Kashmir reports snowfall in higher reaches, rains in plains
Srinagar: A few areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir experienced fresh snowfall while the plains were lashed by rains on Saturday, officials said. A feeble western disturbance hit Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday afternoon, they said, adding that a few areas in the higher reaches of the valley experienced light to moderate snowfall under […]
Several hospitals start digital payment facilities for patients
Will bring transparency, convenience for patients: Add’l Mission Dir, ABDM Srinagar: In a significant move, several hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir have initiated digital payment facilities for the convenience of patients. An official in the health department said that the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has instructed hospital administrators to implement QR codes for digital […]
Development of small cities key to developed India resolve: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that his guarantee begins from where hope from everyone else ends and asserted that development of smaller cities is at the centre of his resolve to make India a developed country. Addressing the beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra through video conferencing, the prime minister […]
Intelligence suggests 250 terrorists present at launchpads across border: BSF
Says security on alert Srinagar: About 250 to 300 militants are present at launchpads across the border “waiting to infiltrate” Jammu and Kashmir, a top BSF officer said on Saturday. The officer, however, added that security forces were alert and would foil any cross-border infiltration attempts. “There are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants are waiting […]
Kupwara man held in Odisha for impersonating PMO official, army doctor
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a Kashmiri man on the charge of cheating people by impersonating a PMO official and an Army doctor. The 37-year-old man who allegedly has links with several people in Pakistan and suspicious elements in Kerala also married a number of women in several states, STF […]
Will have to listen to youth, believe in their power to create India of future: Amit Shah
Anand: For India to become developed, one will have to listen to the youth, understand their choice, give an action plan to their aspirations, and believe in their power, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Addressing the 66th convocation of Sardar Patel University at Anand in Gujarat, Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra […]
President Murmu, PM Modi pay homage to fallen heroes of 1971 war
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday led the nation in paying tribute to the fallen heroes of the 1971 war that led to redrawing of the political map of South Asia and ended the horrific violence unleashed by the Pakistani army on millions of Bangladeshi people. The remarkable victory in the war following the […]
Progress in ending child marriage stagnating in India: Study
Says 1 in 5 girls, 1 in 6 boys are married New Delhi: One in five girls and about one in six boys in India are married, with the progress made towards eliminating the practice of child marriage entirely stagnating in recent years, according to a study published in ‘The Lancet Global Health’ journal. Between […]
Vegetable production increases by 33% during past 3 years
Srinagar: Agriculture is turning out to be a focus area of local investments in Jammu and Kashmir as in the last three years vegetable production in the Union Territory has increased by 33 per cent. During the period, the area under cultivation has also increased by 20 per cent. As per the documents accessed by […]
Congress passes resolutions demanding statehood, assembly election
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Saturday passed two resolutions at its executive committee meeting demanding the restoration of statehood for the Union Territory and the assembly election. JKPCC also demanded an immediate filling of all vacant posts in all government and semi-government institutions in a fast-track mode and called for the […]
