SRINAGAR: Private hospitals and dialysis centers across Jammu and Kashmir have announced the suspension of medical services under the Ayushmaan Bharat scheme (Golden Card) starting from Sunday, September 2, 2024. This decision has been taken due to the non-payment of dues by IFFCO Tokio, the insurance company responsible for processing the claims under the scheme. […]
SHOPIAN: Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar on Saturday assumed the charge of Deputy Commissioner Shopian in the presence of outgoing DC, Faz Lul Haseeb. The DC was warmly welcomed by the ADC, ACR, Dy. DEO, DIO and other officers and officials of the district administration early in the morning. Following the takeover of charge, Mohammad Shahid […]
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement unit of Legal Metrology Department (LMD) Srinagar which is entrusted with the mandate of ensuring accurate quantity of goods and services to Consumers on Saturday realized a fine of Rs. 1.5 Lacs from LPG distributor for selling underweight Cylinders to Consumers. The LPG Cylinders which were earlier found underweight by 400 grams […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on September 2 take up the legality of authorities using bulldozers to demolish houses belonging to people accused of crime, with two fresh applications moved on Friday seeking urgent listing. The bench of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K.V. Viswanathan, before which the matter was mentioned for urgent hearing, […]
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav has said that his party will hold an agitation on September 1, demanding the inclusion of the findings of the caste survey, conducted in 2023, in under Schedule 9 of the Constitution. Tejashwi said that he would join the protest that […]
BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said the ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ was organised by the Congress party to protest against the alleged misuse of the office of the Governor. Shivakumar, who is the Congress Karnataka unit president, said the march is mainly to ensure that Raj Bhavan should not become the […]
OCCUPIED WEST BANK: Israel’s military is conducting raids in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, blocking access to aid for Palestinians in the besieged refugee camp on the fourth day of its assault. Dozens of Israeli soldiers were stationed on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp, with Israeli military jeeps and armoured personnel carriers […]
GAZA: A large-scale vaccination campaign to fight a polio outbreak in the Gaza Strip is set to begin on September 1, announced the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday. Richard Peeperkorn told a press briefing from Gaza that the two-round polio vaccination campaign will see the administration of two […]
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump launched a fresh personal attack on his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, calling her “defective”. His latest attacks came after Harris sat for her first major interview with CNN as her party’s presidential nominee on Thursday. Fifty-nine-year-old Harris, who is of Indian and African descent, is the Democratic Party candidate […]
DHAKA: At least 59 people, including six women and 12 children, have died in the devastating floods which affected more than five million people in 11 districts of Bangladesh, officials announced on Saturday. The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, while giving out updates on the flood situation, said the highest deaths were reported from Cumilla […]