Admin has scant regard for poor, downtrodden: Dr Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and MP Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said the stifling bureaucratic policies have left people of Jammu and Kashmir to suffer. He said this while addressing a public gathering in Shehr-e-Khaas area in Srinagar. The administrative and developmental inertia, Dr. Farooq said, has led to a […]

Citizen-centric governance established across J&K: Advisor Bhatnagar

Citizen-centric governance established across J&K: Advisor Bhatnagar

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Tuesday interacted with scores of public delegations and individuals from different parts of Kashmir division at Civil Secretariat here. The delegations and individuals briefed the Advisor about the issues and demands pertaining to their respective areas seeking an early redressal to the same. While interacting with […]

SKUAST-K’s RCFC holds seminar on medicinal plants

Jammu: A seminar-cum-awareness programme on medicinal plants was organised on Tuesday at Padma Shri Padma Sachdev Govt PG College for Women Gandhi Nagar Jammu under the SKUAST-K’s RCFC. The daylong seminar on ‘Diversity, Conservation and Livelihood Security through Himalayan Medicinal Plants’ was organised by SKUAST-K’s Regional- cum- Facilitation Centre (RCFC) in collaboration with the Department […]

Training prog held at SKUAST-K

Srinagar: An orientation-cum-training programme on “Human Resource Development for Technological Backstoping for Sustainable and Accelerated Transformation of Agriculture” was held on Tuesday at the Directorate of Research, SKUAST-Kashmir under the chairmanship of Prof. Sarfaraz A. Wani, Director Research, SKUAST-Kashmir. The programme was attended by Prof. Masood Salem Mir, Associate Director Extension (AS), Dr. M. Anwar […]

National Lok Adalat on Feb 11 in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Srinagar is organizing National Lok Adalat on 11 February, 2023, in the premises of District Court Complex Moominabad, Srinagar. Parties or their Advocates, whose cases are pending before any Court at District Court Complex, Moominabad, Srinagar or before the Court of Additional Mobile Magistrate (TFC) Panthachowk, and are […]

‘5G network can be misused for drug trafficking, money laundering, terror financing’

‘5G network can be misused for drug trafficking, money laundering, terror financing’

New Delhi: Warning against the vulnerabilities of the high-speed 5G telecom network, papers submitted at a key security meet have noted that it can provide an excellent platform for middlemen and agents for creating linkages for crimes such as drug trafficking, human and organ trafficking, money laundering and terror financing. The papers, written by some […]

Rajnath reviews preparations for Aero India; 731 exhibitors registered

Rajnath reviews preparations for Aero India; 731 exhibitors registered

New Delhi: The upcoming Aero India exhibition in Bengaluru will not only display the country’s growing prowess in the aerospace sector but will also demonstrate the rise of a strong and self-reliant “New India”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. The 14th edition of Aero India, billed as Asia’s largest aerospace exhibition, will be […]

Govt to hold separate consultation next month on PIB fact check: MoS IT

New Delhi: Amid outrage over a plan to give powers to its arm PIB to police fake news on social media, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that the government will next month hold discussions with stakeholders before the proposal is implemented. The minister said that the rules for regulating online gaming are expected […]

‘Covid infection could damage foetuses of pregnant women’

‘Covid infection could damage foetuses of pregnant women’

London: Foetuses and placentas of pregnant women, especially those infected with COVID-19 at earlier points in the pandemic, were found to bear a greater risk of experiencing growth impairment or vascular lesions in organs and brain, according to a new research. According to the research, results demonstrate that the different strains of the virus that […]

J&K under thick security blanket on R-Day

J&K under thick security blanket on R-Day

Srinagar: Security has been tightened in Kashmir ahead of Republic Day celebrations with police and other security personnel carrying out sanitisation and area domination exercises here, officials said on Monday Police and CRPF personnel conducted random checking of vehicles at various places in the city to thwart the movement of subversive elements, they said. The […]