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 […]
New Delhi: Asserting the purpose of charity should not be conversion, the Supreme Court reaffirmed on Monday that forced religious conversion is a “serious issue” and against the Constitution. The court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps to control fraudulent […]
Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the US will not shrink from its unwavering support for Israel despite stark differences with Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu and concerns the Biden administration may have about potential members of his incoming right-wing government. Speaking to a left-leaning group that some on the right accuse of being […]
SRINAGAR: Mayor Srinagar, Junaid Azim Mattu and Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Department, Dheeraj Gupta, today kick started various events and programs in and around Srinagar city under ‘My Town My Pride 2.0’ being organized by Srinagar Municipal Corporation at SK Park, Srinagar. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Aijaz Assad and Commissioner SMC and VC, LCMA, […]
ANANTNAG: ‘My Town My Pride’ programme kick-started today at 10 Urban Local Bodies of Anantnag with Visiting Officers allotted to various ULBs inaugurated the programs at respective locations. At Anantnag Town, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Special Secretary to the Government, Finance Department (addl. charge CEO, JK Era and Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission) was […]
PULWAMA: Secretary, Hospitality and Protocol, Talat Parvaiz Rohellah, today inaugurated “My Town My Pride 2.0” programme in Municipal Committee, Pulwama. “My Town, My Pride’, aims to deliver public services at doorsteps, build developmental initiatives on the feedback, cooperation and participation from people and strengthen strong and vibrant local self-governance,” Commissioner maintained. “It is the responsibility […]
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan on Monday announced a complete ban on entry and use of polythene in the campus as the varsity kick-started celebrations related to the UT administration’s flagship ‘My Town, My Pride’ initiative. The ban will be effective December 6, 2022. “I will inform all relevant quarters in the […]
KHERSON: Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly planning how to save the babies. Russians were suspected of seizing orphan children and sending them to Russia, so staff at the children’s regional hospital in Kherson city began fabricating orphans’ medical records to make it […]
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his visiting German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Monday held wide-ranging talks focusing on ways to ramp up bilateral cooperation, especially in areas of energy, trade and climate change. Baerbock arrived here this morning on a two-day visit, four days after India formally took over the presidency of […]