SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting regarding Metrolite project for Srinagar City, here The meeting was attended by the Managing Director, J&K Mass Rapid Transit Corporation(MRTC); DC Srinagar; Commissioner SMC; Chief Engineers of PWD, PDD and PHE; General Manager Planning; General Manager Engineering of SSCL; and the […]
JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired the 4th Governing Council’s meeting for Ayushman Bharat. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Health & Medical Education Department, Housing & Urban Development, General Administration, Labour & Employment, Information Technology, along with Mission Director National Health Mission, Director, SKIMS, Principal GMC, Srinagar/Jammu/Bemina, representatives of National […]
PULWAMA: The District Development Council, Member Kakapora, Abdul Quyoom Mir Tuesday convened a meeting here to review the progress made under various centrally sponsored schemes, flagship programmes being implemented by the Agriculture department in the district. Among others the meeting was attended by DDC Member, Tral Manzoor Ahmad, Chief Agriculture Officer, and concerned officers. The […]
Srinagar: Mayor of Srinagar, Junaid Azim Mattu has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the demise of Sajadah Nisheen Khanqah-e-Moula, Peerzada Abdur Rashid Shafiee Sahab who passed away at his Barzulla residence after a brief illness. Describing this as a personal loss to him and his family, Mayor Srinagar Junaid Mattu said in Peerzada Abdul […]
Srinagar: Police in a series of actions across Kashmir Valley have arrested 14 drug peddlers. Huge cache of contraband substances and cash ₹2.70 lacs have been recovered from their possession. In Pulwama, earlier three drug peddlers were arrested from Gudoora Bridge Newa and on their disclosure instant raid was conducted at the residence of one […]
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Tuesday inaugurated a two-day seminar on ‘Iqbal’s Contribution to New Perspective on Knowledge, Literature and Culture’. The national-level seminar has been organised by the varsity’s Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosophy (IICP). In presidential address, Prof Talat lauded the IICP for organising the seminar on Allama […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 10,126 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 266 days, while the active cases dipped to 1,40,638, the lowest in 263 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 3,43,77,113. The death toll climbed to 4,61,389 […]
New Delhi: Ninety-six countries have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. The government continues to be in communication with the rest of the world so that beneficiaries of the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme are accepted and recognised, thereby easing travel for education, […]
New Delhi: Seizing on a French media report that commissions were paid between 2007 and 2012 for securing the Rafale deal with India, the BJP on Tuesday said the INC (Indian National Congress) should be renamed as “I Need Commission” and alleged that the Congress’ dissatisfaction with the cut on offer was behind the failed […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked his party colleagues to not stop or be afraid of fighting against the “corrupt” central government as truth was with them in every step. His remarks came a day after a French investigative journal Mediapart made fresh claims that alleged bogus invoices were used that enabled […]