Srinagar, Mar 12: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday assigned the charge of Director SKIMS Soura to Dr Syed Abdi Rashid Shah in addition to his own duties. According to an order, a copy of which lies with the news agency, the appointment has been made in view of the retirement of Dr Parvez...
Says let Congress allocate either two seats in Jammu or one seat in Ladakh from their share Srinagar, Mar 12: National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah declared that his party would not relinquish any of the three seats in the Kashmir Valley to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Instead, he offered the Congress the...
New Delhi, Mar 12 : The Court-appointed Committee headed by former High Court Judge Justice Gita Mittal submitted its findings in the form of Three Reports before the Supreme Court on Tuesday regarding the recent spurt of violence in Manipur. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud took the reports on...
Jammu, Mar 12 : Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday congratulated the displaced persons of PoJK and Western Pakistan on fulfilling their long pending demand. Sinha laid the foundation stone of PoJK Bhawan at Suketar in Jammu. The Bhawan will be constructed in 40 Kanal, 17 Marla in the honour of the...
Dubai, Mar 12 : Yashasvi Jaiswal won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award following a dominant series of batting performances as India battled back in February to secure series victory over England in the ICC World Test Championship. Meanwhile, Annabel Sutherland was named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month after her stunning...
Melbourne, Mar 12: Australia coach Andrew McDonald has admitted it would take something special to oust veteran batsman Steve Smith from his new role as opener for the side’s next ICC World Test Championship assignment against India at the end of the year. Smith has managed just 171 runs at an average of 28.50 since...
New Delhi, Mar 12 : The Congress on Tuesday released the second list of 43 candidates for Lok Sabha elections, from Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Daman Diu and Madhya Pradesh. Among the 43 candidates includes the names of Gaurav Gogoi from Jorhat Assam, Nakul Nath to contest from Chindwara in Madhya Pradesh and Rahul Kaswan...
New Delhi Mar 12 : In an overnight joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), based on intelligence inputs, apprehended a Pakistani boat with six crew members and narcotics onboard, worth approximately Rs 480 crore. The boat was apprehended on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, about 350 Km from Porbandar in a sea-air...
Jammu, Mar 12: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jammu Kashmir is leading the reforms in the nation’s educational ecosystem. The Lt Governor lauded the collective effort of the University of Jammu and National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) for...
Srinagar, Mar 12: Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, Tuesday declared Jammu Kashmir National Front (JKNF) as an unlawful association under UA(P)A for a period of five years with immediate effect. Taking to microblogging site ‘X’, Home Minister Amit Shah, wrote, as per GNS, “The Modi government today declared Jammu and Kashmir National Front as an...
Srinagar, Mar 12: The Haj Committee Tuesday informed all selected Haj Pilgrims to deposit the Haj Arrangement Dues viz. Transport/ Container charges/ Services of Home-guard Volunteers/ Air Cargo Charges/ Service providers and other handling charges to be incurred by JK Haj Committee through J&K Bank in Account No: 1206040500005039. The pay-in-slip can also be downloaded...
Srinagar, Mar 12: Most of the regional political parties on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. The ECI team headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar held discussions with representatives of political parties in Srinagar...
Jaipur, March 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government is working tirelessly to make India a self-reliant nation in the defence sector. Speaking after witnessing the “Bharat Shakti’ exercise, showcasing the prowess of indigenously manufactured defence equipment across the three services in Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan, Modi said in the...
Jammu, Mar 12 : Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for revolutionizing rail infrastructure and connectivity in the Union Territory and dedicating a number of railway projects to the people of the Union Territory today. PM Modi on Tuesday laid foundation stone and dedicated Railway...
New Delhi, Mar 12 : A Day after the government notified the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday launched a new portal for those who have been persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Moreover, the government will soon be launching a mobile app called...
Jammu, Mar 12 : A man suffered splinter injuries in a mortar shell explosion in the forests of Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police on Tuesday said a mortar shell explosion was reported in Sumb Khud in village Chandli in which one Chinar Singh suffered splinter injuries. “On receiving information about the explosion,...
Chandigarh, Mar 12 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigned on Tuesday in a dramatic turn of events over the seat-sharing tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jannayak Janata Party (BJP-JJP), which is part of the coalition government in Haryana ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Chief Minister Khattar submitted his...
Chandigarh, Mar 12 : Haryana BJP president Nayab Singh Saini will be the new Chief Minister of the state. BJP Haryana tweeted ‘Saini has been elected as the leader of the legislature party and will take oath as Chief Minister at 5 pm on Tuesday.’ Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigned this morning, breaking...
Kolkata, Mar 12 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off the Ranchi-Varanasi-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express later on Tuesday, the South Eastern Railway said. However, except Thursday, the commercial or regular will commence on March 18. The 20887 Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express will depart Ranchi at 05:10 hrs and reach Varanasi at 13:00...
Srinagar, Mar 12 : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar is holding series of meetings on Tuesday to review the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Kumar along with nine other top officials of the Commission reached Srinagar last evening and was received by chief electoral officer J&K. The CEC...
Rio De Janeiro, Mar 12: Brazil has registered 391 confirmed deaths from dengue so far this year with another 854 deaths under investigation, the Health Ministry said on Monday. A total of 1,583,183 suspected cases of dengue have been reported nationwide, including 12,652 severe cases, the ministry said in its daily report. The incidence rate...