Police unites two missing girls with families
Jammu, Mar 14 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday reunited two missing girls with their families in Samba district, an official said. The girls had gone missing on October 29 and November 4 last year respectively and were traced in Vijaypur, he said. After completion of legal formalities they were united with their families, […]
MeT forecast fresh rain spell next week, traffic deptt to take decision on highway tomorrow
Srinagar, March 14: The weatherman on Thursday forecast fresh spell of rains from March 19 even as the traffic authorities said that the decision regarding movement of vehicles on Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the world, would be taken tomorrow. “There would be generally cloudy sky with occasional […]
Govt orders cancellation of appointment of 437 Medical Officers for failing in joining their duties
JAMMU: The state government has ordered cancellation of appointment of 437 Medical Officers who have been recently appointed by the Health & Medical Education department for failing in joining their duties. The order issued by the H&ME Department in this regard today reads, that the appointments in respect of 437 Medical Officers appointed vide Government […]
Terror financing case: NIA issues fresh summons to Mirwaiz for questioning in Delhi
Srinagar, Mar 14 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday issued fresh summons to moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq to appear for questioning at the probe agency headquarters in connection with a terror financing case, officials said. According to the notice, the Mirwaiz has been asked to appear at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters […]
Passport Office cautions applicants against fake websites
SRINAGAR: Regional Passport Officer Srinagar (POS today informed all passport applicants applying for the Indian passport to apply online only on registered passport website www.passportindia.gov.in as there is no other website authorizing applicants to apply for passport. In an official handout issued here, the Passport Office said that some applicants applying for passport online have observed […]
Climate change vulnerability map for 12 Himalayan states developed
New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) Researchers at IIT Guwahati, IIT Mandi and IISc Bengaluru have developed a climate change vulnerability map for 12 Himalayan states in India that will help prioritise resource allocation to address these vulnerabilities. The exercise is unique because for the first time all the 12 Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) States have […]
BJP unit appoints 3 spokespersons in JK
Jammu, Mar 14 (PTI) The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday nominated three leaders as state spokespersons and assigned important posts to several other members, who joined the party recently. The Lok Sabha election is scheduled to begin on April 11 and will continue till May 19. Polling in the state will be held in […]
PM’s foreign policy a series of ‘diplomatic disasters’: Cong on Masood Azhar issue
New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) The Congress attacked the BJP government after China blocked a bid at the UN to designate Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy has been a series of “diplomatic disasters”. The opposition party also slammed China for blocking the […]
Outage hits Facebook, Instagram users worldwide
San Francisco, Mar 14 (AFP) Facebook and Instagram users lost access to the social network’s applications in parts of the world Wednesday as a result of an outage of undetermined origin. The California giant which has more than two billion users acknowledged the outage after users noted on Twitter they could not access Facebook or […]
UNSC members may be forced to pursue other actions: UNSC diplomat on Masood Azhar
Washington, Mar 14 (PTI) Outraged by China blocking for the fourth time a move to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, responsible UNSC members warned they “may be forced to pursue other actions” at the Security Council if Beijing continued with this policy. “If China continues to block this designation, responsible member-states may be […]
