KPDCL sends text messages to domestic consumers, asks them to adopt solar rooftop scheme
SRINAGAR, NOV 28: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL), today informed the domestic consumers to treat as genuine and authentic the bulk text messages sent to them for installation of solar roof-top plants under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana of the Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. In a statement issued here […]
Lok Sabha extends tenure of parliamentary panel on Waqf bill
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted a resolution to extend the tenure of the Joint Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill till the last day of the Budget session of Parliament next year. Committee Chairman and BJP leader Jagdambika Pal moved the resolution in the Lok Sabha, which approved it […]
SC issues notice to Yasin Malik and others on CBI’s plea to transfer trial in two cases
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from J-K separatist leader Yasin Malik and others on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation to transfer the trial in two cases from Jammu to New Delhi. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih issued notice to […]
Right to property is human right: J&K, Ladakh HC asks Army to pay 46 yrs rent to land owner
Srinagar, Nov 28 (PTI) The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh recently held that the right to property now falls within the realm of human rights. Disposing of a petition on November 20, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal directed the Army, which had occupied the parcel of the petitioner’s land since 1978, to pay […]
India should be prepared to tackle challenges like cyber warfare, climate change: President Murmu
Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu), Nov 28 (PTI) India should be prepared to tackle any situation in a fast changing geopolitical environment, including national security challenges like cyber warfare and terrorism, President Droupadi Murmu said here on Thursday. Also, she stressed the need to develop a deep understanding of national and global scenarios as the geopolitical dynamics […]
UG students to soon get option to shorten, extend duration of degree courses: UGC chief
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Higher Education Institutions will soon be able to offer an option to undergraduate students to shorten or extend their study duration’s instead of the standard duration of their degree programmes, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved the SOPs for HEIs to offer the […]
Kashmir freezes, Sgr among other areas record season’s coldest night
Srinagar, Nov 28: The minimum temperature has plummeted and settled below freezing point across Kashmir with many of the stations including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recording the season’s coldest night. According to details the night temperature in Srinagar settled at minus 2.1 degree Celsius. Shopian was the coldest in Kashmir as […]
NIA conducts searches at 22 locations to probe human trafficking syndicate
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency on Thursday conducted searches at 22 locations in six states to probe a human trafficking syndicate luring youth to work in call centres engaged in cyber frauds, officials said. They said the searches were being conducted in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi among other places. The […]
Waqf parliamentary panel set for extension till last day of Budget Session
NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (PTI): The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill is set for an extension till the last day of the next Budget Session following a stormy meet of the panel marked by a brief walkout from its opposition members before a unanimous decision was taken to seek more time to finalise […]
Traffic Police in Sgr makes helmets mandatory for pillion riders
Srinagar, Nov 27 (KNO): Traffic police in Srinagar have made helmets mandatory for pillion riders on two-wheelers. Violators, including the riders and pillion passengers not wearing helmets, will face fines and challans starting Thursday, November 28, 2024, traffic officials said Wednesday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic, Muzaffar Ahmad Shahsaid that the initiative aims to […]
