Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
Jammu: A massive search operation continued for the second day on Saturday in a dense forest area in Rajouri district where two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter by security forces, officials said. The joint operation by the police and the army in remote Pangai village, located in a forested area of Thanamandi, […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: The learning loss of more than one year due to prolonged school closure in wake of COVID-19 pandemic would necessarily have weakened the foundational knowledge of students, especially in the subjects of mathematics, sciences and languages, at school level, a Parliamentary panel has noted. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that no US official or lawmaker asked for a military base in Pakistan, rejecting reports that the Biden administration was seeking American military bases in the country to influence developments in neighbouring Afghanistan. Yusuf made the comments as he wrapped up his 10-day trip to the […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
Kabul: Taliban fighters entered the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province Saturday, a provincial lawmaker said, after sweeping through nine of 10 districts in the province. The government did not deny lawmaker Mohammad Karim Jawzjani’s claim that Taliban fighters had entered Sheberghan, but said the city had not fallen. If the city falls, it will […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
Due process being followed for its restoration: Congress
New Delhi: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been temporarily suspended and due process is being followed to restore it, the party said Saturday. This comes a day after Twitter removed a controversial post of Gandhi with a picture of him meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who died here following […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar on Saturday launched an online portal and a mobile application to make skill development schemes accessible to the target groups of Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and sanitation workers. Through the ‘PM Daksh’ portal and the ‘PM Daksh’ mobile app, the government said, the youths […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
Jammu industrialists seek fiscal incentives
Jammu: Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of USD 400 billion in exports this year, an organisation of industrialists in Jammu on Saturday requested for fiscal incentives in the shape of reimbursement of road freight to the local unit holders to encourage them to export their goods outside the country. Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) […]
Added on August 8, 2021
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Asserting that educating tribal students is a top priority of the Jammu and Kashmir government, a senior official Saturday said the tribal affairs department has approved the highest-ever outlay of Rs 30 crore for granting them scholarship this fiscal. Tribal Affairs Department Secretary Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said the scholarship this year would be provided […]
Added on August 7, 2021
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: After nearly 15 months of face-off, Indian and Chinese armies have completed the disengagement process and restored the pre-standoff ground position in the Gogra friction point in eastern Ladakh, in yet another forward movement towards overall improvement of the situation in the area. Announcing the development, the Indian Army said the disengagement process […]
Added on August 7, 2021
Press Trust of India
Forces recover cache of arms, ammunition in Samba
Jammu: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. The operation is going on in the Thanamandi forest belt area and so far, two militants have been killed, they said. “It is a group of three to four militants of which two are foreigners,” Additional Director […]
