Army chief arrives in Leh, visits forward areas, reviews security situation
Amid the long haul of the Indian army in Eastern Ladakh, the Army chief General MM Naravane Wednesday arrived in Leh and visited the forward areas and interacted with the commanders and other ranks of officials. The situation in eastern Ladakh worsened after the armies of India and China entered into the confrontation a couple […]
Crude oil output falls 5 per cent
Domestic crude oil production fell about 5 per cent in November primarily because of a sharp drop in output at the Rajasthan oilfields operated by Cairn Vedanta, government data showed on Tuesday. Also, natural gas production in the country fell 9 per cent to 2.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) in November largely because of a […]
Six arrested on charges of grenade throwing and pasting election boycott posters
Srinagar: Six persons have been arrested on charges of throwing grenades and for pasting “threat posters of election boycott” in Tral and Sangam areas in south Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. “Police along with 42RR and 180 BN CRPF busted a (militant) associate network of Jaish-e-Mohammad involved in grenade lobbing incidents in Tral Pulwama and […]
DDC poll results’ people’s verdict against decisions taken on August 5, 2019: Mehbooba
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said despite barring constituents of PAGD from free poll campaigning ahead of DDC polls across J&K by New Delhi and J&K Governments, the verdict made it clear that people of Jammu and Kashmir outrightly rejected the “unconstitutional” decisions taken on August 5, 2019. Mehbooba Mufti who is also […]
Subordinate courts in Kashmir, Ladakh, parts of Jammu to observe winter vacations from January 1
The High Court on Wednesday notified the dates for winter vacations in the subordinate courts of Kashmir division and the courts located in Kishtwar, Batote, Gool, Banihal, Bhaderwah, Ramban, Ukhral and Bani in Jammu Division. According to a notice issued by the High Court, these vacations shall start from 01-January-2021 and will end on 15-January-2021. […]
When will India’s turn come, Rahul asks Modi on Covid vaccination
New Delhi, December 23 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said 23 lakh people in the world had already received the COVID-19 vaccine and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi when India’s turn would come. In a Twitter post, the former Congress president also shared a ‘Covid vaccinations’ chart showing China, followed by the United States, […]
Tokyo unveils final Olympic budget of $15.9 billion
TOKYO: The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least 1.64 trillion yen ($15.9 billion), organisers said on Tuesday, unveiling a final budget swollen by the unprecedented postponement and a raft of pandemic measures. The extra costs — up 294 billion yen ($2.8 billion) from figures released a year ago — come as officials work to […]
Dubai to begin inoculations with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from today
Dubai will start inoculating people with the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech for free from Wednesday, the emirate’s government said, joining Saudi Arabia which last week became the first Arab country to begin using this vaccine. The move comes after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain earlier this month rolled out a vaccine […]
Chain of vaccination
Government of Jammu and Kashmir has been making all the arrangements for the distribution of covid vaccines to different places so that there is no crisis in the field. Lot of high level meetings have been held in the recent past in order to streamline the process and to keep administration ready for the vaccine […]
NC faced grenades and bullets but kept party flag high, it’s not easy to bury us: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday, said that the District Development Council (DDC) poll verdict is loud and clear that the 5 August 2019 decision of the Centre about scrapping of Article 370 was not acceptable to people of J-K, and world community can’t be befooled anymore that people of J-K support […]