JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar on Saturday chaired a meeting to review the preparedness and preventive measures for Dengue in districts of Jammu Division. Director Health Services, Jammu, Director ULB, Deputy Commissioners, CMOs, State Malarialogist, representatives of municipalities and concerned attended the meeting. The meeting discussed the ongoing efforts, preparedness and measures for prevention […]
BEIRUT: A Hamas leader, his wife and their two daughters have been killed in an Israeli strike on northern Lebanon, the Palestinian armed group says, as Israeli air raids continue against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Commander Saeed Attallah Ali and his family were killed on Saturday in the […]
Srinagar: The CEO J&K Office has directed all the District Election Officers (DEOs) to stop one increment of those employees who were found campaigning for political parties during the recently conducted assembly elections after thorough scrutiny of the complaints filed against them. “…cases of all the employees against whom the complaints of involvement in election […]
Kishtwar: A government school teacher was suspended for allegedly resorting to corporal punishment to a student in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday. Anayatullah Ahanger, posted at Primary School Gowarian Dhar in remote Inderwal area, was placed under immediate suspension after a video purportedly showing a student subjected to corporal punishment went […]
MENDHAR/JAMMU: An army personnel allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. Uttarakhand native Sepoy Manish Bisht was on sentry duty at a post in Behrote in Balakote sector when he took the extreme step, the officials said. They said police have started […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said criminal cases should not be registered against journalists merely because their writings are perceived as criticism of the government, ruling that such action violates their fundamental right to free speech. A two-judge bench passed this order while staying coercive action against journalist Abhishek Upadhya, who faces criminal […]
SRINAGAR: To create awareness around increasing incidences of breast cancer in Jammu & Kashmir, Fortis Hospital, Gurugram today organized an awareness programme in Srinagar’s Dal Lake. Around 150 Shikaras were tied up with pink ribbons in the Dal Lake, 2000 pink balloons were flown in the air, Local Kashmiri folk dance by local artists were […]
WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Flint, Michigan, on Friday. She aims to win back voters upset with US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon. Many Arab Americans, who strongly backed President Joe Biden in 2020, are now thinking about not voting, which could hurt Harris […]
Urs Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) SRINAGAR: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Syed Ahmad Kataria on Saturday visited the Ziyarat Dastgeer Sahib Saraibala Amirakadal to finalize the arrangements made for smooth conduct of annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) at […]
RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday transferred more than Rs 20,000 crore directly into the accounts of over 9.40 crore farmers across India, marking the disbursement of the 18th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai virtually attended the national event from Science College Ground […]