After Ganderbal, Budgam police also prevent two youths to join militancy
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Close to the heels of Ganderbal police action in which they prevented two youth from joining the militant ranks, Budgam police has said that they have also prevented on Tuesday two youth of their district to join militancy. Budgam police said that they acted on the specific information that two […]
Sri Lanka Fined For Slow Over-rate In Third ODI Against West Indies
Sri Lanka have been fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against the West Indies in the third ODI in Antigua, the ICC said on Tuesday. Sri Lanka all-rounder Danushka Gunathilaka was also reprimanded for giving a send-off to Nicholas Pooran in the match on Sunday which the West […]
India Corona infection tally crosses 1.14 crore
India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases, registering more than 20,000 cases for the sixth day in a row, taking the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. The total cases in the country rose to 1,14,09,831, while the death toll increased to 1,58,856, with 131 fresh fatalities, the ministry data […]
Six more killed in firing on Myanmar protesters
YANGON: Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy demonstrators on Monday, killing six people, media and witnesses said, a day after dozens of protesters were shot dead and attackers torched several Chinese-financed factories in the city of Yangon. Supporters of detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marched again, including in the second city of Mandalay […]
Nominated member Swapan Dasgupta resigns from Rajya Sabha seat
Following objections from the TMC, BJP’s Swapan Dasgupta on Tuesday resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat. Sources said he has sent his resignation to the Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu. TMC’s Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra tweeted saying, “Swapan Dasgupta resigns From Rajya Sabha. Thank you, Sir- we wish you well for the upcoming WB […]
Safeguarding interests
For the first time in Jammu and Kashmir three tiers Panchayati Raj is complete with the conclusion of DDC elections. As the central government has yet to decide assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir DDC elections were being portrayed as the replacement to the mainstream political parties and the government promised all powers to them […]
Kansal inspects various power stations
Assesses summer preparedness of the Deptt JAMMU, MARCH 15: Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal today inspected the 2×50 MVA Grid Station and the 2×10 MVA Receiving Station at Canal Road here today. The inspection was held in order to assess the department’s preparedness for the upcoming summer season. Chairman, Jammu Power Development Corporation […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports94 new positive cases, 124823 recovered so far JAMMU, MARCH 15- The Government on Monday informed that 94 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 09from Jammu division and 85 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 127734. Moreover, 77 […]
Hoteliers within Dal Lake are in a dilemma, whether to shut or to be rehabilitated
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar There are lot of hotels within the water body of Dal Lake and most of them are not being allowed to do any necessary corrections or renovations by LAWDA under the pretext that they are illegal and should be sealed. These hoteliers are living in a dilemma as they have […]
US airports witness surge
US airports had 1.357 million people pass through on Friday, the highest number on any day since March 2020, just after the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The new figures from the transportation security administration (TSA) will be welcome news for the aviation industry, which has particularly been decimated during the […]