7,139 Indian prisoners lodged in foreign jails: MEA
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) A total of 7,139 Indian prisoners, including undertrials, are lodged in various jails around the world, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday Saudi Arabia has the highest number of 1,599 Indian prisoners, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 898 and Nepal having 886 inmates, according to information […]
RS bypolls in Gujarat, Assam on March 1: EC
New Delhi, Feb 4 (PTI) Rajya Sabha bypolls to three seats in Gujarat and Assam, including the one which fell vacant due to the death of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, will be held on March 1, the Election Commission said on Thursday. Two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat fell vacant late last year, following the […]
HC orders resumption of physical court hearings, though with riders
Srinagar, Feb 4: The High Court has ordered the physical resumption of hearings in all courts in Jammu and Kashmir from February 8 after more than eight months of the virtual hearing. However, the entry of litigants and public into the Court premises from the very outer gate shall continue to be prohibited, reads an […]
Mercury rises above sub-zero level in Srinagar, flights disrupted again
Srinagar, Feb 4: Amid overnight cloud cover, the minimum temperatures rose considerably across Kashmir Valley with mercury increasing to above sub-zero level in Srinagar, officials said on Thursday. The respite from the severe cold seems short-lived as the meteorological department has forecast dry weather for the next one week with 2-3 degrees Celsius drop in […]
Two sisters claim ownership of land offered for Ayodhya mosque, move court
Lucknow, Feb 4 (PTI) Two Delhi-based sisters moved the Allahabad High Court Wednesday claiming the ownership of the five-acre land allotted to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. The petition before the Lucknow […]
Amid fresh snowfall, Sgr-Jmu highway closed for traffic
Srinagar, Feb 04: In view of the fresh snowfall, the authorities on Thursday suspended the vehicular movement along the Srinagar-Jammu highway as a precautionary measure. Officials confirmed that due to the snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel the traffic from Jammu towards Srinagar has been stopped as precautionary measure. They said the commuters will be allowed to […]
Biden flexible on who gets aid, tells lawmakers to ‘go big’
Washington, Feb 4 (AP) President Joe Biden told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday he is “not married” to an absolute number on his USD 1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan but Congress needs to “act fast” on relief for the pandemic and the economic crisis. Biden also said he does not want to budge from his proposed USD […]
Soldier killed in Pakistani firing along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu, Feb 4 (PTI) An Army soldier was killed on Wednesday in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, a defence spokesperson said. Sepoy Laxman, a resident of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, was the fourth soldier killed this year in ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC. “The Pakistan Army resorted […]
Action on ground needed
As we celebrated the ‘World Wetland day’ the harsh reality that we keep on ignoring is that water bodies across Jammu and Kashmir are under a threat. Most of them are experiencing extreme pollution, encroachment and brazen violation of environmental norms. Though lot of funds, time and other resources have been spend for revival of […]
Washing the spirit clean
K S S Pillai “Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” I try to follow this advice of John Muir, the Scottish-American naturalist, in a diluted form, whenever I feel suffocated in the city environment. […]