AI Express-AIX Connect merger in 1st week of October; ‘I5’ to fly into sunset
AIX Connect as well as airline designator code ‘I5’ will fly into the past in the first week of October as the merger of the no-frills carrier with Air India Express becomes a reality. “Everything is on track,” a senior airline official told PTI earlier this week about the merger process that has been in […]
‘Pothole-free Delhi’: CM Atishi, ministers inspect roads
Delhi cabinet ministers led by Chief Minister Atishi hit the ground running on Monday morning, inspecting and identifying damaged roads across the city to ensure a pothole-free national capital by Diwali. Atishi, accompanied by Public Works Department (PWD) engineers, visited different areas in south and southeast Delhi. In a post on X, the chief minister […]
170 dead in Nepal floods, landslides after rains
KATHMANDU: Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 170 people, with dozens more missing, officials said on Sunday. The floods brought traffic and normal activity to a standstill in the Kathmandu valley over the weekend, though domestic flights resumed […]
Police Seize Over 1,600 Illegal Liquor Bottles In J&K’s Udhampur
Jammu, Sep 29: Continuing its action against the social crimes, police on Sunday arrested one bootlegger and seized more than 1,600 illegal liquor bottles in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. A team of Ramnagar Police Station in collaboration with FST team while performing ‘naka’ checking at near Ghas Mandi, they intercepted one auto for […]
Internet connectivity
High speed internet connectivity is the need of the hour and J&K administration is working to realize this goal. In this direction recently chaired a meeting of the State Broadband Committee of Jammu Kashmir at Civil Secretariat Jammu. The ACS and other senior officers briefed the meeting about the working of SBC and action taken […]
Two Killed, One Injured In Doda Accident
JAMMU: Two people were killed, and a lady was injured in a road accident in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The accident took place in Garsoo area of Doda. As per officials, an Alto car bearing registration number Jk17A 4753 lost its control and rolled down in the Chenab River. Both the […]
Right to vote
Eleven Assembly Constituencies (ACs) of district Jammu are all set for polls with over 12 lakh voters going to exercise their right to franchise. The district comprises eleven Assembly Constituencies namely Bishnah (SC), Suchetgarh (SC), R.S. Pura-Jammu South, Bahu, Jammu East, Nagrota, Jammu West, Jammu North, Marh (SC), Akhnoor (SC) and Chhamb, with a total […]
SpiceJet clears pending salaries till August
Domestic carrier SpiceJet has cleared all pending salary dues of its employees after securing a fresh capital infusion of Rs 3,000 crore, a source has said. The salaries for July and August for all employees, as well as the remaining June salaries for those who were partially paid, were deposited into their accounts, according to […]
Charanjit Singh Channi to head Parliamentary panel on agriculture
Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi was on Thursday appointed chairman of the key department related parliamentary committee on agriculture with the Lok Sabha Speaker consituting all 24 panels — 16 of Lok Sabha and eight of Rajya Sabha. Congress has bagged the presidency of four panels — Shashi Tharoor (external […]
Ex-Real Madrid defender and World Cup winner Varane retires
PARIS: France World Cup winner Raphael Varane on Wednesday announced his retirement from football at the age of 31, adding that he will remain at Como in a non-playing capacity. Former Real Madrid and Manchester United centre-back Varane had joined the Italian club for this season but was then excluded from their Serie A squad […]