JKPDCL Chief Engineer blames people for consuming ‘more than agreement’ Srinagar: Power supply across Kashmir valley is hitting new lows with each passing day of the bitter winter, despite a recent steep hike in power tariff. To add insult to injury, the Chief Engineer of the Jammu and Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation (JKPDCL), Javed Dar, […]
Srinagar: At minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far even as the mercury settled below the freezing point across Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The minimum last night in the city was 2.5 degrees below the normal for this time of the season, they said. The night temperature […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India’s presidency of the G-20 is a matter of pride for all citizens and it is an occasion to establish globally Indianness and its culture. Addressing a key meeting of BJP leaders from across the country, Modi also asked party members to maintain direct connect […]
Drugmulla witnesses 32 percent, Hajin 53 percent voter turnout Srinagar: The Two DDC constituencies, Drugmulla in Kupwara and Hajin (A) in Bandipora went for polls on Monday almost two years after candidatures of two candidates were rejected by State Election Commission in December 2020. Amid severe chill, the voting process began at 7 AM sharp […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to set up a dedicated incubator for cybersecurity-related startups to promote local industries. Under its recently launched Cyber Security Policy, the administration will also outsource relevant research and development projects to the corporate sector. It is also mulling to provide special fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to cybersecurity firms […]
Jammu: Kashmiri Pandits working in the Valley are in a state of panic after a militant group released a hit list of 56 employees from the community. In the aftermath of targeted killings by militants, several Kashmiri Pandits employed in the Valley under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package (PMRP) have shifted to Jammu and are […]
Chandigarh: The BSF has recovered a drone along with a packet of heroin near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar district, foiling yet another cross-border drug-smuggling attempt, officials said Monday. Upon hearing the buzzing sound of a drone near Roranwala Kalan village around 2:35 am, BSF troops fired in that direction, they said. Later, while […]
New Delhi: The world has changed and the CBI should also – the Supreme Court observed on Monday while hearing a plea seeking guidelines for probe agencies on seizure, examination and preservation of personal digital and electronic devices and their contents. During the hearing on Monday, the counsel appearing for the petitioners said the manuals […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday asked enforcement agencies to go after ‘big fish’ involved in drug trafficking, saying they need to find who is sending ‘mountains’ of illegal drugs into the country. The minister said revenue intelligence officers should strive to bring each case to its logical conclusion at the earliest possible […]
LONDON: Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase. Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that “goblin mode” has been selected by online vote as its word of the year. It defines the term as “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way […]