Tulip Garden closed for public visits, say officials
Srinagar, April 27: The Directorate of Floriculture today issued a notification saying that Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden shall remain closed for general public from April 28,2019 as the garden is not suitable for further display to visitors due to less Tulip bloom.
Child rights body asks states to stop sale of Johnson’s baby shampoo
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) The apex child rights body has asked all states to stop sale of Johnson’s baby shampoo after its sample was found to be of substandard quality in a lab test. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights or NCPCR ordered stoppage […]
Sale, purchase of chemicals, acids banned in Anantnag
Anantnag: The District Magistrate Khalid Jahangir in exercise of the powers vested under section 144 CrPc, has ordered ban on the sale and purchase of chemical/acids in district Anantnag for a period of two months with immediate effect. According to the official communique, the ban has been imposed after it has been noticed that rampant […]
Pakistan suspends polio drive after security threats to workers
Islamabad, Apr 27 (PTI) The Pakistan government has suspended the anti-polio drive and post-campaign evaluation following the increasing number of attacks on polio workers in different parts of the country. The countrywide campaign to administer anti-polio drops to 39 million children under five years of age was launched on Monday and Friday was the last […]
Darbar Move: Offices close in Jammu, to reopen in Srinagar on May 6
Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI) As part of the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’ under which the Jammu and Kashmir government functions six months each in Jammu and Srinagar, all move offices, including the Raj Bhavan, closed here Saturday and will reopen in the summer capital on May 6. While the civil secretariat the seat of Jammu and […]
Establish 24×7 Flood control room in every district: Div Com to DCs
Srinagar: For effective flood mitigation plan, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed all Deputy Commissioners of the valley to establish 24×7 flood control room immediately in their respective districts where officers of Irrigation and Flood Control, Disaster Management, PHE, PDD, Revenue, Health, Food and Police should be deployed to provide real time […]
Police vehicle used to distribute food packets at BJP’s Anantnag rally, inquiry ordered
Srinagar: Police on Saturday ordered probe and attached the driver of police vehicle which was usee to distribute food packets at a BJP rally in Anantnag on Saturday. The vehicle in question was deployed for ferrying escort personnel of a protected person. “ The vehicle has been withdrawn from said protected person and driver of […]
HC suggests amendments to POCSO Act over consensual sex after 16 years of age
Chennai (PTI) Observing that relationship between a girl under 18 years of age and a teenage boy or little over the teenage years cannot be construed as “alien” or “unnatural”, the Madras High Court suggested exclusion of consensual sex after 16 years of age from the purview of POCSO Act. Justice V Pathiban gave the […]
Returning officer asks police to register FIR against Gambhir for holding rally without permission
New Delhi, (PTI) The East Delhi returning officer Saturday asked police to register an FIR against BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir for allegedly holding a public meeting in Jangpura without permission, officials said. The cricketer-turned-politician is the saffron party’s nominee from the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat and is pitted against AAP’s Atishi and senior Congress […]
Woman stabbed after foiling rape bid in Deoria
Deoria (UP), (PTI) A 30-year-old woman was stabbed after foiling an alleged rape bid by a youth here, police said Saturday. A youth had barged into her house on Gorakhpur Road, where she lives with her two children, and tried to rape her on Thursday night, local police station incharge Yadvendra Pal said. When the […]
