Kevadia (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his government, after hard work in the last six-seven years, had established faith among people that it is possible to fight corruption and that they would get benefits of various government schemes without the involvement of middlemen. Virtually addressing a joint conference of the Central Vigilance […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 14,623 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,41,08,996, while the active cases declined to 1,78,098, the lowest in 229 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,52,651 with 197 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at […]
NEW DELHI: More than 102.4 crore (102,48,12,565) COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to the states and Union territories so far through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and under the direct state procurement category, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. More than 10.78 crore (10,78,72,110) balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses […]
Beijing: India has voiced its strong opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its flagship project – the CPEC – at the just concluded second UN Sustainable Transport Conference where the Indian diplomat’s mike curiously went silent while she was highlighting New Delhi’s objection to the controversial projects. he sudden “mike failure” at […]
Washington: US President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Donald Armin Blome as his next envoy to Pakistan, the White House has announced. Blome, who is currently the US Ambassador to Tunisia, is fluent in Arabic, it said on Tuesday. Previously, he had been posted as Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Libya External Office […]
SRINAGAR: This winter, power supply is likely going to be better in parts of Srinagar, north Kashmir and south Kashmir, as the power department is improving its power supplying capacity to households. The light of this project may be seen in the next two weeks as the Lassipora 160 MVA grid station is complete and […]
Shopian: To meet the power challenges in the winter season, the authorities are set to increase power supply in district Shopian. Against the required 100 MVA supply in the season, the district had been receiving only 44 MVA till now. Officials in the Power Development Department (PDD) informed Kashmir Reader that for the past week […]
Srinagar: Thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley converged at the historic Hazratbal shrine on the outskirts of city on the eve of Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi (SAW) on Tuesday. Thousands of men, women and children thronged the shrine, also known as Dargah Sharif and Asar-e-Sherief, all through the day to have glimpses of the holy relics […]
Jammu: As the counter-insurgency operation in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri entered the ninth day on Tuesday, public announcements were made in Mendhar asking local residents to stay indoors for their safety, officials said. The people were alerted through the public address system in local mosques […]
Jammu: Army chief General M M Naravane visited forward areas along the LoC in Jammu region on Tuesday and was briefed on the ground situation in the region and ongoing counter-infiltration operations, officials said here. Naravane arrived in Jammu on a two-day visit on Monday amid a spurt in targeted attacks on civilians by terrorists […]