Jammu: Augmenting the preventive and curative health care facilities for the people of J&K, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today inaugurated Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Akhnoor and dedicated it to the public. “With the new state-of-the-art Ayurveda facility, we have achieved a new milestone in the healthcare sector of Jammu and Kashmir”, the Lt Governor observed. […]
PULWAMA: The Forest department on Tuesday evening seized a vehicle along with illegal timber in Drabgam area of Pulwama during the intervening night of Tuesday.The arrested driver was identified as Javid Ahmad Rather son of Mohammad Sultan, resident of Budgam. “The driver was taken in custody and further investigation is going on and an FIR […]
BARAMULLA:With an aim to review the implementation of directions issued by National Green Tribunal (NGT) with respect to environmental conservation, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Bhupinder Kumar today chaired a meeting of concerned officers at dak bungalow here. On the occasion, several matters including establishment of Solid Waste Management facility across the district, compliance of […]
New Delhi: Emphasising that the future of Afghanistan cannot be its past, India on Wednesday presented a three-point roadmap for the conflict-ridden country that entailed cessation of violence and terrorist attacks, settlement of the conflict through political dialogue and steps to ensure that neighbouring countries are not threatened by terrorism, separatism and extremism. External Affairs […]
New Delhi: India recorded 38,792 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,09,46,074, while the death toll reached 4,11,408 with 624 more fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Wednesday. The active cases have declined to 4,29,946 and comprise 1.39 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine a fresh plea by a former army officer challenging the Constitutional validity of the sedition law on the ground that it causes “chilling effect” on speech and is an unreasonable restriction on free expression, a fundamental right. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana, A […]
NEW DELHI: Union minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the leader of house in Rajya Sabha, sources said on Wednesday. He will succeed Thawar Chand Gahlot who has been appointed the governor of Karnataka. The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has intimated the Rajya Sabha Secretariat that Goyal will be the Leader of House, the sources […]
MANSEHRA: A bus carrying Chinese and Pakistani construction workers on a slippery mountainous road in northwest Pakistan fell into a ravine Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, officials said. At least 36 people were also injured in the apparent accident in the Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Arif Javed, […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would examine how far can constitutional courts venture into issues which are exclusively in the domain of executive related to Covid-19 management. The top court said that the courts need to respect the demarcation of power given under the Constitution even though the objective was in […]
SRINAGAR: A partial shutdown was observed at many places in Kashmir on Tuesday to mark Martyrs’ Day, July 13. Many markets in the city, including Zainakadal, Nowhatta, Rainawari, Safakadal, and Maisuma remained shut. So were other markets in Kashmir valley. Public transport was off the roads in many towns. There was also not much public […]