Speakers call for creation of self-reliant models for rehabilitation of economically weaker sections Srinagar: The speakers at the daylong annual Pre Ramadhan interactive programme organized by J&K Yateem Foundation (JKYF) called for creation of sustainable and self reliant micro economic models for the rehabilitation of poor, needy and destitute people in Jammu & Kashmir. They […]
Drug peddling a challenge, dealing with peddlers strictly: SSP Awantipora PAMPORE: Police district Awantipora organised a Road Race Event under the civic action programme in the Pampore area on Monday. Around 100 students from GDC Pampore and other colleges and educational institutions of Pampore and Khrew area participated in the event. The international blind cricketer […]
SRINAGAR: Power Controller Kashmir has informed that, in order to facilitate Commissioning of Loop in Loop out arrangements at Receiving Stations Dooru and Nai Basti the power supply to 33 Kv Receiving Stations, Dooru, Verinag, Hiller-Dooru, Nowgam and Chowgund shall remain affected on March 14 from 10 am to 4 pm. Similarly, the power supply […]
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan on Monday inaugurated a two-day national seminar on ‘Creating Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Spaces’. The seminar that focused on ‘Urbanisation and Urban Planning in India with Special Reference to Kashmir’ was organised by the Department of Political Science with the sponsorship of Indian Council of Social Science […]
49,607 children of 1-19 years of age to be dewormed PAMPORE: National Deworming Day (NDD) was observed at Medical Block Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. The main programme was held at Sub District Hospital Pampore under the chairpersonship of Chief Medical Officer Pulwama Dr Haseena Mir and BMO Pampore Dr Asima […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed authorities to remove a mosque from the premises of the Allahabad High Court within three months, telling the petitioners opposing the demolition that the structure stood on a terminated lease property and they can’t claim it as a matter of right to continue. The petitioners, Waqf Masjid […]
Mangaluru: Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Monday said loudspeakers used for ‘Azaan’ (muslim call for prayer) disturb people, especially students who study for examinations and patients in hospitals. He was responding to a query on his comments on Azaan made during the party’s Vijay Sankalp Yatra on Sunday at Shantinagar, which has gone […]
New Delhi: A High Level Committee, headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of an additional Rs 1,816 crore to five states, including Karnataka, as central assistance for the natural disasters faced by them. According to an official statement, the assistance will be provided to Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Nagaland […]
New Delhi: Defending senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statements on the state of country that he gave during his visit to the UK, party leader Shashi Tharoor said, “There is nothing he needs to apologise for,” Accusing the BJP of indulging in “blatant politics”, Shashi Tharoor alleged that Gandhi is being falsely implicated on trumped-up […]
Hyderabad: Noting that the Centre has successfully tackled several internal security challenges in the last nine years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday stressed that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s policy of zero-tolerance towards militancy would continue. Speaking at the 54th Raising Day celebrations of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) here, he […]