Employees retiring during COVID pandemic to get provisional pension: Govt
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) Central government employees retiring during the COVID-19 pandemic will get provisional pension till their regular Pension Payment Order (PPO) is issued and other formalities completed, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. This decision was taken because with the pandemic and the lockdown, a government servant may find difficulty in […]
Man arrested for raping 8-year-old girl in Delhi
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a minor girl in North Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar area, police said on Monday. The accused, Sudama, resided in Nabi Karim area and worked as a cart puller in Sadar Bazaar, they said. The incident took place on Friday night. […]
Man dies during scuffle over land dispute, four held
Pattan, July 27: An elderly man died during a scuffle in Nihalpora village of Pattan town here in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police sources said that two brothers had a land dispute that triggered a scuffle during which an elderly man died after he was allegedly hit by a rod. The deceased has been identified […]
Pinjora villagers allege snapping of potable water
Shopian, July 27: Locals from Pinjora village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district Monday alleged that PHE Department on the directions of District Development Commissioner has snapped water supply to the village comprising of over 100 households. They said that this has been done to punish them as villagers are not agreeing to share their water […]
Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Pakistan, 1176 positive cases reported in 24 hours
Islamabad, Jul 27 (PTI) Pakistan’s coronavirus tally reached 274,289 with the detection of 1,176 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. Twenty more people died overnight due to coronavirus-related complications, pushing the death toll to 5,842, it said. Sindh reported the highest number of 118,311 cases, followed by 92,073 […]
Infrastructure push can re-ignite economic growth: RBI Guv
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday made a strong case for stepping up investments in the infrastructure sector to restart the economy reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his address to India Inc at a CII event, Das said both private and public sectors have to play […]
Covid-19 pandemic leads to ‘depression’ among CRPF troopers, another one commits suicide
Srinagar, July 27: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel committed suicide after shooting himself dead with his service riffle in Rambagh area of Srinagar. CRPF spokesman in Srinagar Pankaj Singh said that a CRPF man posted at Group Centre Rambagh identified as Pintoo Mondal of West Bengal, shot himself dead. “An inquiry has been […]
Won’t contest elections till JK is a UT: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar, July 27: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that he will not contest Assembly elections till Jammu and Kashmir remains a Union Territory. Omar in a column written in the ‘Indian Express’ said that “As for me, I am very clear that while J&K remains a Union Territory I […]
