Mysterious deaths: ‘We were never more afraid,’ say Badhaal residents
Badhaal: Fear and grief writ large on their faces, people in this remote mountain village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district are stunned by a series of mysterious deaths which happened one after other over the past 45 days. A local said their fear of death was never so high, not even during the covid […]
Curbs on flight operations at Delhi airport till Jan 26
New Delhi: Delhi airport operator DIAL on Saturday said there will be no flight arrivals and departures between 10.20 am and 12.45 pm for the next eight days till January 26 in view of the Republic Day week. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is the country’s busiest airport and handles around 1,300 flight movements daily. […]
Jammu Tawi Railway Station undergoes modernisation
Number of platforms raisedto seven New Delhi: Jammu Tawi Railway Station is undergoing modernisation to enhance passenger experience, safety, connectivity and operational efficiency, Northern Railway said in a press statement on Saturday. “In future, Jammu Tawi Railway station shall be better equipped to handle train operations for Jammu & Kashmir valley,” the press note said. […]
Six crore citizens aged 70 and above brought under Ayushman Bharat: Union Health Minister
Says 45 pc of population covered Ahmedabad: ‘Ayushman Bharat’ has brought 6 crore citizens aged 70 and above under it, and the Centre’s flagship health insurance programme now covers over 45 per cent of India’s population, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said here Saturday. The Union Cabinet in October last year approved health coverage to […]
PM Modi distributes over 65 lakh SVAMITVA property cards
Says will bolster economic activities New Delhi: Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday distributed more than 65 lakh property cards under the SVAMITVA scheme, and said it will bolster economic activities and help in poverty alleviation. The prime minister virtually addressed the event and also interacted with some beneficiaries. He also said rural land digitisation is […]
Minimum temperatures rise in parts of Kashmir
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures improved at many places in Kashmir with the mercury rising over seven notches to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius in Pahalgam, officials said on Saturday. The meteorological department has forecast spells of very light to light snowfall in the valley in the coming week. The minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at minus 0.9 […]
Various people, delegation call on Lt Guv
JAMMU: Rouble Nagi, Member, Panel of Community Leaders of National Commission for Minorities, India called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, on Saturday, an official spokesman said here. Later,Zubair Ahmed Ganie, BJP District President Kulgam and Veer Saraf, senior BJP leader from Anantnagalso called on the Lieutenant Governor. Subsequently, a delegation of JDA Housing Colony Welfare […]
Govt may introduce New Income Tax Bill in Budget Session
NEW DELHI: The Government, in the ensuing Budget session of Parliament, is likely to introduce a new income tax bill which seeks to simplify the current I-T law, make it comprehensible and reduce the number of pages by about 60 per cent. Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman in her July Budget had announced a comprehensive review of […]
Young Engineer develops life-saving ‘suffocation alert’ technology
By: SualihaZubair Srinagar: Zahid Bashir, a young engineer from Anantnag in south Kashmir, has developed an innovative automatic alert system designed to prevent suffocation caused by toxic gases in enclosed spaces. This life-saving invention was inspired by a recent tragedy in which five family members in the Pandrethan area of Srinagar lost their lives due […]
NGT directs Budgam DC to appear before it in ‘illegal’ river bed mining case
Srinagar: The National Green Tribunal has directed the deputy commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district to appear before it in a case of “illegal and unscientific” river bed mining in the Sukhnag that “adversely affects” the river ecology. The green panel was hearing an application moved by activist Raja MuzaffarBhat, alleging illegal and unscientific […]