JK prime mover of tourism revival phase in India: Officials
Srinagar: There are signs of recovery in the country’s domestic tourism sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Jammu and Kashmir has been one of the prime movers of this revival phase, Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh said on Monday. Addressing a two-day conference on ‘Tapping the Tourism Potential of Kashmir- Another Day in Paradise’ organised […]
Five killed after minibus falls into river in Doda
Doda: Five passengers, including three women, were killed and four others critically injured after a minibus skidded off the road and broke into two parts before falling into a river near Doda district on Monday, police said. The incident took place on the Thathri-Gandoh road near Piyakul village, 42 km from Doda, they said. A […]
Judge who gave Babri case verdict is appointed ‘Up-lokayukta’
Lucknow: Retired judge Surendra Kumar Yadav, who gave the verdict in the high-profile Babri mosque demolition case, took oath as an ‘up-lokayukta in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. “Yadav was appointed as third ‘up-lokayukta’ by the Governor on April 6. On Monday, Yadav was administered oath by Lokayukta Sanjay Mishra in the presence of other senior […]
Vaishno Devi temple gets ready to welcome pilgrims
'Navratri' celebrations to witness huge rush
Jammu: Adorned with thousands of multi-hued flowers, the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi here is all set to welcome pilgrims from Tuesday for the nine-day celebrations of ‘Navratri’ under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Flowers like roses, Dahlias, orchids and marigolds have been used to deck up the shrine nestled in Trikuta hills, […]
Celebrating ‘vaisakhi’ festivities: Over 800 Indian Sikhs reach 16th century Lahore Gurdwara
Lahore, April 12 (PTI) Over 800 Indian Sikhs arrived in Pakistan’s Lahore on Monday to attend the 10-day harvest festival of ‘vaisakhi’ at a 16th Century gurudwara in Punjab province, among other historically important shrines in the country. Also known as ‘baisakhi’, ‘vaisakhi’ is a spring season harvest festival for Sikhs and Hindus. It marks […]
Attempts to link climate issues to economic recovery unfair: India
New Delhi: India has denounced attempts to link climate issues to economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic at the forthcoming G20 talks, saying it will impose a huge developmental cost on developing countries. The US administration has been pushing for a strong climate agenda as part of the process of recovery from the pandemic. Senior […]
Pak human rights defender, journalist I A Rehman dies
Lahore: Eminent Pakistani human rights activist and journalist I A Rehman, a strong voice for the country’s minorities including Christians and Hindus and an advocate of peace between India and Pakistan, died here on Monday at the age of 90, according to his family. Rehman, who was born in 1930 in Haryana in the pre-partitioned […]
1,005 fresh COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday saw its highest single-day spike this year as 1,005 new COVID-19 positive cases were recorded, taking the tally to 1,37,475, even as six fresh deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours took the toll to 2,029, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 299 were from […]
No backchannel talks going on with India: Pak
Says need for enabling environment for meaningful dialogue
Islamabad: Pakistan stopped short of categorically denying its involvement in some kind of backchannel talks with India though Islamabad has been insisting publicly that New Delhi should create an “enabling environment” for “meaningful dialogue”. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry at the weekly press briefing was asked by several journalists about reported backchannel talks with […]
Eastern Ladakh Row: India, China agree to resolve outstanding issues expeditiously
New Delhi: India and China held detailed deliberations on disengagement in remaining areas of eastern Ladakh and agreed to jointly maintain stability on the ground, avoid any new incidents and resolve the outstanding issues in an “expeditious manner”. A day after the 11th round of military talks that lasted for 13 hours, the Indian Army […]
