PM Modi’s letter to Imran Khan step in right direction: Mehbooba

PM Modi’s letter to Imran Khan step in right direction: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s letter to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan was a step in the right direction, and expressed hope that it would lead to a process of dialogue and reconciliation. PM Modi reaching out to his Pakistani counterpart is a step in the right direction. […]

J-K highway shut for second day

J-K highway shut for second day

Banihal/Jammu:  Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as landslides triggered by incessant rains blocked the arterial road at over a dozen places in Ramban district, officials said. Road clearance agencies have pressed their men and machinery and efforts are on to ensure early restoration of the […]

DIL Nowshera, FOC-SKUAST hold seminar on small ruminant

     SRINAGAR: A daylong seminar on Advances in Small ruminant production and disease control Kashmir perspective was held at SKUAST Shuhama wherein veterinary experts from outside states divulged on topics related to disease prevalence, surveillance and their control for better managing of both animal and human health, besides safeguarding the economic losses suffered by […]

No clear winner in Israeli election, signalling more deadlock

Jerusalem:  Israeli parliamentary elections have resulted in a virtual deadlock for a fourth time in the past two years, exit polls indicated, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an uncertain future and the country facing the prospect of continued political gridlock. The exit polls on Tuesday on Israel’s three main TV stations indicated that both […]

India at forefront of initiatives to prevent non-communicable diseases: PM Modi

New Delhi:  India is at the forefront of initiatives that seek to prevent non-communicable diseases and further wellness, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. His remarks came in response to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) commending India’s progress to reduce pre-mature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and seeking cooperation with […]

India’s donation of COVID-19 vaccines to Afghanistan lauded

United Nations:  India’s donation of COVID-19 vaccines to Afghanistan has been lauded by top UN officials and diplomats from Kabul, as the war-torn country undertakes a vaccination campaign to combat the deadly virus. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Deborah Lyons told […]

Chidambaram attacks Centre for abstaining from voting on UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka

New Delhi:  Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday urged the people of Tamil Nadu to punish the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the upcoming state assembly elections for abstaining from the UNHRC vote on Sri Lanka. He also termed the development as “gross betrayal of the Tamil people”. India abstained from voting on the Resolution on […]

US to hold trilateral NSA-level talks with Japan, S Korea on North Korea next week

Washington:  The US plans to hold the NSA-level trilateral talks with Japan and South Korea next week on issues related to North Korea, making them among the most senior foreign officials to visit Washington since the start of the Biden presidency, officials here have said. We’re in the final stages of that (North Korea policy) […]

India records highest single-day spike with 47,262 fresh COVID-19 cases

India records highest single-day spike with 47,262 fresh COVID-19 cases

New Delhi:  India recorded 47,262 fresh coronavirus cases in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,17,34,058, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. The active caseload registered an increased for the 14th day in row and was recorded at 3,68,457, comprising 3.14 per cent of […]

Petrol price cut by 18 paise, diesel by 17 paise

Petrol price cut by 18 paise, diesel by 17 paise

New Delhi:  In the first reduction in rates in over a year, petrol price on Wednesday was cut by 18 paise per litre and diesel by 17 paise a litre as international oil prices tumbled to the lowest since early February. Petrol price was cut to Rs 90.99 a litre in Delhi from Rs 91.17 […]