MoHUA approves 1665.10 Cr action plan for J&K under AMRUT 2.0
Srinagar, Oct 29: The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in its fifth APEX committee meeting approved UT Water Action Plan (UTWAP) for 153 projects amounting Rs. 1665.10 crore for 78 ULBs of J&K under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation of Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0. Principal Secretary, H&UDD, Dheeraj Gupta, made a presentation on […]
SC notice to Centre on plea against age restriction on women’s reproductive rights
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on a plea against the age restriction of 35 years on women’s reproductive rights for conducting pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic tests. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka issued notice to the Union government and others on […]
United global action needed to deal with challenge of terrorists abusing new technologies: UN Chief
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for concerted global efforts to deal with the challenge of the use of new technologies by various terror groups to radicalise people and foment discord in societies. In a message at the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee’s meeting in Delhi, he expressed concerns […]
Youth arrested for allegedly kidnapping, sexually assaulting minor: Police
Srinagar, Oct 29: Police on Saturday said that it has arrested a person for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Taking on to micro- blogging twitter, Srinagar Police wrote, “A minor girl of around 13 years (name withheld) was kidnapped & sexually assaulted by one Adil Shafi Hajam (21 […]
ISRO carries out key test of its heaviest rocket’s engine
Bengaluru, Oct 29 (PTI) The flight acceptance hot test of CE-20 engine has been carried out in the High Altitude Test facility of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. The engine is assigned for the LVM3-M3 mission identified for launching the next 36 OneWeb India-1 satellites, the Indian Space Research Organisation said. […]
Terrorism one of gravest threats to humanity: Jaishankar at UN meet
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The counter-terror sanction regime of the United Nations has been effective to put countries on notice that turned terrorism into a state-funded enterprise, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. In an address at the meeting of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee […]
MeT predicts snowfall, ‘colder’ days during next few days
Srinagar, Oct 29: The weather department on Saturday said that snowfall and low temperature may lead to temporary disruption of surface transportation, mainly over Zojila, Mugha Road, Sadnatop, etc, during the first week of November. “As per today’s conditions, for whole 1st week of November (1-6th) weather is most likely to remain generally cloudy with […]
Centre’s firm commitment to ensure every part of J-K gets durable road network: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh has said it is the Centre’s firm commitment to ensure every part of Jammu and Kashmir gets durable road network for its rapid growth The prime objective of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is to provide connectivity, by way of […]
Active Covid cases decline to 18,802 from 19,398: Union Health Ministry
New Delhi, Oct 29: Active Covid cases decline to 18,802 from 19,398: Union Health Ministry, said Saturday morning.
Police busts human trafficking gang in Budgam, three held
Srinagar, Oct 28: Police have busted a human trafficking gang by arresting three people involved in the commission of crime. 14 women victims have also been rescued and more arrests are expected in the case, a police spokesman said. He said that acting upon an information of human trafficking being operational in the district, a […]