Properties of 610 Kashmiri Pandits restored in JK: Govt
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) As many as 610 Kashmiri Pandits were given back their properties left behind in Jammu and Kashmir following eruption of militancy there in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said in the Rajya Sabha that 3,000 state government jobs were created […]
Army Chief Gen Naravane speaks to top Saudi commander
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Wednesday spoke to Lt Gen Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair, the Commander of Royal Saudi Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia, focusing on ways to deepen bilateral military ties. The Army said various aspects of bilateral defence cooperation figured in the talks. “General […]
SEC to take decision on school reopening soon : DC Srinagar
Srinagar, Feb 9: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, on Wednesday stressed the need for strict compliance to Covid-19 Appropriate Behavior, underlining that efforts should be to bring down the virus cases to zero. “From last few days, if you see, there has been a significant decrease in Covid-19 cases. For this, I would like […]
Pregnant woman among three injured in road mishap
Kupwara, Feb 9: A pregnant lady was among three persons injured in a road mishap in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports said that an Alto car bearing registration number JK09A-5332 skidded off the road at Lolab bypass and fell into a gorge, resulting in injuries to three persons. The injured trio was evacuated […]
Dry weather in Kashmir over next few days
Srinagar, Feb 9 (PTI) The minimum temperature in Kashmir, barring Srinagar, settled below the freezing point, even as the Meteorological department predicted mainly dry weather over the next few days, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of 0.6 degrees Celsius down from the previous night’s 1.4 […]
US Air Force approves 9 religious exemptions for COVID vaccine
Washington, Feb 9 (AP) The Air Force became the second military service to approve religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, granting requests from nine airmen to avoid the shots, officials said Tuesday. The nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 requested by Air Force troops, and they […]
Two JeM modules busted in Anantnag, 11 held
Srinagar, Feb 9 (PTI) Police in Anantnag district of south Kashmir busted two modules of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad by arresting 11 persons, including three “hybrid” militants, an official spokesman said here on Tuesday. Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, have been recovered from their possession, the spokesman said. “Based on credible inputs that proscribed outfit […]
Centre giving priority to farming sector: PM : Says thrust on doubling farmers’ income, reduce cultivation cost
Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the Centre is giving priority to the farming sector to ensure that the income of farmers double and the cost of cultivation gets reduced. Addressing his first rally for poll-bound Punjab, which he did virtually for assembly segments of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib, he said the […]