Police distributes covid-19 kits among BPL families
GANDERBAL: Continuing its efforts and endeavor to proactively support the needy families especially during hours of crisis , innumerable contributions have been made by J & K Police to prevent spread of Covid-19 and save precious lives, a spokesman of the police said. Efforts have been continued and accordingly police Station Gund and Police Station […]
UAE top diplomat acknowledges visa restrictions on Pakistan
Dubai, Dec 21 (AP) The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat has publicly acknowledged a so-far unexplained ban on visitors from Pakistan, which travel agents say also targets tourists and labourers from a dozen Muslim-majority countries amid the pandemic and the UAE’s normalisation of ties with Israel. Following a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Emirati Foreign […]
Politics set to wreck BJP MP’s marriage after wife joins TMC
Kolkata, Dec 21 (PTI) Politics makes strange bedfellows. It can also wreck a marriage. Sujata Mondol Khan, the wife of BJP MP from West Bengal’s Bishnupur Saumitra Khan, Monday found her marriage on the rocks when her husband of 10 years threatened to divorce her after she joined the ruling TMC. Claiming that “misfit and […]
232 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Dec 21: Thirty-five travelers were among 232 new covid-19 cases reported in JK during the last 24 hours, taking the overall count to 118495. Among these cases, 129 were reported from Jammu Division and 103 from Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Giving district wise details, they said, Srinagar reported 36 cases, Baramulla 9, Budgam […]
Give vaccine emergency use authorisation after trials on sufficient sample size: Par Panel
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Any vaccine against COVID-19 should be granted emergency use authorisation only after proper consideration and conducting its trials on a sufficient sample size, a parliamentary panel chaired by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has recommended to the government. In a report submitted Monday to Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice President […]
Jammu NC leaders assail ED action against Abdullah, accuse BJP of political vendetta
Jammu, Dec 21 (PTI) National Conference (NC) leaders here on Monday assailed the attachment of properties of party president Farooq Abdullah and said the action was political vendetta aimed at weakening the political party of Jammu and Kashmir. The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday attached residential and commercial properties worth nearly Rs 12 crore of the […]
Two brothers arrested for killing parents in UP
Budaun (UP), Dec 21 (PTI) Two brothers were on Monday arrested here for allegedly killing their parents in Sanjapur Gulal village in the district last week to get ownership of their property, police said. The accused, Sumit and Vikram, had killed their parents Rajendra (60) and Rajvati (55) on December 15 night by allegedly strangulating them […]
‘Chilai Kalan’ begins on a freezing note, weatherman forecasts wet weather from Dec 27
Srinagar, Dec 21: Kashmir’s harshest winter period, Chilai Kalan, began on Monday and will last through the end of January. With overnight cloud cover, the night temperatures rose a little across the Valley but remained below the normal for this time of the year, the weatherman said. Srinagar, where people endured second coldest night in […]
Discussions on global growth cannot happen among few, table must be bigger: PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Asserting that growth patterns must follow a human-centric approach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said discussions on global growth cannot happen only among a few as the “table must be bigger” and the agenda broader. Addressing the 6th Indo-Japan Samwad Conference via video conferencing, Modi said in the past, […]
2020: Pandemic, lockdowns and a vaccine tie-up boost for India-UK ties
London, Dec 21 (PTI) The COVID-19 pandemic, a cycle of lockdowns to control the spread of a deadly virus and the havoc it wreaked on global health and economy is the inescapable defining feature of the year 2020. However, a glimmer of hope that 2021 could be healthier came in the form of “safe and […]
