JAMMU: Giving a major push to strengthen Power sector in J&K, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today inaugurated 35 power projects worth Rs 44.14 crores, augmenting the overall capacity in Jammu Division by 367 MVA. On the occasion, the Lt Governor also launched several e-Services of the Power Development Department, including the new provision for submitting […]
Says change in behavior of people with regard to CAB apprehensive SRINAGAR: In view of decrease in number of Covid positive cases, the medical practitioners have warned against resorting to lackadaisical attitude vis-à-vis adherence of Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), stating that it this can lead to inception of 3rd wave. “Currently on an average SHMS, […]
Srinagar: Directorate of Health Services Kashmir on Thursday held a special Covid-19 vaccination drive at Kashmir Press Club for journalists in which over one hundred journalists were vaccinated. A spokesperson of Directorate of Health Services Kashmir said the vaccination drive was held for journalists during which more than one hundred media men associated with different […]
New Delhi: India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said. It also noted that over 3 million “zero-dose children” in 2020 lived in India. At nearly 4.4 million, South Asia recorded the highest number […]
New Delhi: Emphasising on the importance of skill development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling of people needed to be expedited as there is going to be a huge demand for this due to fast-changing technology. He said that skill development of the new generation is a national need and […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s observation about the sedition law and asking the Centre whether it was still needed 75 years after Independence. Concerned over the “enormous misuse” of the colonial-era penal law, a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana asked the Centre why […]
House blown up with explosives, curfew imposed in town area Anantnag: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, one of them a Pakistani ‘commander’ of the outfit, were killed in an overnight gunfight with government forces here in the main town of Pulwama district in south Kashmir, police said. Kashmir Range Inspector-General of Police (IGP) congratulated government forces […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf said on Wednesday that it was India’s responsibility to start the dialogue with Islamabad by “reversing” its actions in Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union territories. According to an […]
Srinagar: Two persons hailing from Jammu died due to Covid while 161 fresh Covid cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours in J&K, the official daily bulletin reported on Tuesday. Of the new cases, 123 were reported in Kashmir Division and 38 in Jammu Division, the bulletin said. Moreover, 358 […]
Also seeks details about retrieval of land that was grabbed fraudulently Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday sought response within two weeks from government authorities with regard to the construction of a sports stadium on the banks of river Lidder in Pahalgam tourist resort. Counsel Bhat Fayaz Ahmad moved an application before the court […]