militancy” case here. Accused Peerzaada Fahad Shah, editor of monthly online magazine ‘Kashmirwalla’ and a resident of Srinagar, and Aala Fazili of Budgam have been booked under […]
Srinagar: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours, mercury dropped to below normal across the Valley except Srinagar. A meteorological department official here said that mainly dry weather was expected to continue till October 17. “Light to moderate rain/snowfall (over higher reaches) is very likely during 18-20th in […]
New Delhi:India has recorded a single-day rise of 2,678 new COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally of the infections to 4,46,23,997, while the count of active cases has increased to 26,583, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll due to the disease has gone up to 5,28,857 with 10 fatalities being […]