New film policy for JK in 10 days: Lt Guv
Srinagar, Apr 12: Jammu and Kashmir’s lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that the administration led by him will dole out the “New Film Policy for J&K” within ten days with an aim to bring back the golden era on the silver screen. Addressing the two-day Conference on Tapping the Tourism Potential of Kashmir—Another Day […]
India must capture all segments of financial market to fuel growth: IMF
Washington, Apr 12 (PTI) India is on the right track and is innovating on the policy side, including on digital identity and payments, but it also needs to capture all the segments of the financial market and institutions to make sure that every piece fits together like a puzzle to fuel growth in the country, […]
Rains lash Kashmir, more to follow: MeT
Srinagar, Apr 12: Amid forecast for more rains, night temperatures rose across Kashmir Valley, officials said on Monday. A meteorological department official said that the minimum temperature settled at 7.8°C against 6.4°C on the previous night in Srinagar. The temperature in the summer capital, which received 8mm of rains in 24 hours till 0830 […]
Containment ops sub-optimal in Maha districts: Central teams
Mumbai, Apr 12 (PTI) The Central teams deputed to Maharashtra to coordinate the response to the coronavirus pandemic have observed that containment operations were sub- optimal in Satara, Sangli and Aurangabad districts, says a report sent by the Centre to the state government. The teams found “less than satisfactory perimeter control and lack of active […]
India records 1,68,912 COVID-19 cases, 904 deaths
New Delhi, Apr 12: India recorded 1,68,912 new Covid in the last 24 hours, the sixth record rise in seven days, pushing the country’s caseload to over 1.35 crore. The resurgence of the virus led to 904 new deaths, taking the total death count to 1,70,179. Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state with 63,294 new cases […]
FATF likely to carry out evaluation of India’s mechanism to deal with financial crimes this year
New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) The FATF, the global body against money laundering and terror financing, is likely to carry out an evaluation of India’s established mechanism to deal with such financial crimes later this year. The mutual evaluation of country specific anti-money laundering and terror-financing mechanism by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is […]
Chinese vaccines effectiveness low: Officials
Beijing, Apr 12 (AP) In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to get a boost. Chinese vaccines don’t have very high protection rates, said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, […]
Lt Governor chairs meeting of all DCs of Kashmir Division
SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: In order to receive a first-hand appraisal of the Administration’s response towards addressing the issues of public, besides ensuring transparency & accountability in the governance system, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a meeting of all Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir Division here at Raj Bhavan. The meeting was also attended by Sh. […]
Suspected PaK resident detained on LoC in Poonch
Poonch, Apr 11: A man, suspected to be a resident of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), has been detained along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch. Reports said that a suspect was seen moving along LoC and was subsequently detained by Army. It said that he has been taken to nearby camp for questioning. “His questioning […]
915 covid-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in JK
Srinagar, Apr 11: A day after recording highest single day count of covid-19 cases this year, Jammu and Kashmir reported 915 fresh infections while five more people succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. Among the fresh cases, 288 cases were reported from Jammu division and 627 from Kashmir […]