WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated Washington’s concerns over Russia’s cooperation with North Korea, Iran and China in the midst of its war in Ukraine, stressing it is “not good for your reputation” to work closely with Moscow. Blinken made the remarks as concerns have persisted over both regional and global security implications […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has pledged to end Ukraine’s war with Russia after its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reached out to the former US president to congratulate him on his Republican presidential nomination. The two leaders spoke on Friday over the phone. “President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today. He […]
NEW DELHI: Scientists have detected the first signs of the Sun’s next 11-year solar cycle, even as it is only halfway through its current one. This new discovery was presented by researchers from the University of Birmingham at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting in Hull. The Sun is currently at the peak of […]
Asks Security Agencies To Adopt Whole-Of-The Govt Approach Towards National Security New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on greater synergy among security and law enforcement agencies to dismantle terror networks and their supporting ecosystem to address the evolving security threat scenario of the country. He chaired a high Level Meeting with […]
Jammu: Amid a rise in terror incidents in the Jammu region over the past few few weeks, Union Minister Jitendra Singh Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is regularly reviewing the security situation and a new strategy has been adopted to neutralise terrorists. Singh said village defence guards (VDGs), which have played a crucial role […]
SRINAGAR: The counter-infiltration operation that led to the killing of two militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district was initiated on intelligence input generated by J&K Police, officials said on Friday. Two militants suspected to be foreigners were killed on Thursday while they were trying to infiltrate across the LoC to the […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today reviewed progress on JK Samadhan initiative, a key good governance project launched by the UT administration in partnership with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N). The review meeting focused on assessing the current status and future steps of the initiative. The meeting was attended by […]
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to review the progress of transitioning the Jammu and Kashmir Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (JK EPFO) to the Central EPFO under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, GoI. The meeting highlighted a substantial increase in subscriber accounts. Before 2019, there were 490,336 accounts, […]
Srinagar: The Central Administrative Tribunal’s Jammu Bench has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a former IAS officer for filing a “mischievous and frivolous” plea against the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and other senior bureaucrats. The tribunal’s judicial member Rajinder Dogra, in the July 16 order, said the application filed by […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has intensified its drive against non-payment of electricity bills and remotely disconnected thousands of smart-metered consumers. Similarly, in flat-rated areas, those consumers who haven’t paid their pending dues for months together are being physically disconnected, till they clear their bills with KPDCL. In a press statement issued here […]