Petrol, diesel prices rally to highest ever levels

New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices on Friday rallied to their highest ever levels across the country, as fuel rates were hiked again by 35 paise a litre. The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 105.14 a litre and Rs 111.09 per litre in Mumbai, according to […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 216 days

New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) India logged 16,862 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,37,592, while the active cases declined to 2,03,678, the lowest in 216 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,51,814 with 379 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
Leopard’s attacks shed in Budgam, kills cattle

Budgam, Oct 15: At least half a dozen sheep were killed and as many others are missing when two leopards barged inside a tin shed where the livestock was kept by a man in Arwah Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Official sources said that two leopards struck the tin shed of one Gulzar […]
Financial markets to remain closed for Dussehra

New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) All major financial markets, including stock, bullion and forex, will remain closed on Friday on account of Dussehra.
COVID-19 vaccination: JK achieves 100 pc coverage of first dose

93 fresh covid-19 cases reported on Thursday
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday achieved 100 per cent coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines for the age group of 18 years and above, even as the Union territory recorded 93 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the infected number of persons to 3,30,834. As many as 82,229 doses of COVID vaccine were […]
India reiterates demand for finding origin of COVID-19
New Delhi: India on Thursday again pitched for finding the origins of COVID-19, a day after the World Health Organisation set up a group of experts to carry forward studies on the contentious issue over a year-and-a-half after the virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. India’s Raman Gangakhedkar, a renowned epidemiologist […]
Anti-drone technology developed, transferred to industries: DRDO Chief
Jammu: DRDO has developed counter-drone technology and transferred it to industries, which have taken orders from the armed forces and security forces of the country, a senior official of the organisation said on Thursday. “DRDO has developed anti-drone technology. It has all the necessary elements required to counter drones, whether it is detection, tracking or […]
Non-state actors use terrorism as weapon of choice: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Terrorism has been employed as a weapon of choice by non-state actors and irresponsible states to advance their political objectives in the region, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday in a thinly-veiled attack on Pakistan. In an address at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) seminar on the role of women in the […]
Metro Rail Project in JK to be approved by next week: Union Minister
Says LPG Gas Pipeline to be given a top priority
JAMMU: Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Development, Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Development Model emphasises that the benefits of every centrally sponsored scheme should reach directly to the beneficiaries be that of the Ujjwala Yojana, Ayushman Bharat, PM Awas Yojana or others. Puri said […]
Important for India to focus on green investment post-pandemic: IMF
Washington: As the Indian economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic that hit it hard, it is important for the country to focus on public investment, particularly in green sectors, the International Monetary Fund said. As we move towards the recovery, it is also important to focus on public investment, particularly on green investment, so that […]