PM to launch Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission on Monday via video conference, his office said. The pilot project of National Digital Health Mission had been announced by the prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2020. Currently, the Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission […]
Shout with anger, demand 50 per cent reservation in judiciary: CJI to women lawyers
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Sunday exhorted women lawyers to strongly raise their demand for 50 per cent reservation in the judiciary while assuring them of his “total support”. “I don’t want you to cry but with anger, you have to shout and demand that we need 50 per cent […]
Ladakhi short film ‘Sekool’ premiers at Himalayan Film Festival
Srinagar: Acclaimed Ladakhi short film ‘Sekool’ was screened at the inaugural edition of the Himalayan Film Festival in Ladakh union territory on Sunday. The short, which was part of the official selection line-up at various international and national film festivals including the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the Short Shorts (Film Festival & […]
Ex-JeM militant arrested in Kishtwar after 20-year hunt
Jammu: A former Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant on the run for 20 years was arrested Sunday in Kishtwar district, police said. Bashir Ahmad alias Jaffar Khan, a resident of Nowgam village, was wanted in a 2001 abduction and murder case in the jurisdiction of police station Marwah, a police spokesman said. Ahmad becomes the fourth absconding […]
BJP leaders death avenged: Ravinder Raina
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday said the murders of a party leader and his brother and father were avenged, as he saluted the security forces for neutralizing two militants including the one involved in the triple murder in Bandipora last year. BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, his brother Umar Sultan […]
Youth dies of electrocution in Rajouri
Jammu: An 18-year-old youth died of electrocution after he came in contact with live wire in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. The death of Mohammad Shoib triggered protests against the Power Development Department (PDD) by people in Kewal village of Kotranka in Budhal tehsil. Shoib was busy in […]
Two drug peddlers held with heroin in Reasi
Jammu: The police arrested two men from Reasi district on Sunday and recovered heroin from the possession, officials said. Tabrez Hussain and Sajjad Ahmad were found moving in a suspicious way in Talwara area and their search led to the recovery of some quantity of heroin, a police spokesperson said. Both the accused were ‘notorious’ […]