Make Narendra Modi PM for third term to rid country of terrorism and Naxalism: Amit Shah
Porbandar, Apr 27 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged people to make Narendra Modi the prime minister for the third term to rid the country of terrorism, Naxalism and poverty, and to make India the third largest economy in the world. In the last 10 years, PM Modi took several tough decisions […]
Amid row, SED says no ‘objectionable’ content prescribed, developed by JKBOSE
Srinagar, Apr 27: Amid controversy over objectionable content in a textbook, the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department Saturday clarified that no such book was prescribed or developed by the board. In a post on X, School Education Department said that no such book or content has been developed by the NCERT. “There is some […]
Special training camp for Village Defence Guards held in Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI) A three-day special training camp for Village Defence Guards (VDGs) was organized by the army here, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Saturday. Poonch along with the adjoining Rajouri district is part of the Anantnag Parliamentary constituency which is going to polls in the third phase of elections on […]
ICMR to expand its clinical trial network to provide solutions for health issues
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) The ICMR has planned to expand its Indian Clinical Trial and Education Network (INTENT) and invited tenders from public and private medical research institutes for coordinating regulatory clinical trials for drugs and devices. These expressions of interest would help in the growth of the national network, which encompasses 47 institutes […]
ED acted in most highhanded manner in excise policy case, Kejriwal tells SC
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday told the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has acted in a “most highhanded manner” in a money-laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. In a rejoinder to the ED’s reply affidavit filed on his petition challenging his arrest in […]
Challenging abrogation of Article 370 in SC might have been a mistake: Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR, Apr 27 (PTI): Challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court might have been a mistake but not doing so would have made things worse politically for the mainstream parties of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone has said. The apex court in December last year upheld the Centre’s August […]
Mughal road closed for traffic amid inclement weather
Srinagar, Apr 27: The authorities on Saturday ordered closure of Mughal road in view of the inclement weather and accumulation of snow on the road stretch near Pir-ki-Gali. Officials said that the step has been taken in view of the slippery road condition and possibility of shooting stones on the road stretch. They said that […]
Rains lash JK, MeT forecasts more in next few days
Srinagar, Apr 27: Rains lashed Jammu and Kashmir with the weather department on Saturday predicting more in the next few days. A meteorological department official here said that in last 24 hours till 8:30 am this morning, Srinagar received 4.5mm of rainfall, Qazigund 10.2mm, Pahalgam 20.8mm, Kupwara 15.1mm, Kokernag 9.8mm, Gulmarg 8.6mm, Jammu 2.3mm, Banihal […]
2 CRPF personnel killed in militant attack in Manipur
IMPHAL, Apr 27 (PTI): Two CRPF personnel were killed and two others injured as militants attacked a camp of security forces in Manipur’s Bishnupur district in the early hours of Saturday, police said. The militants attacked an IRBn (India Reserve Battalion) camp at Naranseina in the Moirang police station area, they said. “The militants fired […]
Srinagar Boat Tragedy: Another minor boy’s body retrieved near Noorbagh Srinagar, after 12 days
Srinagar, Apr 27: The body of second missing minor boy, who drowned after a boat capsized in river Jhelum in Gandabal area of Srinagar on April 16, was retrieved from the river on Saturday morning, at Noorbagh Srinagar after 12 days, officials said. An official said that the body of the boy was retrieved near […]