RAMBAN, May 3: In a move aimed at long-term disaster mitigation, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has issued directions for a detailed scientific survey to identify landslide-prone areas and zones across the Ramban region. He suggested that the Geological Survey of India (GSI) be engaged to conduct a comprehensive mapping exercise, citing the increasing frequency...
NEW DELHI, May 3: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday made a strong pitch to extend the dispute resolution mechanism to rural areas so that the Panchayats are legally empowered to mediate and resolve the conflicts in villages. She said social harmony in villages is an essential prerequisite of making the nation strong. Murmu also said...
New Delhi/Srinagar, May 3: Days before the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, intelligence agencies had flagged the potential targeting of tourists especially those staying in hotels on the outskirts of Srinagar in the foothills of the Zabarwan range, officials in the know said Saturday. This prompted a heightened security presence in these areas with top...
New Delhi, May 03 (KNO): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the National Capital on Saturday evening. According to the details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) this will be Omar Abdullah’s first meeting with PM Modi after the April 22, Pahalgam terror attack, which...
JAMMU, May 3: “I am born to serve the Jammu and Kashmir Police and my country, India,” 45-year-old policeman Iftkhar Ali said on Saturday, just days after he and his eight siblings narrowly escaped deportation to Pakistan – a fate averted only through the timely intervention of the high court. For Ali, who hails...
ANANTNAG, May 3: National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Saturday urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to stand against the perpetrators of Pahalgam-like attacks for progress and prosperity, asserting that those behind the April 22 massacre would “rot in hell”. The former chief minister of the erstwhile state visited the residence of Adil Hussain...
Calls accusations between parties “unwanted and undesirable”; Students, traders outside scared Srinagar, May 03 lone: Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday called for a pause for political infighting among regional parties. Taking to X as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Lone expressed concern over the “political mudslinging”, stating that while parties would...
NEW DELHI, May 3: India has banned direct or indirect import of all goods from Pakistan with immediate effect, according to a notification of the commerce ministry. A provision in this regard has been added in Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 “to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or...
New Delhi, May 3: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed immediate suspension of 26 MBBS students found complicit in NEET-UG 2024 malpractices and cancelled admission of 14 students for the academic year 2024-25 for resorting to unfair means during the entrance exam, an official source said. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, or NEET, is...