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COVID-19: India records 3,095 fresh cases

COVID-19: India records 3,095 fresh cases

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) India witnessed a single-day rise of 3,095 fresh COVID-19 cases with the active caseload increasing to 15,208, according to Union Health ministry data updated on Friday. The toll has risen to 5,30,867 with five deaths — one each reported by Goa and Gujarat and three reconciled by Kerala — in […]

 Press Trust of India

We are nearing our goal to ensure J-K part of PM Modi’s dream of developed India by 2047: LG Sinha

We are nearing our goal to ensure J-K part of PM Modi’s dream of developed India by 2047: LG Sinha

New Delhi: People are feeling the change in Jammu and Kashmir post August 2019 and despite hindrances by some, “we are nearing our goal” to ensure the Union Territory is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a developed India by 2047, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha asserted Thursday. The Modi-led BJP government revoked the […]

 Press Trust of India

Indian armed forces giving befitting reply: Rajnath on standoff with China, Pak Intentions

Indian armed forces giving befitting reply: Rajnath on standoff with China, Pak Intentions

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India’s borders are “fully secure” and asserted that surgical strikes conducted by India have broken the back of terrorists. Addressing a conclave here, he also said that whether it was the “standoff with China or any ill intentions from Pakistan”, Indian armed forces have been giving […]

 Press Trust of India

PM meets ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ team, hails Oscar-winning documentary

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met the team associated with “The Elephant Whisperers”, a documentary that became the maiden Indian production to win in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 95th Academy Awards, and noted that its cinematic brilliance has drawn global attention and acclaim. “The Elephant Whisperers”, directed by Kartiki […]

 Press Trust of India

Admin set to appoint 10K educated youths as lambardars, chowkidars

Jammu: The Lieutenant Governor-led administration in Jammu and Kashmir has nearly completed the process of appointing around 10,000 young and educated people from different villages to grassroots-level posts of lambardars and chowkidars, officials said Thursday. The information was revealed in a meeting chaired by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta, who noted that […]

 Press Trust of India

High intensity blast in J-K’s Kathua, live grenade recovered

Hiranagar/Jammu: A suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast rocked a border hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, creating a huge crater in the ground, officials said Thursday. Security forces have been put on high alert in the border belts and along the Jammu-Pathankot highway following the blast that took place on Wednesday night. A […]

 Press Trust of India

CAG red flags slow development of hydro power projects in J&K

Jammu: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said out of 374 identified project sites with power generation capacity of 1,725.53 MegaWatts, only 10 projects with 79.75 MW capacity had been commissioned with time overrun ranging between four months and seven years. The hydro power potential of Jammu and Kashmir has been estimated at 20,000 MW […]

 Press Trust of India

Amritpal’s aide Varinder booked under Arms Act in Kishtwar; J-K police seeks to bring him for questioning

Kishtwar/Jammu:The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday booked Varinder Singh, suspected to be the bodyguard of the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, under the Arms Act in connection with a gun licence issued to him in Kishtwar district, officials said. The district administration also cancelled Varinder Singh’s licence, and said it will probe how the […]

 Press Trust of India

Drug addict son kills mother in J-K’s Baramulla

Srinagar: An alleged drug addict allegedly killed his mother in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Dangarpora area of Sopore township of the north Kashmir district Wednesday night, they said. “The killing is a pure case of influence of drugs. The accused is a staunch drug […]

 Press Trust of India

Ram Navami celebrated in Srinagar

Srinagar: Ram Navami was celebrated by the miniscule Hindu population of the city by taking out a Shobha Yatra in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Amidst tight security, the Shobha Yatra started from Zaindar Mohalla in the old city and culminated at Tankipora after passing through Habbakadal, Barbarshah, Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High […]