Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday said the bureaucracy has failed to deliver good governance and development in Jammu and Kashmir thereby resulting in the culture of no accountability and unresponsiveness in administration. The long term political void has been a major detrimental factor in the failure of the administration to rise […]
WASHINGTON: India has called on technology companies to ensure transparency and a check on misinformation on their platforms, cautioning that there is a growing tendency of foreign interference in the internal affairs of other countries through disinformation campaigns. Addressing the Arria-formula meeting on media freedom in Belarus organised by the Estonian Permanent Mission on Friday, […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the contribution of children in raising awareness about handwashing during the COVID-19pandemic, and said that a programme tastes success if they become part of it. In an interaction with the ‘Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar’ awardees via video conferencing, Modi praised the winners and said they […]
NEW DELHI: Ahead of their proposed tractor parade on Republic Day, protesting farmer Unions Monday announced they will march towards Parliament from different locations on February 1 when the annual Union Budget is scheduled to be presented. Darshan Pal of the Krantikari Kisan Union said the protesting farmers remain firm in their stand of repealing […]
New Delhi: India recorded the lowest number of coronavirus fatalities in over eight months with 131 more deaths being recorded, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,06,67,736 with 13,203 more infections. There are 1,84,182 active cases, which is 1.73 per cent of the caseload and it remained below 2 lakh […]
Flights resume at airport but only stranded vehicles to be allowed on highway today; minimum temperatures drop drastically in south Kashmir Srinagar: Bright sunshine replaced clouds during the day in Kashmir on Sunday, though the Srinagar-Jammu national highway stayed closed for traffic for the second consecutive day, as it would stay closed on Monday as […]
Banihal/Jammu: Two youths from Kupwara were found dead inside a load carrier at Banihal on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which remained closed for vehicular traffic for the second day on Sunday following snowfall, officials said. Shabir Ahmad Mir (22) and Majid Gulzar Mir (30), both residents of Kralpora village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, were […]
Shopian: The Army captain involved in the fake encounter in Kashmir’s Shopian district last July and two other civilians accused haven’t provided any information about the source of weapons planted on the three slain youths and had also attempted to destroy the evidence, the police charge sheet filed in the case says. Captain Bhoopendra Singh […]
Srinagar: This coming Tuesday is the second Republic Day since the special status of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state was revoked, yet nothing has changed here. There are the same intense security arrangements around the venues where the day when India adopted its Constitution will be celebrated. An official told Kashmir Reader that security has […]
New Delhi: After a gap of over two-and-a-half months, the Indian and Chinese armies on Sunday held another round of Corps Commander-level talks with an aim to move forward on disengagement of troops from all friction points in eastern Ladakh, sources said. The military talks began at around 10 am at Moldo border point on […]