Mumbai Mar 15: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has undergone an angioplasty and was admitted to the Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai on Friday morning. In the evening, he was discharged from the hospital and brought home. In the early morning, he was brought into the hospital under very tight security conditions. According to the received details, the...
Jammu, Mar 15: In a significant step towards addressing the burgeoning issues of Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) in the UT, a high-level meeting was on Friday chaired by Chief Secretary, Atul Dulloo and attended by the Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD; Commissioner Secretary, Tourism besides other HoDs of the Housing and Rural Development Departments here....
Jammu, Mar 15: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday termed the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir as its biggest achievement, emphasizing that the removal of the special status paved the way for the integration of erstwhile state with the country. In an address at the party headquarters in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, State...
Mirwaiz Umar highlights significance of sacred month, says inadequate electricity increase hardships of people; Markets wear festive look across City Srinagar, Mar 15: On the first Friday of Ramadhan, the historic Jamia Masjid in Old city here and Dargah Hazratbal shrine witnessed a massive rush of devotees as the people from different parts of thronged...
Samples taken, results tomorrow: Official Srinagar, Mar 15: The Kashmir Valley has witnessed a 50% decrease in watermelon sales following concerns raised on social media regarding the safety of consuming artificially ripened watermelons. Dr Wajahat, a clinical oncologist at a premier hospital, recently cautioned against consuming artificially ripened watermelons during the off-season, citing potential cancer...
Erstwhile state has 42.58 lakh women voters, 9.02 lakh in Anantnag alone Srinagar, Mar 14: Women this time will have a decisive role to play during the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir with their electorate comprising 49 percent of total vote count. Details available with the news agency, out of the total 86.93 lakh...
Srinagar, Mar 15 : Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said to have trapped and arrested J.E of Rural development department for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5000 from complainant for processing and preparing bill of the work executed by the complainant. As per a statement issued to the news agency, an information was...
Srinagar, Mar 15: A youth was killed while two others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told the news agency, that a youth identified as Mudasir Ahmad Malik, son of Ab Aziz Malik of Batkoot Pahalgam died on...
Srinagar, Mar 15: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir (KU) Professor Neelofer Khan on Friday appeared in-person before a division bench of the High Court which is hearing a contempt petition against the top Varsity officers. As per the news agency, petitioner Zahoor Hussain has moved the court seeking regularisation of his services as Junior...
Jammu, Mar 15: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said that the Modi government has changed the face of Udhampur which has emerged as one of the most developed constituencies of the country in the last 10 years. “There are certain critics and cynics who say they cannot see any development in 10...
Pathanamthitta, Mar 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Friday that ‘Lotus will bloom’ in Kerala in the upcoming Lok Sabha election as people will vote for the BJP to keep away both the corrupt LDF and UDF from power. Addressing a public meeting organised by the BJP in connection with election campaign here...
Bhubaneswar, Mar 15 : The Odisha Congress on Friday promised minimum support price for paddy at Rs.3000 per quintal, unemployment allowance, pension to the farmers, LPG cylinder at Rs.500, free electricity up to 200 units and Rs.15 lakh health insurance coverage to the people of the state. The party released its manifesto for the...
New Delhi, Mar 15: The Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 is India’s internal matter and the statement of the United States on its implementation is “misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday. Jaiswal was responding to remarks made on Thursday by the State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller that “Respect...
Srinagar, Mar 15 : As the Election Commission of India (ECI) is all set to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the Commission should play a role to fully restore the democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir. He, however, said...
New Delhi, Mar 15: In yet another financial incentive ahead of General Elections, the Government on Friday announced a financial upgradation scheme for the Gramin Dak Sevaks working in the Postal Department. Every Gramin Dak Sevak will get three financial upgradations on completion of 12, 24 and 36 years of service amounting to Rs 4,320/-,...
Jammu, Mar 15: The State Investigation Agency Jammu on Friday conducted searches at seven locations in five districts across Jammu division in connection with probe in a case related to deep rooted larger criminal conspiracy hatched for carrying out terrorists and subversive activities hatched by an active terror ecosystem. Official sources said that the...
Srinagar, Mar 15 : Kashmir’s Chief Cleric and Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday appealed to authorities to unconditionally release Kashmiri political prisoners, now in jails, as a gesture of goodwill in the holy month of Ramzan . He said this while delivering Friday sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar....
New Delhi, Mar 15 : The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the new law that provides for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners by a panel excluding the Chief Justice of India. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta also refused to stay the...
Kanyakumari, Mar 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the “DMK-Congress INDIA alliance can never make Tamil Nadu a developed State as its history is of scams and corruption.” Addressing an election rally here, as part of his Southern outreach for the Lok Sabha election, Modi said on one side, you (people) have...
Vladivostok, Mar 15 : Russian voters started to hit the polls for the 2024 presidential election in the Far East region, including Kamchatka, Chukotka and other areas at 8 a.m. Friday local time. Four candidates will vie for the top position: Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nikolai Kharitonov of the Russian Communist Party,...
Geneva, Mar 15: The FIFA Council unanimously approved the Annual Report 2023 and the increase of investment in football development to 2.25 billion U.S. dollars, the world football governing body announced on Thursday. FIFA confirmed that the budget for the 2023-2026 cycle is almost seven times as much as the investment in the development programs...