SRINAGAR: In order to mitigate the economic hardships faced by the rural poor during COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RDD&PR) has disbursed Rs 170 crore under MGNREGA ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr to help the workers to celebrate the occasion with fervour and joy. The department has disbursed around Rs 183 crore […]
Poultry unit sealed for hoarding chicken Pampore: Tehsildar Pampore, Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din along with other officials carried a surprise market checking drive town Pampore town on Thursday during which a fine of rupees 15,500 were realised from erring meat sellers. The fine was levied on many meat selling shopkeepers for selling meat at exorbitant rates. The […]
Srinagar: J&K Peoples Movement has vehemently opposed the issuance of Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules 2020 and said that these rules lay down the procedure for grant of Domicile Certificates. In a press release, JKPM Vice President Feroze Peerzada said these rules are aimed at disempowering the people of Jammu and […]
Describes Domicile law as a historic milestone
Jammu: Representatives of various Political Parties and organizations of Kashmiri Pandit Community including All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee and Kashmiri Pandit Welfare Organizations today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu at the Raj Bhavan, and expressed their gratitude towards Government of India and J&K UT Administration for the introduction of new Domicile Law […]
New Delhi: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 3,435 and the number of cases to 1,12,359 in the country on Thursday, registering an increase of 132 deaths and 5,609 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 63,624, while 45,299 people […]
BENGALURU: India may witness Covid-19 cases peaking in mid-July if the current lockdown is lifted this month-end but expected to be a “lower surge” due to strong containment measures in the past nearly two months, a noted public health expert and epidemiologist said on Thursday. The country at present is definitely at a lower trajectory […]
Kabul: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad reported he had a “constructive meeting” with senior Taliban leaders in Doha, and discussed counter-terrorism, intra-Afghan talks and the withdrawal of American forces from the country under the peace deal. “I held three constructive meetings with Mullah Berader and members of the Taliban Political Commission. […]
BEIJING: China on Thursday termed as ‘nonsense’ a senior US diplomat’s remarks blaming it for using constant aggression on the border with India to try to change the status quo and said consultations were going on through diplomatic channels between the two countries which has “nothing to do” with Washington. Responding to a question on […]
NEW DELHI: No stone will be left unturned in helping those affected by cyclone ‘Amphan’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. The cyclone has left at least 12 people dead and damaged infrastructure in West Bengal. “Have been seeing visuals from West Bengal on the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan,” the prime minister tweeted. […]
UNITED NATIONS: At least 19 million children in parts of Bangladesh and India are at “imminent risk” from flash flooding and heavy rain as Cyclone Amphan makes landfall and the state of West Bengal is expected to take a direct hit from the powerful storm, the UN’s children agency has warned. The extremely severe cyclonic […]