J&K Bank staff contributes for colleague affected by Dachhan cloudburst

SRINAGAR: J&K Bank’s employees contributed over Rupees Thirteen lacs for their colleague Mohammad Iqbal Tantray who lost his son and daughter along with his home in a catastrophic cloudburst that struck Dachhan area of Kishtwar during the intervening night of July 27 and 28 this year. Mohammad Iqbal lost his youthful children – Tauseef Iqbal […]

Apni Party organises one-day district Kupwara convention at Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party on Monday organised a one-day district Kupwara convention at its party head office in Sheikh Bagh, Srinagar. The convention was presided by Former Minister and Chairman Apni Party Parliamentary Committee Mohammad Dilawar Mir along with Party General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, Provincial President Kashmir Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Party State […]

Team Red launches Eco Friendly plantable, pens & pencils initiative

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Team Team Red on Monday Launched an initiative pledging to use eco friendly plantable pens & pencils. The initiative was launched by Dr. Ashiq Rashid (Head of Health Concerns -Team Red). Faiq Wani (Head of Environmental Concerns Team Red) was also present on the occassion. Special Guests on the occasion […]

Kashmiri journalist Receives Aminah Assilmi Media Excellence Award in US

Srinagar: Raqib Hameed Naik from Doda district who is a Journalist based in the United States received Aminah Assilmi Award in Media Excellence – 2021 from the Sound Vision Foundation USA, for his reporting. He received the award during Sound Vision Foundation’s annual banquet in Houston Texas on December 12. Last month, Naik was also […]

Rahul Gandhi slams CBSE for controversial passage in Class 10 exam

Rahul Gandhi slams CBSE for controversial passage in Class 10 exam

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the CBSE over a comprehension passage in the class 10 English paper, terming it as “disgusting” and a “ploy” of the RSS-BJP to crush the morale and future of the youth. The comprehension passage in the CBSE class 10 English question paper has sparked […]

New India focusing on retrieving past glory, modernizing country: Modi

New India focusing on retrieving past glory, modernizing country: Modi

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that today’s India is focusing both on retrieving the glory of the nation and modernizing the country. Speaking after inaugurating the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project at his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, the Prime Minister said, “Today’s new India is not only constructing the temple at Ayodhya but […]

Parliamentarians pay tribute to victims of 2001 Parliament attack

NEW DELHI: Vice-President and Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla led the parliamentarians in paying tributes to those killed in the 2001 Parliament attack at a sombre ceremony here on Monday. At the ceremony held in the Parliament House complex, Naidu and Birla paid floral tributes to the martyrs. […]

India sees 7,350 new COVID-19 cases, 202 deaths

NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus tally rose to 3,46,97,860 with 7,350 people testing positive for the infection in a day, while the number of active cases declined to 91,456, the lowest in 561 days, the Union Health Ministry data showed on Monday. The death toll from the pandemic has climbed to 4,75,636 with 202 new fatalities, […]

SC directs Centre to reply on plea seeking revival of vaccine PSUs to boost COVID-19 vaccination

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to file reply on a plea seeking to revive the vaccine public sector units and utilise their full production capabilities by placement of purchase orders. A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna asked the Centre to respond to the plea within four […]

Covid vaccines, previous infection offer stronger than basic’ protection against Omicron: Study

Beijing: People previously infected with COVID-19 and those vaccinated will have some “stronger than basic” protection against Omicron, according to one of the earliest peer-reviewed studies looking into the recently identified variant of coronavirus. However, the study conducted in a lab suggests that Omicron “exceeds” all other variants in its potential capability to evade the […]