Severe cold wave in Delhi as mercury plunges to 1.4 deg C

New Delhi: A punishing cold wave swept Delhi on Monday morning with the minimum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory, the city’s base station, plunging to 1.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the month since January 1, 2021. The minimum temperature in the national capital has dropped by around nine notches in just two days. It […]

Lt Guv releases PM Narendra Modi’s book ‘Exam Warriors’

Says PM's 34 Mantras for students, teachers and parents will beat exam stress

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday released the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inspiring book ‘Exam Warriors’ in Hindi, Urdu and English at Jammu. Pertinently, in this path-breaking, bestselling book ‘Exam Warriors’, the Prime Minister has outlined a refreshing approach to exams urging everyone to celebrate the exam like a festival with enthusiasm and gaiety. Interacting […]

EC starts discussion with parties over remote voting machines

New Delhi: Amid decision by various opposition parties to oppose the Election Commission’s proposal to introduce the remote voting machine for migrant workers, the poll panel on Monday began a discussion with parties on the politically sensitive subject. After remarks by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, the poll watchdog will demonstrate to the representatives of […]

Budget Session of Parliament from January 31 to April 6

New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will commence on January 31 and end on April 6, according to an official statement. It will be the 259th session of Rajya Sabha and 11th session of the 17th Lok Sabha. “The Eleventh Session of Seventeenth Lok Sabha will commence on Tuesday, the 31st January, 2023. Subject […]

Agnipath transformative policy, will make armed forces future-ready: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated first batch of Agniveers on being the pioneers of the Agnipath scheme, asserting that it is a transformative policy and a game changer in strengthening the armed forces and making them future-ready. Virtually addressing the new recruits, he said this “path-breaking” scheme will further empower women. […]

SC grants Centre four weeks to respond to plea against age restriction

Conducting pre-natal diagnostic tests

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Centre four weeks to file its response to a plea on the age restriction of 35 years on women for conducting pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic tests. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka. The counsel […]

Jmu-Sgr highway closed due to landslide in Ramban

Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic on Monday due to a landslide in Ramban district, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, an official said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked by the landslide at Pantiyal area. An iron tunnel setup at this […]

Inter-state narcotics supplier arrested

Jammu: Police on Monday arrested an inter-state narcotics supplier in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. A police team conducted raids in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district and arrested Shamas-ud-din Ganai, they said. He was brought to Samba and interrogated by police, they said. Samba Senior Superintendent of Police Benam Tosh said that Ganai, who […]