Happy that border tourism is picking up well: DGP

Happy that border tourism is picking up well: DGP

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Friday said that he was happy that border tourism was picking up well. He also said preparations were being finalised to put in place the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the August 15 celebrations across Jammu and Kashmir. “Preparations are on for August 15 celebrations. […]

NMC Rules Ban Doctors From Getting Gifts From Pharma Firms

NMC Rules Ban Doctors From Getting Gifts From Pharma Firms

New Delhi: Doctors and their families must not receive any gifts, travel facilities, hospitality, cash or access to recreation from pharma companies or their representatives, commercial healthcare establishments and medical device firms under any pretext, the NMC has said in its new regulations. The ‘Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners”, issued on […]

Ladakh row: India, China Army Talks Likely On Aug 14

Ladakh row: India, China Army Talks Likely On Aug 14

New Delhi: India and China are likely to hold the 19th round of Corps Commander Level talks on Monday at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the Eastern Ladakh sector to resolve the ongoing military standoff between the two countries for over three years. The two countries have been in a military standoff for the last […]

Ahead of I-Day, police review security

Ahead of I-Day, police review security

Jammu: Ahead of Independence Day, the security arrangements were reviewed for the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday, a police spokesman said. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udhampur-Reasi range, Mohd Suleman Choudhary conducted the security review meeting in Reasi, and also discussed the Independence Day celebrations […]

Nobody can accept hate speech: SC

Nobody can accept hate speech: SC

Says Harmony And Comity Needed Between Communities New Delhi: Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday mooted a committee constituted by the Director General of Police (DGP) of Haryana to go into the cases registered in the wake of the recent communal riots in the state […]

SBM: Mehta for carrying out QC before declaring model villages

SBM: Mehta for carrying out QC before declaring model villages

Srinagar: With the Independence Day coming close by, the Chief Secretary, DrArun Kumar Mehta, today took review of the districts which were lagging behind in declaration of their villages as ‘Model Category’ under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen. The Government is aspiring to declare the whole UT as the ODF+ by 15th of August […]

RS adjourned sine die

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing down the curtain on the Monsoon session which was marred by repeated disruptions by the opposition over the Manipur violence issue. On the last day of the session, the Upper House was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch session amid an uproar by opposition […]

Notorious criminal detained under PSA

Notorious criminal detained under PSA

Jammu: A notorious criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said on Friday. Rakesh Kumar alias “Raku”, a resident of Meer Mohra Sarothi in Panchari tehsil, has become a great threat to public peace and tranquility, forcing the authorities to detain him under the administrative […]

Conjunctivitis outbreak: ADDC B’la chairs meeting; discusses action plan

Conjunctivitis outbreak: ADDC B’la chairs meeting; discusses action plan

More than 960 cases with ‘Pink Eye’ Disease got treatment in Health Centres across district Baramulla: In view of a sudden surge in conjunctivitis cases (pink eyes) in Baramulla district, the Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Baramulla, Aijaz Abdullah Saraf today convened a meeting of all concerned officers to discuss the action plan for mitigating […]

GI tagging of Mushkbudji will boost the product at national, int’l level: Dir Agri

GI tagging of Mushkbudji will boost the product at national, int’l level: Dir Agri

Srinagar: In celebration of the 75 years of India’s Independence, a mega Awareness programme under the aegis ‘Meri Maati, Mera Desh’ was on Friday held at Sagam Kokernag. The awareness programme was inaugurated by the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal. Speaking on the occasion, the Director emphasised the importance of ‘Meri Maati, Mera Desh’ […]