TRAIL BASIS
Government has decided to test the waters in Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of article 370, for the access to the high speed internet poorly on a trial basis that too only in one district of Kashmir and one district of Jammu to have another assessment of the situation. Though the Supreme Court described […]
BDC Chairman Qaziabad along with Chief agriculture officer Kupwara distributed agricultural equipments among Sarpanchs
In order to boost the agriculture sector & ease of work, Chairperson BDC Qaziabad Mir Bashir & chief agriculture officer kupwara Mr Muzaffer sb distributed agricultural equipments among the sarpanchs to be distributed at panchayat level among farmers. The distribution process took place in an effective atmosphere & general public hail the efforts of government […]
Civilian injured in India-Pakistan gunfire along LoC succumbs; toll 2
A 55-year-old man on Thursday died at a hospital in Srinagar, a week after he was injured in shelling along Line of Control in Kupwara district. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that the man, Mahommad Yakoob Mir, 55, son of Barkatullah Mir of Kachatiya Baghbeela Tanghdar succumbed to […]
Pick political advisers, talk to NC & PDP, speed up pending work — BJP wishlist for J&K L-G
New Delhi: A week after the appointment of former Union Minister Manoj Sinha as the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP now wants him to appoint new advisers, who have political, and not bureaucratic, background. The BJP also wants Sinha to expedite pending development projects in the union territory at the earliest and ensure a conducive […]
ISI, JeM planned Pulwama strike, trained attacker: NIA
Islamabad was involved in planning, training the perpetrators and executing the February 2019 Pulwama attack that left 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel dead and brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, said two officials aware of the details of the charge sheet the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has readied in the case. The […]
Covid-19 vaccine tracker, August 13: US has pre-ordered 800 million doses for its 330 million population
The United States government has entered into a US$ 1.525 billion deal with Moderna, a US-based biotech company, for securing the supply of 100 million doses of the novel Coronavirus vaccine that the company is developing. With this, the United States government now has advance supply agreements with five companies whose candidate vaccines are being considered to be […]
England vs Pakistan: Series not over, we will bounce back – Waqar Younis
Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis on Wednesday stressed that the Test series against England is not over yet. The two teams will meet again as the 2nd Test begins from Thursday in Southampton. England took a 1-0 lead after a comeback win in the first Test in Manchester. But Younis believes that even though he has an […]
Uttarakhand wants permit regime near China border to end for strategic reasons
Uttarakhand tourism minister Satpal Maharaj has written to the Centre urging it to remove some areas from Inner Line restrictions near Indo-China border in the state to boost tourism there, said officials. The letter was written by the minister on Tuesday in which he cited that removing some areas from Inner Line restrictions would also […]
Imran Khan govt’s warning backfires, sends army chief to firefight in Saudi
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Ahmed Bajwa will travel to Saudi Arabia next week amid efforts by the Imran Khan government to soothe tempers in Saudi Arabia after foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi presented an ultimatum to the kingdom, according to Pakistani newspaper The News. In an interview last week, the foreign minister asked the Saudi-led Organisation of […]
Kamala Harris is vocal on Kashmir, ‘unbreakable bond’ with India & loves her idli-sambhar
New Delhi: Kamala Harris, who was Tuesday selected as Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s running mate for the upcoming US presidential polls, is the first person of Indian — and Asian — origin to enter the vice-presidential race. She had entered the campaign season as a presidential hopeful but dropped out in December 2019 on account of funding constraints. Harris is […]