Promising future awaits J&K: Lt Governor
Jammu, Apr 17 (PTI) Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said various new initiatives taken by the Jammu and Kashmir administration have given wings to common man’s dream and promising future awaits the Union Territory. Sinha called upon the people to play their important role and complement government’s efforts toward building a developed and prosperous new […]
JK reports 12 covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Apr 17: Jammu and Kashmir registered 12 new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said that nine of the cases were reported from Kashmir Valley—all from Srinagar while three cases in Jammu division were reported from Samba district. The […]
Court cannot act as expert in field of education: SC
New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) A court cannot act as an expert in the field of education and it should be left to the institutions to determine whether a candidate possesses requisite qualification or not, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said there cannot be any […]
Night temperature shows improvement in J&K
Srinagar, Apr 17: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather over Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours, night temperature recorded an increase barring the winter capital and Bhaderwah on Sunday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 9.9°C against 8.9°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, […]
Oil Min freezes gas allocation, prices of CNG, PNG spike
New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) The Oil Ministry has stopped making fresh allocation of natural gas from domestic fields to the city gas sector, threatening the viability of Rs 2 lakh crore investment planned in the sector besides leading to a hike in CNG and piped cooking gas prices to record levels, sources said. Despite a […]
India logs 1,150 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi, April 17 (PTI) With 1,150 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,42,097, while the active cases increased to 11,558, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,751 with four fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]