Jammu, Apr 04: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Thursday chaired a high level Steering Committee Meeting of senior functionaries of Home, Police and Law Departments to review implementation of three new criminal laws in J&K enacted by the Parliament in 2023. Apart from the Principal Secretary, Home the meeting was attended by DG, Prisons and Crime,...
Srinagar, Apr 04: In order to improve patient care, Health and Medical Education Department has extended working days and hours in all Government Medical and Dental colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order, a copy of which lies with news agency new reporting time in GMCs and GDCs will be 9 am while...
Trio was planning to carry out terrorist activities in India, with ISI’s help’ Srinagar, Apr 04: The Uttar Pradesh ATS on Thursday arrested three terrorists including two Pakistani nationals and a resident of Kashmir. Reports reaching the news agency, as per Intelligence information, the trio was planning to carry out terrorist activities in India and...
Jammu, Apr 4: As many as 25 star campaigners from the Congress party, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, to address rallies in support of their candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The top leaders of the Congress party are expected to visit next week. “Around 25 top leaders from the...
Chennai, Apr 4 : After 33 years, three convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who were released by the Supreme Court, were deported back to Sri Lanka. All the three–Murugan alias Sriharan, Robert Payas and Jayakumar–were Sri Lankan Nationals. The trio, who were prematurely freed from prison and then lodged at...
Washington, Apr 4: The 2024 NATO summit in Washington will help build a bridge for Ukraine becoming a NATO member, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. “Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership and to create a clear pathway for...
Mathura (UP), Apr 4: Actress and two-time Member of Parliament Hema Malini on Thursday filed her nomination from Mathura Lok Sabha constituency. Hema Malini filed her nomination in the presence of Jal Shakti Minister in Uttar Pradesh government Swatantra Dev Singh, Rajya Sabha MP Tejveer Singh, Baldev MLA Puran Prakash and Maat MLA Rajesh Chaudhary....
New Delhi, April 4: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday urged Israeli authorities to do their best to take care the safety and well-being of Indians who have gone to Israel under government-to-government (G2G) agreement. Addressing a weekly press conference here, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal said, “The first batch...
Vijayapura, Apr 4: A two-year-old boy, who fell into a 16-foot-deep borewell in Lachyana village of Indi taluk in the district, was rescued here on Thursday. Despite the challenges and the nearly 20-hour-long rescue operation, the efforts paid off as the child, Satvik Satish Mujagond, was safely brought out from the borewell. The sound...
New Delhi, April 4 : Responding to a question over its “double standard” as Washington showed support for the political Opposition in India but remain silent on the treatment of opposition in Pakistan, the United States on Thursday asserted that it does not agree with “that characterisation”. “I would not agree with that characterisation,” US...
New Delhi, Apr 4 : The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to remove Arvind Kejriwal as Chief Minister of Delhi but says ‘personal interest should be subordinate to national interest’. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora refused to...
Srinagar, Apr 4: Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday announced that National Conference and Congress would jointly fight the five seats of Lok Sabha in Jammu and Kashmir. He said this a day after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) announced that it would contest all three seats in the Valley. The announcement set...
Srinagar, Apr 4 : Apni Party led by Altaf Bukhari, on Thursday announced to field Mohammad Ashraf Mir from Srinagar constituency and Zafar Iqbal Manhas from Anantnag-Rajouri constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Addressing a press conference here, senior party leader Mohammad Dilwar Mir announced the names of the two candidates. He said...
Hyderabad, April 4: In the upcoming IPL 2024 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday, both teams will be looking to secure a crucial victory. Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by Pat Cummins, have shown glimpses of their potential with some impressive performances, despite having...
New Delhi, Apr 4: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday launched the country’s first homegrown, accessible and affordable gene therapy named “CAR-T cell” to fight against cancer. The CAR-T cell therapy is developed in collaboration between the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Tata Memorial Hospital and industry partner ImmunoACT. “The launch of India’s first gene therapy...
New Delhi, Apr 4 : Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a message from Tihar jail on Thursday, directed his MLAs to visit their constituencies on a daily basis to ensure that the citizens of the national capital do not face any issues. Addressing the media, Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita, read...
Srinagar, Apr 4: Weather improved on Thursday after rain lashed the plains of Kashmir valley on Wednesday, plummeting the temperature. The Meteorological Centre Srinagar predicted on Thursday that the weather will generally remain dry on Thursday while there are chances of light rain or snow at isolated places towards Friday morning. During April 11–12,...
Taipei/Beijing, Apr 4: The 7.3-magnitude quake in China’s Taiwan on Wednesday morning had left nine people dead and 1,011 people injured as of 10 p.m., according to the local emergency operation center. Meanwhile, more than 100 people were trapped following the earthquake that hit the sea area near Hualien County, Taiwan, data from the center...