Govt amends warrant of precedence, places DDC chairpersons equivalent to Mayors
Vice-chairpersons of DDCs placed equivalent to Div Coms and IGPs, DDC members equivalent to district magistrates Srinagar, Apr 06: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday amended its warrant of precedence, placing the chairpersons of district development council equivalent to that of mayors within their respective territorial jurisdictions. In an order, a the government placed […]
Work in full swing on Katra-Banihal rail project to connect Kashmir within 2-3 years: Officials
Reasi (J&K), Apr 6 (PTI) Work on the Rs 21,653-crore rail project connecting Kashmir with rest of the country is expected to be completed within two to three years in accordance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement, a senior official said here. General Manager, Northern Railway, Ashutosh Gangal also said there was no issue of […]
Justice Ramana appointed as next CJI
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was on Tuesday appointed as the next chief justice of India. According to a notification issued by the government, Justice Ramana would take over as the 48th CJI on April 24 after incumbent S A Bobde demits office a day before. Justice Ramana would retire on […]
India records highest single-day vaccination coverage
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) More than 43 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in a span 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage till now, taking the total doses given in the country so far to 8,31,10,926, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 43,00,966 vaccine doses have been given […]
COVID-19: India records 96,982 new cases
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The daily rise in new coronavirus infections in India remained above 90,000 for the third consecutive day taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,26,86,049, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 96,982 cases have been reported in a span of 24 hours, while […]
Five injured in fire mishap at Nawa Kadal in old city
Srinagar, Apr 06: At least five persons were injured after massive fire broke out in Tarbal area of Nawa Kadal in Srinagar. Officials said that five persons sustained injuries when the fire broke out in Tarbal area. “All the five injured persons were rushed to SMHS hospital for treatment,” they said, adding that the condition […]
Polling begins in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Apr 6 (PTI) Polling in 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu went underway at 7 am on Tuesday. A total of 3998 candidates including heavyweights like Chief Minister K Palaniswami, deputy CM O Panneerselvam, DMK President M K Stalin, AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran and Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan are in the fray. […]
Two arrested for trying to rape girl in vehicle at Kulgam
Srinagar, Apr 6 (PTI) Two men were arrested on Monday while they were allegedly trying to rape a girl in a vehicle in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. Police Post Mirbazar received specific information about a girl being raped by two people inside a vehicle in Qazigund area of the south Kashmir district, a […]
Polling begins in Kerala for 140 assembly seats
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 6 (PTI) Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday in Kerala for the 140 seats single phase election to the state assembly, amidheavy security. ‘Metroman’ E Sreedharan, who is the BJP-NDA candidate from Palakkad constituency was among the early voters in the state. “I have cast my vote, have good expectations”, he told […]
Exercise restrain
The lockdown and the subsequent closer of all sectors for months together is still fresh in our minds. For closed economies like that of Jammu and Kashmir such measures come with a heavy price. Not only did our tourism sector suffer a severe dent but all other sources of livelihood and revenue witnessed such a […]