Lucknow: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said her party is “open-minded” on the issue of forging an alliance with other political parties for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Asked whether the Congress will go alone on all the 403 Assembly seats in the state or align with some political party, the party […]
Envision Group, a world-leading green technology company, recently donated dozens of oxygen concentrators and 44,000 protective masks to India in wake of the shortage of essential medical supplies during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Shri Ajith Pawar inaugurated the donation event on 16th June 2021, together with the Minister […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a “stress test” for the Indian pharma industry, and exposed its high dependence on imported raw materials and “surprisingly low” research and development efforts, a paper in RBI’s July bulletin said on Thursday. “The high import dependency and surprisingly low R&D intensity of exports in the Indian pharmaceutical sector call […]
Srinagar: Kashmir on Saturday reported 117 fresh Covid-19 cases and 164 recoveries, and zero deaths, in the last 24 hours. One death was reported from Government Medical College Doda in Jammu division. According to the government’s data on the disease, Jammu division reported 179 fresh cases and 277 recoveries on Saturday. The data said that […]
Srinagar:Police on Saturday claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough by busting a group that threatened social activists, political leaders, government officers and journalists. During multiple raids in Srinagar and Poonch areas, police arrested five persons including the “kingpin” who were running a blog site, Kashmirfight.wordpress.com. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said […]
NAINITAL: Questioning the constitutionality of the government’s ban on slaughterhouses in Haridwar district, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday said that a civilisation is judged by the way it treats its minorities. Hearing a petition filed by residents of Manglaur challenging the ban, a division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice R S […]
‘Admissions to be completed by September 30’ NEW DELHI: The new academic session in universities and colleges across the county will begin from October 1 while the admission process has to be completed by September 30, according to new guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Universities and higher education institutions (HEIs) have been asked […]
Banihal: Two minor siblings died and two others were injured on Saturday after their house was gutted in a fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said. The fire broke out in the house of Rajesh Kumar due to leakage of an LPG cylinder in Maitra-Rajgharh area, they said. The members of the family […]
Srinagar: A week-long joint training programme on capacity building of the Jammu and Kashmir Police with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) concluded here on Saturday, an official said. The aim of the programme was to enhance the skills of investigating officers and make them experts in handling a variety of cases, he added. The programme […]
Srinagar: “An under-trial has no right of choice for his lodgement/jail, nor the trial court is authorised to specify a particular lodgement of an under-trial,” the J&K High Court on Saturday ruled on the plea of some under-trials who had prayed not to be lodged outside Kashmir jails. Justice Sanjeev Kumar while dismissing the plea […]