Two officials booked for GPF embezzlement in Jammu
Jammu: Two officials were booked after a embezzlement of Rs 33 lakh of provident fund of Geology and Mining Department employee was detected, a Crime Branch official said. A criminal case under various sections of penal and corruption laws was registered against the then drawing and disbursing officer Ajaz Mir and cashier Rohin Nanda for […]
SC stays implementation of new farm laws
Sets up panel to resolve impasse
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the implementation of controversial new farm laws till further orders and constituted a four-member committee to resolve the impasse over them between the Centre and farmers’ unions protesting at Delhi borders. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said, As a consequence, the Minimum Support Price […]
Ladakh standoff: Hoping for amicable solution: Army Chief
Says collusive threat from China and Pak
New Delhi: Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday hoped for an amicable resolution of the military standoff with China in Ladakh through talks and based on “mutual and equal security” even as he said the collusive and potent threat from China and Pakistan to India cannot be “wished away”. Gen Naravane at the same […]
Centre should restore statehood, hold assembly polls: Bukhari
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday advocated the early restoration of statehood and holding of assembly elections in the Union Territory, asserting that the people desperately need a popular government as the present administration is paralysed . Bukhari also pitched for the immediate restoration of the 4G […]
WHO experts to directly fly to Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins
Beijing: A 10-member team of WHO experts assigned to probe the origins of COVID-19 will directly fly from Singapore to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December 2019, amid a resurgence of the deadly disease in several cities close to Beijing, prompting lockdowns. “Current plan is that they will […]
Dubai royals to hunt internationally protected bird in Pakistan
PM Imran Khan issues special permit
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has issued at least seven special permits to Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and six other members of the ruling family to hunt the internationally protected bird houbara bustard during the 2020-21 hunting season, according to a media report on Tuesday. Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has earlier opposed […]
