VBSY crosses 01 lakh people’s participation in Kupwara
263 Panchayats covered under campaign KUPWARA: Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, a transformative journey aimed at reaching every corner of the Nation, has covered 263 Panchayats of the frontier Kupwara district. On Thursday 09 Panchayats including Warsun A, Warsun B of Block Kralpora, 7 Panchayats of Block Trehgam including Gugloosa A, Gugloosa B, Hayan A, Hayan […]
District Election Office Bandipora conducts training session for DLMTs
BANDIPORA: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, who is also the District Election Officer Bandipora, a daylong training session for District Level Master Trainers (DLMTs) was Thursday held in the run up for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. The training was imparted by ACR Bandipora, Shabir Ahmad who is also State […]
PC&PNDT District Advisory Committee meeting held at Srinagar
SRINAGAR, DEC14: The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Srinagar, Dr Jameel Ahmad Mir Thursday chaired Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) District Advisory Committee meeting in the meeting hall of FW Department Old Secretariat, here. All the District Advisory Committee members including Dy. Director Information & PR, Bilal Mukhtar; District Health Officer Srinagar, Consultant Gynecologist, Consultant […]
Nine more MPs suspended from Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a second resolution suspending nine more MPs from various Opposition parties for disrupting House proceedings. As soon as the House met, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved the resolution to suspend VK Sreekandan (Cong), Benny Behanan (Cong), Mohammad Jawed (Cong), PR Natarajan (CPI-M), Kanimozhi […]
LS security breach: Govt says high-level inquiry initiated, asks opposition not to politicise issue
New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) The government on Thursday asserted that a high-level inquiry has been initiated into the Lok Sabha security breach incident and asked the opposition not to politicise the issue. In a statement soon after the House assembled at 2 PM, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said “we all agree” that the […]
Eight security personnel suspended for Parliament security breach: Sources
New Dehi, Dec 14 (PTI) Eight security personnel have been suspended for the security breach in Parliament, sources said on Thursday. Those suspended belong to various security agencies who were on deputation for Parliament security. Sources identified them as Rampal, Arvind, Vir Das, Ganesh, Anil, Pradeep, Vimitt and Narendra. “Though they are on deputation for […]
India logs 237 Covid cases
New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) India has recorded 237 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 1,185, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll was recorded at 5,33,309, the data updated at 8 am stated. The country’s Covid case tally is 4.50 crore (4,50,03,830).
Kashmir under deep freeze, Srinagar shivers at minus 5.4°C
Srinagar, Dec 14: Freezing cold conditions continued unabated in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar endured the season’s coldest night at minus 5.4°C on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that mercury decreased by 0.1°C and settled to minus 5.3°C. Today’s temperature was 4.4°C below normal for this time of the year in Srinagar, the […]
Brain behind Parliament breach still on run, raids on to catch him
New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) The Delhi Police is conducting raids to the nab the sixth man suspected to be a key part of the group that breached Parliament, an officer said on Thursday. A resident of Kolkata, Lalit Jha is a teacher by profession and was the main conspirators of the security breach, police […]
Rupee rebounds 13 paise to 83.27 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) The rupee rebounded by 13 paise to 83.27 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday after the greenback weakened in the overseas markets as the US Federal Reserve signalled a cut in interest rates next year. The local unit opened strong at 83.30 at the interbank foreign exchange market. […]
