New Delhi: To promote entrepreneurship at the grass root level, banks have sanctioned more than Rs 40,700 crore to over 1.80 lakh beneficiaries under Stand-Up India Scheme in seven years. Stand up India Scheme, launched on April 5, 2016, with a focus on economic empowerment and job creation, has been extended up to 2025. The […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Stand Up India campaign on the completion of its seven years and pointed out that the initiative had played a role in empowering the SC/ST communities and women. Stand up India Scheme was launched on April 5, 2016, with a focus on economic empowerment and […]
New Delhi: Veteran politician and former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad believes the Congress is still run by “remote control” and alleges that a “new coterie of inexperienced sycophants” manage its affairs. Ahead of the release of his book ‘Azaad — An Autobiography’, the former Congress stalwart, who quit the party last year, refused to […]
New Delhi: Apex investigating agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered 110 cases against 166 Civil Service Officers since the year 2018. “During the last five years including 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (upto February 28, 2023), CBI has registered 110 cases against 166 number of Civil Service Officers,” said a reply […]
Washington: The world is likely to face an all-out nuclear World War III under the Biden administration, former president Donald Trump has said and accused the current US government of destroying the country. The comments by 76-year-old Trump came during his first public address since being arraigned on Tuesday. Trump, the first former US President […]
Jerusalem: Israeli police attacked dozens of worshippers in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound before dawn on Wednesday, witnesses said, in what Israeli police said was a response to rioting. The incident sparked protests across the occupied West Bank and the Israeli military said nine rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel after sirens blared in southern […]
Washington: The US has recognised Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India and strongly opposes any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims by renaming localities, the White House has said. The US reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for 11 more places in Arunachal Pradesh which the neighbouring country claims as […]
MeT Predicts Wet Spell Till Tomorrow; Asks Farmers To Avoid Spraying Orchards Srinagar: A spell of light to moderate rain drenched Jammu and Kashmir since last evening even as the weather department predicted intermittent precipitation and thunderstorm to continue at most places of Kashmir and at isolated places of Jammu on Tuesday. The rains also […]
Ramban/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar highway will remain closed on April 7 for carrying out repairs in landslide-hit areas of Ramban district, officials said Tuesday. The 270-km-long highway, which is the only all-weather road link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, was blocked several times due to landslides and shooting stones in the past few […]
Srinagar: The congregational Eid prayers are likely to be offered at the historic Eidgah here for the first time in three years, the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters at the Eidgah after conducting a review of the preparations for the congregational prayers that are offered after the culmination of […]