Opposition walkout of LS over fuel price hike
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Opposition parties protested in Lok Sabha on Tuesday against the increase in prices of fuel and cooking gas and staged a walkout demanding a rollback. Raising the issue after Question Hour, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the opposition parties had been claiming that the prices of diesel and petrol […]
Ladakh reports 3 fresh Covid cases in a day
Leh, Mar 22 (PTI) Ladakh reported three fresh Covid cases that pushed the caseload in the Union Territory to 28,208 while active cases declined to 36, officials said on Tuesday. The Union Territory has recorded 228 Covid-related deaths of which 168 were from Leh and 60 from Kargil, they said. No death was reported in […]
Russian troops forced out of Kyiv suburb: Ukrainian army
Kyiv, Mar 22 (AP) The Ukrainian army said it forced Russian troops out of Makariv, a strategically important Kyiv suburb, after a fierce battle. That prevents Russian forces from encircling the capital from the northwest, the Defence Ministry said. Russian forces shelled along a humanitarian corridor on Monday, wounding four children who were among the […]
Night temperature rises at most places in JK
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre each, ending a over four and half month hiatus in rate revision, sources said. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 96.21 per litre as against Rs 95.41 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 86.67 […]
Night temperature rises at most places in JK
Srinagar, Mar 22: With hot and dry weather predicted throughout this week barring March 23 and 24, night temperature increased at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a low of 6.9°C against last night’s 6.8°C. The temperature was 1.9°C above […]
Minor drowns to death in Budgam
Budgam, Mar 22: A six-year-old boy died on Tuesday morning after he drowned into a Canal at Soibugh area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Official sources said that Shahid Farooq Malla, son of Farooq Ahmad of Kamapora Soibugh drowned into the canal when he was playing in the vicinity. The minor was rescued and was […]
Israeli PM, UAE crown prince in Egypt for diplomatic talks
Cairo, Mar 22 (AP) Israel’s prime minister and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi were in Egypt for meetings with its president on Monday, officials said, including discussions on the repercussions of the Ukraine war. The previously unannounced meetings came as Israel seeks to mediate between warring Russia and Ukraine. Egypt and the UAE have […]
State media: No survivors found in crash of Chinese airliner
Kunming (China), Mar 22 (AP) No survivors have been found as the search continued Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people that crashed a day earlier in a forested mountainous area in China’s worst air disaster in a decade. Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but […]
Power reforms
Power issues and the reforms the sector needs have been always making news in Jammu and Kashmir. The region which is dependent on most of its power needs on imports from the northern grid has been witnessing huge losses over the years and the subsequent governments have failed to address this crucial issue. At present […]
India’s growing role in South Asia
Asad Mirza Indian policy in the region towards smaller countries, seems to be paying dividends, as compared to China, which is more and more is being seen as a hawk, intent on taking over smaller countries’ natural resources. The recent example of this is the manner in which India has handled Sri Lanka, a neighbour […]