Boston: India is looking at near close to double-digit growth this year and the country will be one of the fastest-growing economies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. The minister also emphasised that she expects the economic growth next year to be in the range of 7.5-8.5 per cent, which will be sustained for the next […]
Dubai (UAE): Qatar’s diplomatic point man on Afghanistan said Tuesday countries should engage the country’s new Taliban rulers, warning that isolation could lead to instability and a wide-reaching security threat, as happened when al-Qaida used the country as a base to plot the 9/11 attacks. Mutlaq bin Majed al-Qahtani, Qatar’s special envoy for counterterrorism and mediation […]
New Delhi: India added 15,823 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,40,01,743 on Wednesday, while the national Covid recovery rate increased to 98.06 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. The death toll reached 4,51,189 with 226 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The daily rise in new coronavirus […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 80 new positive cases even as there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Among the fresh cases, 12 were reported from Jammu Division and 67 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 330666. There was no death due to […]
Srinagar: There is no requirement for additional troops or lessening their numbers at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian Army is vigilant and will not allow any infiltration into the valley, a senior Army officer said here on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here […]
Rajouri: After a gap of 16 hours, the gunfight resumed at the encounter site in Dehra Ki Gali forest area on Tuesday afternoon. Officialssaid that the encounter in the area started on Monday morning in which five Army men lost their lives after which the cordon was launched in the entire forest area near […]
Jammu: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was arrested in connection with the recent recovery of an arms consignment dropped by a drone from Pakistan in a village near the International Border here, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Irfan Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Verinag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, had come to Jammu […]
Sopore: Two women drug peddlers were arrested for their alleged involvement in drug dealings in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said here on Monday. An official said that they received an information through reliable sources that two ladies (names withheld) have concealed some contraband substances at their home in […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been relentlessly working for the welfare of poor, backwards and deprived sections of society, thereby protecting their human rights, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. Addressing the foundation day of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) here, Shah also appreciated the work being carried out by […]
Jammu: Security forces continued a massive search operation on Tuesday in a forest area connecting the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, where five soldiers including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) were killed in a gunfight the previous day, officials said. There was no fresh contact with terrorists during the […]